deputy director

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deputy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdep.jə.ti/us
/ˈdep.jə.t̬i/
a person who is given the power to do something instead of another person, or the person whose rank is immediately below that of the leader of ...
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director
noun[C]
uk
/daɪˈrek.tər/us
/daɪˈrek.tɚ/
a manager of an organization, company, ...
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(Definition ofdeputyanddirectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His main aim was to promote the institution of which he was nominallydeputydirector, but which he had been directing personally for some time.
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The 12 area managers are now managed directly by a new full-timedeputydirectorgeneral.
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Thedeputydirectorgeneral of prisons, who has been criticised by some in the media today, is himself a former prison governor.
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The area manager anddeputydirectorgeneral identified it as one in which an improvement in performance was not only to be expected, but demanded.
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The new division will be headed by a senior principal scientific officer reporting to thedeputydirector.
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None of these is necessarily designated asdeputydirector.
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The court possesses splendid facilities, including an up-to-date psychiatric clinic with a full-time psychiatrist as director and a full-time psychologist asdeputydirector.
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All prison establishments are regularly monitored by area managers against over 40 key performance targets, and thedeputydirectorgeneral personally reviews performance monthly.
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We want to see adeputydirectorgeneral of electricity supply with special responsibility for rural areas.
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There are no female directors of regional arts associations at present, but seven assistant directors, onedeputydirectorand one head of administration are women.
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The letter is signed by thedeputydirectorand not by one of the two members who might have been influenced in the past.
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It requires adeputydirectorof land management, and the salary offered is from £8,650 to £11,000.
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A post for a principaldeputydirectorof naval construction has also been instituted with additional emoluments of £250 a year.
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The management structure of the new institute provides for threedeputydirectorposts—its nomenclature for vice-principal—of which two have been filled to date.
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It so happens that thedeputydirectoris one of the world's leading experts on such matters.
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They saw the director anddeputydirector, who were sympathetic.
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The comment was made by thedeputydirectorof the same authority that there was often a ringleader who could not care less about authority.
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Thedeputydirectorwas one of the half dozen.
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Indeed, he says that his senior inspector, or local auditor, has the rank ofdeputydirectoranswering directly to him.
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