british official
collocation in EnglishmeaningsofBritishandofficial
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british
adjective
uk/ˈbrɪt.ɪʃ/us/ˈbrɪt̬.ɪʃ/
belonging to or relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or ...
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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 ofbritishandofficialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Britishofficialviews about its applicability in the late twentieth century were to change dramatically.
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Britishofficialrepresentatives are however supported by industrial advisers when this is judged necessary.
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Britishofficialgrants towards such exchanges have been increased from £11,822 in 1973–74 to nearly £20,000 in 1974–75.
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Britishofficialeconomic aid is expected to amount to about £406,000 net.
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Britishofficialpolicy is aimed at achieving the maximum exports on the shortest possible terms.
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British officials tried to explain this situation with a mixture of paternalism and self-criticism.
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British officials had increasingly to confront the challenge of umpiring between two incompatible political programs.
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British officials set detainees' diet with a bureaucratic precision.
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British officials' insistence that they should publicly confess their crimes was, in this partisan assessment, a smear campaign.
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British officials hoped that this and other theatrical performances would spur detention camp audiences to confess.
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British officials have been in contact with international observer groups monitoring the elections.
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British officials have raised this subject on several occasions in the appropriate fora.
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British officials will be permitted to inspect goods and documents.
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British officials are expensive, highly trained men, worthy of good salaries.
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British officials are reported to be "appalled by the plan".
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British officials are not very good at being vexatious or devious and are comparatively ignorant in the ways of operating a "dirty tricks department".
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British officials were in the area soon afterwards and spoke to several contacts on the ground.
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British officials regularly visit their offices in the region and admire the work that is being done there in very difficult circumstances.
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British officials of the international administration who have been displaced will be fully compensated for their loss of office.
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British officials have participated in a series of intergovernmental meetings to discuss new multilateral arrangements to promote transparency and responsibility in the transfer of arms and sensitive dual-use goods.
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