district headquarters
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistrictandheadquarters
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district
noun[C]
uk/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/us/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/
an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from ...
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headquarters
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌhedˈkwɔː.təz/us/ˈhedˌkwɔːr.t̬ɚz/
the main offices of an organization such as the army, the police, or a ...
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(Definition ofdistrictandheadquartersfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The studies covered all three council levels : thedistrictheadquarters, the wards and the village levels.
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Damauli is thedistrictheadquarterswhere several basic government and non-government administrative institutions are located.
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These options include a proposal to reduce the number ofdistrictheadquartersfrom six to three.
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This house accommodates officers of adistrictheadquarters.
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It is common practice for communications with lifeboats to be routed through the coastguarddistrictheadquarters.
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He should not only be geographically located in thedistrictheadquarters, but the district commander should be able to hire and fire the individual.
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Divisional anddistrictheadquarterswill be amalgamated, and traditional titles will be retained.
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Then at thedistrictheadquarters, there is to be this management team.
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The number ofdistrictheadquarterswill be reduced from twelve to ten.
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We visited adistrictheadquarters, covering 13 counties, which had 8,000 regular soldiers supported by 9,000 civilians.
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There has been no change in the general structure ofdistrictheadquarterssince 1945; in fact, they remain as they were before the war.
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In other districts management belowdistrictheadquartersis integrated, but divided into geographical sectors.
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Localdistrictheadquartersshould have delegated powers on the basis of "act now and argue later".
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The figures provide the total number of managers and administrative and clerical staff in national health service regions including those in regional anddistrictheadquartersunits.
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For instance, you cannot administer an area which is more than a day's journey from one end to the other and back without havingdistrictheadquarterswithin the region.
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It does not include the administration costs of regional anddistrictheadquarters, as these are not apportioned between hospital services and the other services for which health authorities are responsible.
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Then, of course, over and above houses, there is a good deal of building to be carried out in the way ofdistrictheadquarters, divisional stations and other buildings.
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Districtheadquartersexercise the appropriate powers to replace clerical staff in territorial units with contracted-out services.
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The village is a subdistrictheadquartersand has a population of 13,000.
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