embassy staff

collocation in English

meaningsofembassyandstaff

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embassy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈem.bə.si/us
/ˈem.bə.si/
the group of people who represent their country in a ...
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staff
noun
uk
/stɑːf/us
/stæf/
the group of people who work for ...
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(Definition ofembassyandstafffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Bribes were not offered by theembassystaffto anybody.
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The telephone switchboard is manned on a 24-hour basis andembassystaffare always available on call.
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He was offered safe accommodation and was repeatedly urged to stay withembassystaffuntil his departure.
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The entireembassystaffand others will be deployed in and around the ground and at other relevant venues.
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No spouses ofembassystaffare retained to type documents at home.
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Britishembassystaffare safe and well and their position is being kept under close review.
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They have told me that they have not done so because theembassystaffare overworked and understaffed.
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The recent reduction inembassystaffis a temporary measure for security reasons.
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They tell me that they do most of the work themselves as theembassystaffare not much use to them.
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They had thorough discussions with him, they provided him with safe accommodation and repeatedly urged him to stay withembassystaffuntil his departure.
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The purpose of anembassystaffis to represent their country as a whole.
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Monitoring byembassystaffis not a sufficient answer.
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There are certain exceptions in our law, mainly concerned with the children ofembassystaff.
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In the last eighteen months, there has been a noticeable increase inembassystaff.
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He was asked to ensure thatembassystaffleft the country within four working days.
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Britishembassystaffalso attended the trial.
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Crown servants who are permanently abroad—for example,embassystaffand others—qualify for the foreign service allowance and will thus, rightly in my view, be excluded.
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Embassystaffare working hard in the townships producing admittedly tiny schools made out of corrugated iron in shack towns.
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The movement ofembassystaffis necessarily extremely restricted and it has become increasingly difficult for the ambassador and his staff to perform all the functions normally expected of it.
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Embassystaffare always available to see visitors by appointment at other times, and the consular section is manned every afternoon to deal with urgent inquiries.
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