state agency

collocation in English

meaningsofstateandagency

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state
noun
uk
/steɪt/us
/steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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agency
noun
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
a business that represents one group of people when dealing with ...
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(Definition ofstateandagencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstate agency

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If thestateagencyhas carefully defined the preconditions for the investigation and there is proper quality control, this need not be a problem.
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Causes of the crisis went much deeper than the issue of whichstateagencywas in charge of promoting rural cooperatives.
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Ombudsmen deal with consumer complaints, sometimes provide technical assistance to facilities, and report observed problems to the appropriatestateagency.
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The very name of that highstateagencyreveals the propagandistic framework within which those official reports were made.
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On the contrary, in fact, thisstateagencysupposed to maintain public peace and order had colluded with the perpetrators by attempting to conceal what had actually occurred.
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It was not to give the unions to astateagencyto run.
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Why should astateagencydisrupt a stable relationship in another family?
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Thus, even friends and relatives are to criminalised if they refuse to give information to a bullyingstateagency.
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We must recognise that, if we are to have astateagencyassisting in industrial regeneration and development, inevitably the odd risk that is taken will not pay off.
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In the early 1970s, she sponsored a low-income housing bill that created astateagencyto provide low-interest mortgages to first-time home buyers.
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Good roads promoters envisioned a centralstateagencyto organize safe, consistent routes.
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The agency was incorporated in 1973, though it continued to receive heavy government subsidies, and remained the nation's officialstateagency.
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It must also be mandatory and supervised by a singlestateagency.
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It was designated a state institution in 1883, and upgraded to astateagencyin 1994.
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Towns may assign their right of first refusal to astateagencyor a non-profit land trust.
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Individuals who do not drive are able to obtain an identification card with the same functionality from the samestateagencythat issues driver's licenses.
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This measure amounted to a monopoly of news wires by thestateagency, controlled by the government.
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Thestateagencysaid it had not received any complaints.
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So astateagencycan not just send a list of students and their test scores.
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It is not astateagency, and receives no state funds.
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