ministerial position

collocation in English

meaningsofministerialandposition

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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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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofministerialandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofministerial position

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It is quasi-judicial, because he is entitled to take a wider consideration in hisministerialposition.
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If any party is associated with violence, we will dissociate from it in relation to participation inministerialposition.
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He has been transferred to aministerialposition.
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I have ensured that there is no risk of a conflict between myministerialpositionand conduct and my personal interests.
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In 1992, he did not resign: he held on to hisministerialposition.
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And to condemn a man with a lively brain to aministerialpositionin which he has practically nothing to do is asking for trouble.
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He is a most agreeable colleague and one who takes an interest in hisministerialposition.
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That was theministerialpositionput before us.
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It is important when considering the question of the taxation of company cars to study theministerialpositionwith some care.
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The one comes to us with all the knowledge acquired in highministerialposition.
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That has always been my personal view and it is also myministerialposition.
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I hope that one day he will find himself in aministerialposition.
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It struck me that he always wanted to go slightly further than the civil servants wanted, which may be one reason why he is no longer in aministerialposition.
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He declined a juniorministerialposition, remaining a backbencher until 1922.
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This was the same as aministerialpositionin later years, though that title was not used until self-government was granted in 1978.
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Ngata, while denying any personal wrongdoing, accepted responsibility for the actions of his department and was dismissed from hisministerialposition.
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The position was for many years a low keyministerialposition.
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Because this office does not attract a ministerial salary, it is usually held jointly with anotherministerialposition(often a sinecure).
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Flood may reasonably have held that he had a better prospect of advancing his policy by the leverage of aministerialposition.
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After the 1945 elections he had to resign from theministerialpositionbecause of the communists' attacks.
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