deputy governor

collocation in English

meaningsofdeputyandgovernor

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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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governor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.ər/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚ.nɚ/
a person in charge of a particular ...
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(Definition ofdeputyandgovernorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Not only he, but, as he recounted, also the parents of the young man, the godfather, and finally the localdeputygovernor(teniente gobernador) had talked to the man.
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Thedeputygovernoris required to give his exclusive services to the bank.
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Unfortunately, those responsible succeeded with thedeputygovernor.
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Last night, thedeputygovernorarrived at the prison gate and announced that he was bringing fish and chips for the governor.
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The question then was whether to continue with an experienceddeputygovernorin situor whether immediately to change over.
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Will the governor simply provide the paper or will thedeputygovernordo it?
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Where an officer has such reasonable suspicion, a special search may be carried out on the authority of the governor,deputygovernoror chief officer.
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Thedeputygovernortold me that, in his judgment, good progress had been made by the prison service since 1987.
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The new governor anddeputygovernorare in post.
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I worry also about the appointment of a seconddeputygovernorwith specific responsibilities.
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Indeed, apart from the original letter from thedeputygovernor, she has had no word at all.
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After two years of investigation, the police have now issued charges against 13 prison officers, one of them an assistantdeputygovernor.
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His child, he understood, was getting on very well, but he was sent for by thedeputygovernorand asked to sign a form.
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Thedeputygovernorshowed me up to a cell.
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Thedeputygovernorbelieves that there is a strong desire for peace and reconciliation.
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The following information is about strip searches of women and girls carried out during routine cell searches and special searches authorised by the governor,deputygovernoror chief officer.
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After about an hour the inmates removed the barricades and all were located in the segregation unit by a group of 11 staff and thedeputygovernor.
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