bureaucratic hierarchy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbureaucraticandhierarchy
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bureaucratic
adjective
uk/ˌbjʊə.rəˈkræt.ɪk/us/ˌbjʊr.əˈkræt̬.ɪk/
relating to a system of controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number ...
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hierarchy
noun[C]
uk/ˈhaɪə.rɑː.ki/us/ˈhaɪ.rɑːr.ki/
a system in which people or things are arranged according to ...
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In a nationalised bank, by contrast, he would have had to put up with the oppressivebureaucratichierarchy.
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Second, their request to be granted, according to the rules, access to the second tier of thebureaucratichierarchyhad been accepted.
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Adaptation of one's life style to the tenets of this wisdom, and diligence in adopting at least its formalities, secured a position in thebureaucratichierarchy.
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The terms of the problem consider five persons of unequal rank, among whom an amount of five coins is to be shared according to their degrees in thebureaucratichierarchy.
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Holding office brings about a number of material opportunities, namely, a regular income and, depending on one's position in thebureaucratichierarchy, access to or control over the public budget.
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It is efficient; therefore it must have a ministerial andbureaucratichierarchystamped upon it.
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Abureaucratichierarchyof such frightening complexity appals me.
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However, in his quest, he stumbles on a community governed by abureaucratichierarchyusing the dragon to cover their own use of power.
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The military and clerical elites were on the whole significantly older than the others, which may of course reflect the relative slowness of promotion in their more bureaucratic hierarchies.
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Bureaucratic hierarchies can control resources in pursuit of their own personal interests, which impacts societys lives greatly and society has no control over this.
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