acting chief
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactingandchief
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acting
adjective
uk/ˈæk.tɪŋ/us/ˈæk.tɪŋ/
someone who does a job for a short time while the person who usually does that job is ...
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chief
noun[C]
uk/tʃiːf/us/tʃiːf/
the person in charge of a group or organization, or the ruler of ...
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(Definition ofactingandchieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Itsactingchiefexecutive said as much on the radio recently.
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I have asked theactingchiefexecutive to reply.
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Staffing matters are for the corporation, which has appointed the chairman asactingchiefexecutive.
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Anactingchiefexecutive is now in place.
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If we had done so, we would have discussed the actions of theactingchiefconstable.
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Anactingchiefexecutive was appointed with immediate effect.
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According to the trust, we will gain anactingchiefexecutive.
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Anactingchiefexecutive has been appointed with immediate effect.
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The trust now has a new acting chairman and a newactingchiefexecutive.
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In this case theactingchiefcommissioner, nine other commissioners and four legal assistants did not consider that the case should be reported.
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The letter was written by theactingchiefexecutive.
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Since he came back he has carried on as the deputy chief constable, and has beenactingchiefconstable during the time this vacancy has been pending.
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Subsection (5) excludes from the system complaints about the way in which the chief officer oractingchiefofficer exercises his functions of direction and control.
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Representations about the proposed level of funding for 1995-96 have been received from theactingchief constable and from the chairman of the police authority.
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I asked theactingchiefexecutive about the reasons for the collapse of the sterilisation service which led to the almost complete abandonment of orthopaedic and eye surgery.
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As a result of investigations into that complaint and other concerns raised by consultants at the rehabilitation service, an internal investigation was ordered by theactingchiefexecutive.
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It is now being run with a captain paid £16 a month, chief engineer paid £16 a month,actingchiefofficer at £11 a month, and a second officer with £9.
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If the governor fails to choose a replacement within sixty days, the chief justice or theactingchiefjustice must do so.
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For a short period she was made interimactingchiefof emergency medicine until a suitable replacement was found.
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