branch office
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbranchandoffice
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branch
noun[C]
uk/brɑːntʃ/us/bræntʃ/
a part of ...
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office
noun
uk/ˈɒf.ɪs/us/ˈɑː.fɪs/
a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or ...
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(Definition ofbranchandofficefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The current annual cost of the agricultural censusbranchofficeis estimated to be £595,000.
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Would any intelligent man be fobbed off with abranchoffice?
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The conversion of the office to abranchofficeis not warranted.
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In such a situation, the region is merely regarded as abranchoffice.
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How many civil servants or others will thatbranchofficeemploy?
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The bank will simply become abranchofficewithout any power.
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A fellow is entitled to manage abranchofficeof a solicitor's practice.
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Their payment covers the provision of premises and any clerical assistance necessary for thebranchoffice.
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Most people in the town would find that preferable to having abranchofficeof a public corporation.
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The whole point is that the document shall arrive at the head office, or abranchoffice.
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I propose to close thisbranchofficebecause of the extremely small amount of business being transacted there.
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The question of establishing abranchofficein place of the present town sub-office is receiving consideration.
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The area which it covers is the same as that of thebranchofficewhich it replaced.
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The local community has proposed making abranchofficeinto a sub-office, with a local business leading.
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No executivebranchofficebuildings were ever constructed.
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Thebranchofficewas in use till 2004.
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The idea of putting up abranchofficewas conceptualized.
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If we had, as desired, opened abranchofficeit would have meant a considerable decrease in those using these sub-offices.
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There will be no difficulty in continuing that practice as long as the forms ultimately reach the head office orbranchofficeof the union.
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It would at a later date find its way, of course, to thebranchoffice, and later still to the head office.
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The information is held on individual case files in eachbranchoffice, and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
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I am told that they have a rigid rule that one may only deal with thebranchofficenearest to one's business.
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My first point was, what will be the position where there may be no gas standardsbranchofficein the area?
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A mobilebranchofficehas been set up which is able to meet, on the spot, sitting tenants of estates which are up for sale.
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I am afraid that owing to the great pressure on the staff at present it is not practicable to open anotherbranchofficefor this area.
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