supervisory position

collocation in English

meaningsofsupervisoryandposition

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

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But with regard to the detailed issues in administrative litigation, the courts seem to have reversed their underdog role by asserting asupervisorypositiontoward the governments.
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Anyone who has asupervisorypositionin a prison has a management responsibility.
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Promotion offers you advancement into asupervisoryposition.
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Within weeks, he had been promoted to asupervisorypositionand was a highly valued member of the work force.
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By the age of 16 he held asupervisorypositionin his father's contracting firm.
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For example, disputes can arise where one group of workers is in one degree or another in asupervisorypositionas against another group of workers.
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Experienced designers in large firms may advance to chief designer, design department head, or some othersupervisoryposition.
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After attaining this rank, the trooper first becomes eligible to test for asupervisorypositionas a sergeant.
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Some universities also ask for significant experience in a managerial or professionalsupervisorypositioninvolving responsibility for strategic issues.
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If, on top of that, he has to face, in asupervisoryposition, the problems which arise from full employment, where on, the slightest reproof a man will say.
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Poor technique and incorrect information passed on by a person in asupervisorypositionmay perpetuate the use of unsafe or inefficient procedures.
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Gentle, cumbersome and big-handed, this practical man has found nothing to do since he was made redundant from hissupervisorypositionon the factory floor at the car plant.
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