distinct role

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinctandrole

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distinct
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/us
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
clearly noticeable; that ...
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role
noun[C]
uk
/rəʊl/us
/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition ofdistinctandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Instead of respecting and valuing its clear anddistinctrolein society, the civilian population ridiculed and also feared the armed forces.
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Needless to say, the state will collapse without the technology to sustain itself economically and the cultural production to articulate itsdistinctroleand values.
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This study suggests that different disturbance patterns result in adistinctroleof vegetative regeneration at initial successional stages.
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During development the four genes are expressed in characteristic patterns and targeted mutagenesis studies show that each has adistinctrolein myogenesis.
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Children assumed a moredistinctroleand a personality of their own.
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We have consistently argued for adjudication to be separated from arbitration and for itsdistinctroleto be recognised.
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The board will, therefore, have adistinctrole, which is analogous to that of the existing ombudsmen but complementary to both.
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That will include adistinctrolefor local councillors.
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The regulator has adistinctroleas an economic regulator.
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Certainly the prison medical service has adistinctrole.
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The case for transferring them only becomes strong if the statutory body has adistinctroleto play.
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Therefore, it will have adistinctrolein engaging and assessing the way in which pilot schemes have operated and their future prospects.
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Each has its owndistinctrolewhich, in its place, is valuable.
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Thedistinctroleof health authorities will be to assess the needs of their populations and decide how best they can be met.
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In my view, export credits have adistinctroleto play, and they will continue to do so.
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It is not apparent to us that as yet there is such adistinctrole; neither does it appear that others concerned with these matters believe that there is.
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Although midwives have adistinctroleto play, they are also part of a team, and team-working between nurses, midwives and health visitors is absolutely crucial.
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Local authorities have adistinctrolein enforcement which it is important to relate directly to their roles of responsibility and accountability to their local communities.
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Community hospitals, as against local general district hospitals, have in recent years developed their owndistinctrole, ethos and dynamic.
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On health authority membership, when our changes created district health authorities, with their new anddistinctrole, we paid special attention to who should sit on their boards.
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