district office
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistrictandoffice
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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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office
noun
uk/ˈɒf.ɪs/us/ˈɑː.fɪs/
a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or ...
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(Definition ofdistrictandofficefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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You will find in every trade uniondistrictofficein this country letters from miners who are serving soldiers deploring these strikes.
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All the representations and counter-proposals that were made were copied and placed on deposit in thedistrictofficeof every district in the land.
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Information about administrative costs by application type anddistrictofficeis not available.
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In the case of an important office, such as the south-eastdistrictoffice, there will probably be no saving.
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The south-eastdistrictofficenow has comfortable offices upstairs for the management.
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I believe in decentralisation and in thedistrictoffice.
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I have every sympathy with thedistrictofficestaff.
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It is not merely a question of being satisfied, or even a question of pride in having adistrictofficein one's own particular town.
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The system is quite different from that of a normaldistrictoffice.
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The information requested by region anddistrictofficecould be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Thatdistrictofficewas to be moved to new accommodation about 16 months ago.
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The organisation of clerks in adistrictofficewas left to the overburdened inspector, who has quite different functions.
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The officers attending include representatives from the town clerk's department, the central housing department and the local housingdistrictoffice.
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This is a guideline only and thedistrictofficestaff apply it with discretion in the light of their assessment of what is essential or non-essential in an individual case.
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As with every head office, the south-eastdistrictofficeis the place where one catches the post last, because that is where the sorting is carried out.
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Eachdistrictofficecomprises several local offices.
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Will he try to encourage the return of the maintenance section todistrictofficelevel because of the great delays and ineptitude of the centralised maintenance section?
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Each district has a "districtoffice", which serves as an official registrar and provides various administrative functions.
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An addition opened in 2000 with modifications to the original building, plus nearly 30 more classrooms and the newdistrictoffice.
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