county official

collocation in English

meaningsofcountyandofficial

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county
adjective
uk
/ˈkaʊn.ti/us
/ˈkaʊn.t̬i/
behaving in a way that is typical of rich people with a high social position who live in large houses in ...
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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 ofcountyandofficialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For every additional elected femalecountyofficialper capita, the bureaucracy collects about 33 cents more per capita in child support.
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I cannot imagine acountyofficialgoing round stirring up local authorities to spend money.
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It must be grossly unfair that acountyofficialcan designate someone in a flat to take the responsibility.
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Is he to be an official of his own or acountyofficial?
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There are plenty of small burghs with sanitary inspectors and to my mind it is absolutely essential that the sanitary inspector should be acountyofficial.
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Hitherto, this has been the part-time concern of some othercountyofficial.
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Acountyofficialestimated the move saved them $10 million during the first ten years of state maintenance.
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This role provided a localcountyofficialwhose primary duty was to protect the financial interest of the crown in criminal proceedings.
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His father was a well-to-do farmer,countyofficial, and railroad director.
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He warned the court that doing so could invite myriad lawsuits concerning any dispute a party has with any local orcountyofficial.
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Honner was the first postmaster and acountyofficial.
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Members in women's interest groups are not significant alone, but become so in an interaction effect with the number of female county officials.
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Depending on the state, election judges are chosen by acountyofficial(such as the county auditor), city or township official (such as a city clerk) or the state.
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Because of the lower visibility of their office, female county officials may benefit more from increased women's interest-group strength than female state legislators.
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Those who robbed the tombs would be sent to the county officials for further investigation.
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They approved the volost, or county officials, and could at their discretion simply make appointments in cases in which elections were canceled.
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A deputy city mayor who had been promoted from being the county's party secretary, together with at least seven senior county officials, was detained on charges of corruption.
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He was a local rate collector, one who showed forbearance in extracting money from hard-pressed small farmers even though this would have dismayed county officials had they known.
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State lobbies of sheriffs and other county officials, fearing a loss of autonomy, fought these efforts.
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