administrative responsibility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadministrativeandresponsibility
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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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responsibility
noun
uk/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition ofadministrativeandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Here the agreement made clear that the consultant had no direct service, supervisory, oradministrativeresponsibilityaside from agreed upon record keeping.
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Nested within state-level political authority to set benefits and eligibility rules was theadministrativeresponsibilityto implement these rules in individual cases.
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But governments should not assume that their own internal evaluations sufficiently discharge their responsibility to be accountable, or that reviewing how legislation affects rights is primarily anadministrativeresponsibility.
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But what is more important is that you are giving the inspector thereby some measure ofadministrativeresponsibility.
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It is certainly valuable to have a contribution from somebody who has not only had anadministrativeresponsibilitythere but has been on the spot.
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He has never had anyadministrativeresponsibilityat all.
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Their remit now is to manage the services for which hitherto they have had merely anadministrativeresponsibility.
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On this assumption ofadministrativeresponsibility, is provision made for immediate new construction of main roads and bridges?
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I have more than anadministrativeresponsibilityfor the parole board.
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It is to act in an advisory capacity, and has noadministrativeresponsibilityas such.
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Administrativeresponsibilityfor the justification and approval of expenditure must be delegated.
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They have the democratic, financial andadministrativeresponsibilityfor urban sustainability.
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Some of the committees are very good indeed, with members who are well accustomed toadministrativeresponsibility.
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The line between clinical andadministrativeresponsibilityis a fairly clear one, although not always in absolute terms even here.
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They are divided now among various bodies foradministrativeresponsibility.
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The duty of ensuring that the prices paid for such articles are reasonable rests with the buying department as part of its normaladministrativeresponsibility.
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He must take theadministrativeresponsibility, and he cannot be told afterwards that he ought to have taken advice that he considered to be wrong.
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I do not like setting up bodies which have noadministrativeresponsibilityat all.
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He gave the impression that it was rather anadministrativeresponsibilityrelating to the allocation of resources.
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