provincial official

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meaningsofprovincialandofficial

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provincial
adjective
uk
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/us
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/
relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or ...
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official
noun[C]
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
a person who has a position of responsibility in ...
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(Definition ofprovincialandofficialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the story, a soldier is in love with aprovincialofficial, and spies on him to see him naked.
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He was aprovincialofficialin many places and became a historian after his retirement in 1641.
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This form of transfer system is contradictory to the central leaders' expectations of provincial officials.
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Provincial officials thus confront at least some countervailing pressures to perform in accordance with the preferences of local electorates.
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Poor imperial leadership and lack of coordination among provincial officials limited the success of the modernization programs.
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Second, no formal effort was made to change the relationship of the central government and provincial officials.
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Provincial officials elected as of 1994.
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Certainly in the mid-nineteenth century provincial officials were in need of temporary funding, usually for non-productive purposes, and they learned that borrowing domestically was not always possible.
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The task at hand certainly appears to have been taken seriously by the provincial officials, who regularly submitted their jurisdiction's population figures to the central government.
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The provincial officials have similar if not the same functions as the municipal officials.
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After the storm, provincial officials coordinated the rescue effort for missing people.
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A week after the fire ravaged the town, provincial officials organized buses from the evacuation centres to allow residents to tour the damage.
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Provincial officials accepted the new name which was soon commonly used by residents and visitors.
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Independent from the province and does not vote for provincial officials by virtue of.
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As a precautionary step, in 2009, provincial officials asked residents to be tested for lead levels in their blood.
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Both cities govern themselves independently of the province and their residents do not vote for elective provincial officials.
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Its electorate do not vote for provincial officials.
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Independent from the province and does not vote for provincial officials.
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Illegal logging supervised by provincial officials is a problem.
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