supervisory capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofsupervisoryandcapacity

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supervisory
adjective
uk
/ˌsuː.pəˈvaɪ.zər.i/us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈvaɪ.zɚ.i/
having or involving the job of watching a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly, ...
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofsupervisoryandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I gather that only men in asupervisorycapacityare to be released.
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Perhaps he did so in asupervisorycapacity.
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It will play an important rôle in the whole process, but the veterinarians will be added to it in asupervisorycapacity.
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As the law stands the employer is responsible for the persons he selects to act in a managerial orsupervisorycapacity.
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Were the 13 who were sent out of this country sent out in asupervisorycapacity?
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Therefore, we still have the one senior clerk at the head in hissupervisorycapacityand the four clerks for the six investigating subcommittees.
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I understand that veterinary officers will be used in asupervisorycapacitybut that environmental health officers will sometimes be used in fairly senior positions within the administration.
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The title is also used to designate those branch personnel who act in asupervisorycapacity.
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Elite wives also apparently engaged in this activity in asupervisorycapacityover their female servants without social stigma.
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Very many skilled people, some in supervisory capacities, are employed in these depots.
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The working personnel were entirely civilian, with a few officers in supervisory capacities.
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