Collocations withofficial

These are words often used in combination withofficial.

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administration officials
The authors express surprise at this fear, which they acknowledged was rife amongst the administration officials.
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airport official
Why was it necessary to include an airport official in article 18(3)(i)?
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appointed official
The district auditor is the appointed official who has responsibility for investigating allegations of this nature.
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british official
British official views about its applicability in the late twentieth century were to change dramatically.
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city official
The city official charged with these responsibilities was called the "muhtasib".
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civilian official
At all levels, the senior police officers answer to the police chain of command and respond to the general direction and control of designated civilian officials.
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colonial official
That the role of the village as a single unit was not understood in the same way by the colonial official is perhaps not surprising.
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consular official
As every consular official in every post in the world will confirm, there are often reports of missing persons who are not missing persons.
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corrupt official
Be that as it may, if we do not carry the amendment, the corrupt official will not have to go through the magistrates' court.
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county official
For every additional elected female county official per capita, the bureaucracy collects about 33 cents more per capita in child support.
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department official
They have been relocated to schools, government buildings and tents, said a regional civil affairs department official.
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district official
What does the district official do who is given information about two competing plants within his constituency?
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elected official
The decree designated specific functions for each elected official, including unprecedented roles concerning women, youth, information, mobilisation and defence (through village militias).
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election official
Under sustained questioning, however, their responses often revealed very serious contextual misunderstandings and fallacies that would have been obvious to any election official.
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federal official
One federal official tried to force the issue.
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forestry official
Although thousands of people obeyed the law and the forestry officials' procedures, most probably did not.
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government official
That local government official believes that it is all a waste of time, and that is the feeling of many local authorities.
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governmental official
For example, upon first entering his new governmental position, one high-level governmental official claimed that he was seriously concerned with affected populations and was committed to addressing their needs.
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health official
Clearly, the public health official is not replacing the physician; rather, ethicists now realize a need to be in dialogue with both.
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high-ranking official
A very high-ranking official there is much given to public speaking, and sometimes his utterances are ludicrous and sometimes they are downright provocative.
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immigration official
That would give no rights, it would not mislead the intelligent immigration official, and it would not mislead the holder of the passport.
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intelligence official
A former intelligence official stated we spent millions of dollars chasing false alarms.
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law enforcement official
A clear mandate for environmental protection that is also understood by the business community may also provide the enforcement official with more enforcement style options, especially in prioritizing major violators.
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local official
It is not very clear why the central government did not punish any other local official in this case.
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military official
She was the daughter of a high-ranking military official.
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municipal official
His father was a municipal official and his mother a tailor.
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park official
Some park officials are allegedly involved in the trade of elephant parts.
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police official
Like the mining engineer, the police official had to design and construct a machine.
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postal official
If he is unable to do so, and the postal official is able to translate he does so.
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prison official
They will sign a consent form, witnessed by a prison official.
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provincial official
In the story, a soldier is in love with a provincial official, and spies on him to see him naked.
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public official
Not mentioned but likely to fall within definition of public official.
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replay official
Without such indisputable video evidence, the replay official must allow the ruling to stand.
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security official
I can understand that, in some cases, this should be a secondary measure, where an individual chooses not to be, as we say, frisked by a security official.
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senior official
As such, it rarely involves the senior official in the actual detail of policy work.
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top official
I do not believe this to be a recommendation for the position of the top official administering a vast industrial undertaking.
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treasury official
The municipal government consists of a municipal president, a treasury official and 12 community representatives called regidors.
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wildlife official
The camps involve treks, sessions on conservation, cleanup sessions, interaction with wildlife officials and even workshops.
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