administrative position

collocation in English

meaningsofadministrativeandposition

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

Examplesofadministrative position

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They receive the same salary as other bureaucrats working in a similaradministrativeposition.
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It seems likely that this, by local standards, unusually large holding of land reflected hisadministrativeposition.
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What is theadministrativeposition?
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We come to theadministrativeposition.
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Thisadministrativeposition, boundless in its organizational ambitions yet preoccupied with the minutia of functionaries' behavior, constituted the chief operational aim of the state board.
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This seems a most odd and arbitraryadministrativeposition.
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I wish to confine myself to theadministrativeposition.
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I think this is a successful way of clarifying theadministrativeposition.
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Let us take, first, theadministrativepositionas it is today.
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I should like to say a few words on theadministrativeposition.
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I think that detailed attention to theadministrativepositioncould lead to a solution of this problem.
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I was very unhappy about the concept of chairmen of committees being put in anadministrativeposition.
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That must be kept separate from theadministrativepositionof what the amendments call the "chief executive".
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It was then anadministrativeposition.
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Detectives fall into a rank that coincides with theiradministrativeposition.
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It is given to all highly educated individuals inadministrativeposition.
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This time without a sponsor, he took anadministrativepositionat a tobacco company, but found it wanting.
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The position of county judge was made a purelyadministrativeposition, and the office was renamed county judge/executive.
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As the title suggests, he or she commanded a sub-division or held an equivalentadministrativeposition.
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Its members, rising through party ranks, can easily overrule any opposition in their jurisdictions, even if they are assigned to a localadministrativeposition.
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His subsequent employment was characterized by movement from oneadministrativepositionto another, which he blamed on the incompetence of others.
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Any person who has worked in anadministrativepositionat a government agency for 20 years is also entitled to the qualification.
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Its members, if assigned a localadministrativeposition, can easily overrule any opposition in their jurisdictions as no other party officials can match them in rank and prestige.
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