administrative unit

collocation in English

meaningsofadministrativeandunit

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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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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofadministrativeandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadministrative unit

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A 'tehsil' is anadministrativeunitsmaller than the district.
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Each album deals with the various groups that lived within a given province or smalleradministrativeunit.
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Services provided by a single centralisedadministrativeunithave the highest levels of online service delivery and back-office integration.
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The resident committee is anadministrativeunitwithin each urban district; its average population ranges from 2,000 to 3,000 residents.
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First, is it anadministrativeunit?
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These should not be amalgamated into oneadministrativeunit.
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It has always been a discreteadministrativeunit.
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These acts distinguish between two types of authorities in eachadministrativeunit: the appointed representatives of the central government, and the elected representatives of the local communities.
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In these maps the referral rates per annum have been calculated and depicted at theadministrativeunit level of parishes or groups of parishes, numbering 135 in all.
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The south-west was created during the second world war as a convenientadministrativeunit.
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There is, therefore, no argument about the adequacy of the county as anadministrativeunit.
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Detailed information on callers to the help-line was gleaned from an analysis of the calls logged by the volunteers at the various centres and forwarded to the centraladministrativeunit.
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The system'sadministrativeunitwas the parish.
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Inactivated as anadministrativeunitshortly afterwards.
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Municipalities are the most importantadministrativeunit.
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It is no longer anadministrativeunit.
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This seems an ideal example of anadministrativeunitwhich could be sent north with advantage to everyone concerned.
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The following information relates both to staff employed within the centraladministrativeunitof each project and to research staff.
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The area covered by theadministrativeunitfor general practice is the same as that of the local health authority.
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That must not be done entirely without regard to the viability of the county as anadministrativeunit.
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I make no apology for referring to one county, because it is the largestadministrativeunitin the county.
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Neither the county borough alone, nor the county council, nor any other area, is necessarily the properadministrativeunit.
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However, the two were controlled as a singleadministrativeunit.
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Polesia has rarely been a separateadministrativeunit.
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It does not exist today as anadministrativeunit.
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