central bureaucracy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcentralandbureaucracy
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central
adjective
uk/ˈsen.trəl/us/ˈsen.trəl/
in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part ...
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bureaucracy
noun[U or C]
uk/bjʊəˈrɒk.rə.si/us/bjʊˈrɑː.krə.si/
a system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials employed to follow ...
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(Definition ofcentralandbureaucracyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thecentralbureaucracywas poorly equipped to deal with the stream of complaints and requests for adjudication and clarification pouring in from the provinces.
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The power of the presidency was reduced and, even more evidently, the previously over-riding political role of thecentralbureaucracywas much diminished.
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The papacy right through the thirteenth century maintained its position that acentralbureaucracyhad to be paid for.
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Thecentralbureaucracyidentifies the interests of social groups in cooperation with the national associations and implements national policy at the local level.
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Its special relationship with big business andcentralbureaucracywas gone forever.
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Whilst the sixteenth century undoubtedly witnessed an explosion in the matters which thecentralbureaucracy saw as its duty to legislative for and regulate, this was a two-way street.
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The renovadores failed to impose a standard organisational structure on the party and were unable to create an effectivecentralbureaucracycapable of imposing discipline on lower level organisations.
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It is anathema to socialists to talk aboutcentralbureaucracy.
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He made a coruscating attack on the growth of thecentralbureaucracyof political parties.
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It was the party opposite which was then the prisoner of thecentralbureaucracy.
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Many of us will be looking for a diminution ofcentralbureaucracyin this area.
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The emphasis must be on the delivery of service to patients, rather than on thecentralbureaucracy.
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I accept that our universities are good value, but they have to bid to acentralbureaucracyon the basis of their good housekeeping.
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This repeated interference and opposition from acentralbureaucracymakes our work immeasurably harder.
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They cannot operate as the eyes and ears of acentralbureaucracy.
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This is a recipe for second-guessing, enormouscentralbureaucracyand utter frustration for those waiting to know how their authority would deliver its services.
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It was not handed over to acentralbureaucracyfor its purposes, which is quite a different matter.
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They claim, for some reason, that it would lead to a giganticcentralbureaucracywhich would deny local democracy.
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