colonial official
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcolonialandofficial
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colonial
adjective
uk/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/us/kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
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official
noun[C]
uk/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
a person who has a position of responsibility in ...
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(Definition ofcolonialandofficialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That the role of the village as a single unit was not understood in the same way by thecolonialofficialis perhaps not surprising.
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First, in each case a resident magistrate was thecolonialofficialwho attempted to call the chief to account.
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He was also acolonialofficialoverseeing education there.
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In the beginning of the colonial epoch, colonial officials had little means to carry out colonial policies.
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Viewing the apparent failures of veterans' initiatives in employment, exservicemen's associations and politics, by 1947 most colonial officials concluded that demobilization was complete.
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The very notion of a receptacle was obnoxious to the colonial officials.
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At the end of the nineteenth century, the colonial officials reversed their inaction and began to seriously consider options for drainage.
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Indeed, colonial officials later found martial identity to be the most difficult askari characteristic to erase.
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Due to intensive efforts on the part of colonial officials, domestic production of raw cotton reached a high of 320 million pounds in 1943.
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During the 1950s, audiovisual material became the favourite toy of most colonial officials responsible for welfare and development programs.
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Settlers and colonial officials often associated hat wearing with insolence.
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As colonial officials instituted an increasingly restrictive program of wildlife management at the turn of the century, they repeatedly encountered popular resentment and resistance.
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Missionaries and colonial officials worked closely to propagate this idea.
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Colonial officials often described government as an entity which stood aloof from society.
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And yet this does not entirely explain the intervention of colonial officials.
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