ministerial office
collocation in Englishmeaningsofministerialandoffice
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ministerial
adjective
uk/ˌmɪn.ɪˈstɪə.ri.əl/us/ˌmɪn.əˈstɪr.i.əl/
relating to or involving a minister (= an important member of ...
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office
noun
uk/ˈɒf.ɪs/us/ˈɑː.fɪs/
a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or ...
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(Definition ofministerialandofficefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The pursuit ofministerialofficeis, therefore, a potentially costly activity in terms of lost votes if party policy turns out to be unpopular.
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After all, the successful insurrection against the king restored his political acquaintances toministerialoffice.
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It would require a positive vote before a party regained eligibility forministerialoffice.
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What is proposed here is merely theministerialofficeof countersigning by a judicial authority.
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He has climbed the giddy heights ofministerialofficein a short time.
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I sometimes feel that he suffers from a somewhat embarrassed release from the constraints ofministerialoffice.
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Is it an interest that has been expressed by somebody who holdsministerialoffice?
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Secondly, a new general category ofministerialofficeis established.
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To my mind, he is incompetent and unfit to holdministerialoffice.
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The position is that an allowance will be paid in connection with the duties ofministerialofficeand, therefore, will be taxable.
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Within a short period he brought a unique distinction to hisministerialoffice.
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I do not think that he then held aministerialoffice—certainly no highministerialoffice.
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With the change of government in 1945, he moved intoministerialoffice.
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I realise fully that hisministerialofficeprecludes him from speaking on the issue this evening.
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The response emphasises the very great importance of continuing interchange between business and commercial life andministerialoffice.
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But he hinted that there were other factors concerned withministerialofficewhich he could not divulge.
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Nothing in the agreement prevents the representatives of paramilitary organisations from taking upministerialoffice.
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If we are against those holdingministerialofficebeing involved in violence, that is right and proper, because such people would be breaking the agreement.
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We are dealing specifically with the issue of the holding ofministerialoffice.
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It will be increasingly difficult to attract high-quality recruits toministerialoffice.
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