administrative detail

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meaningsofadministrativeanddetail

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administrative
adjective
uk
/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.strə.tɪv/us
/ədˈmɪn.ə.strə.t̬ɪv/
relating to the arrangements and work that is needed to control the operation of a plan ...
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detail
noun
uk
/ˈdiː.teɪl/us
/dɪˈteɪl/us
/ˈdiː.teɪl/
a single piece of information or fact ...
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(Definition ofadministrativeanddetailfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such policies cannot just be legislated; they must be worked out inadministrativedetail.
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This firm of accountants is so over-burdened withadministrativedetailthat it has not been able to deal with my tax return.
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How much time is available to them to examine matters of departmentaladministrativedetail?
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Some of the powers delegated to statutory instrument raise matters of principle and not merely matters ofadministrativedetail.
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That is a question ofadministrativedetailwhich it would be wrong for me to answer now.
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On a point ofadministrativedetail, clause 10(3) provides for charging the masters of ships even where there are exemption certificates.
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Theadministrativedetail— which is what the term "arrangement" covers— will also be subject to parliamentary scrutiny, through a different route.
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We are not dealing here with small points ofadministrativedetail, but with legislation.
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We were also conscious of the need to avoid cluttering up primary legislation with unnecessary or contingentadministrativedetail.
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There is a tremendous amount ofadministrativedetailinvolved.
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It does not enter into anyadministrativedetailon the future of the three transport museums.
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The other points made against the existing scheme are points of comparatively smalladministrativedetail.
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That would be part of theadministrativedetailthat we hope to work out.
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I could not answer that point ofadministrativedetail.
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We were told when the measures were introduced that we would be overwhelmed by a mass ofadministrativedetail.
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These are matters ofadministrativedetailwhich it would be unusual to enshrine in legislation.
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In a matter of this kind it is not a case of pureadministrativedetailat all.
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Indeed, many of them appear largely to be matters ofadministrativedetail.
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There are too many people trying to look after one another, and, in consequence, too muchadministrativedetailand not enough control and proper guidance.
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It is a pure point ofadministrativedetail.
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