Collocations withagency
These are words often used in combination withagency.
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administrative agency
The legislature may adopt a vague standard that is to be applied in the first instance by an administrative agency.
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appropriate agency
This process incorporates in every case, advice from legal advisers of the appropriate agency.
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banking agency
There was one banking agency in the town in 2007, while there were 311 automobiles.
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booking agency
Chronic overcrowding provided obvious financial opportunities for the booking agency, performer and venue.
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central agency
The answer lies in the inability of rival states to commit credibly to a settlement in an international system lacking central agency.
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civilian agency
I am more interested in the air as a civilian agency than as a war making agency.
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conservation agency
Therefore, the obligation rests with the conservation agency.
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defence agency
I very much welcome the fact that training will become the responsibility of a defence agency.
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designated agency
That in turn would not mean that the designated agency could take no action.
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detective agency
I defy anyone—other than a detective agency—who is willing to work from now until doomsday, to discover the people behind the company.
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donor agency
Usually, the donor agency appoints the consultants that would conduct the external review.
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energy agency
We already have a world atomic energy agency, and it might be wiser in time perhaps to drop the word "atomic" from the title.
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enforcement agency
Expected severe punishment raises the possibility of an outright and fierce confrontation with the law enforcement agency.
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environmental agency
The extent to which an environmental agency can effectively enforce environmental regulations frequently depends on the informal power relations among government officials and units.
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external agency
Because segmentalist behavior is voluntary, no external agency is necessary to enforce it.
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federal agency
Prior to the 1950s, conservation groups relied on sympathetic federal agency officials to secure scenic areas for preservation and to limit development.
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free agency
This, however, raised a difficult question about the nature of free agency.
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government agency
Market power may be particularly important when the 'eco-entrepreneur' is a government agency in charge of large areas of endangered ecosystems.
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governmental agency
It is worth noting that this definition means that at least one of the actors can be a governmental agency.
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housing agency
The development board is not a general housing agency.
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humanitarian agency
Basically, it is no longer sufficient for humanitarian agencies to save lives.
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independent agency
Rather, she is stripped of all independent agency and her children will either starve or fall upon parish support.
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insurance agency
The complexity of this process is reduced by the fact that each region usually has one dominant social insurance agency.
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intelligence agency
He was also refer ring to the existence of a quasi-police force and an intelligence agency.
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law of agency
I will show that married women's use of the law of agency to make purchases for the household was commonplace.
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lead agency
Most areas will have a lead agency defined and a management algorithm.
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lending agency
The board is, of course, purely a lending agency and its rôle does not include the control of the spending of funds.
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local agency
The programme is offered by the local agency for senior services in cooperation with the university, to women over 55 residing in or around the city.
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management agency
Accordingly, a competent land management agency is essential for regulating land use (for agriculture, industry, housing and commons) and land transactions.
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marketing agency
The film marketing agency is an industry-led initiative.
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modelling agency
At the age of 13 she joined a modelling agency.
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multilateral agency
This suggests that a multilateral agency must be selective in its lending and cognizant of a "default trap" problem.
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municipal agency
In 1995 the company, that had been a municipal agency, was transformed to a limited company with the municipality as sole owner.
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outside agency
In nearly one quarter (24%) of the consultations a referral was made to the practice counsellor, and a smaller percentage (13%) to an outside agency.
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planning agency
No single planning agency could integrate such knowledge.
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protection agency
All adolescents were randomly selected from the open caseload of a local child protection agency that services a primarily urban county.
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public agency
They moved into line with the public agency for different reasons.
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referral agencies
Fifthly, we must ensure that police officers know about all the other referral agencies that are available to help victims of domestic violence.
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relevant agency
We are determined to secure the co-operation of every relevant agency to ensure fulfilment of our election pledge.
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relief agency
She has kept in close contact with the relief agencies attempting to gain access to the affected region.
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rental agency
Several car rental agencies have offices in the terminal building.
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reporting agency
No decision has yet been taken as to what the reporting agency shall be.
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reputable agency
The reputable agencies want that because it would give us a foolproof system.
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security agency
In those circumstances, there is surely an excellent opportunity to introduce one housing organisation or one social security agency.
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sponsoring agency
Endorsement by the sponsoring agency is not implied.
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talent agency
This led to the establishment of his own voice talent agency.
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temporary agency
However, as you know, the directive for temporary agency workers is a very difficult and complicated one.
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transit agency
Often certain bus routes where portions of the route are non-stop are referred to as limited stop by the transit agency operating the route.
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transportation agency
I do not think it would be just to any of the great undertakers of these transportation agencies.
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various agencies
He came to support a new department of transport that would unify the various agencies and remove the barriers to his influence.
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welfare agency
Likewise, there should be an expectation that students continue their preclinical work with the same (or a different) social welfare agency or other community activity.
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wildlife agency
In contrast, we introduce another agent, namely a wildlife agency.
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