extended leave
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextendedandleave
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extended
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪkˈsten.dɪd/us/ɪkˈsten.dɪd/
long or longer ...
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leave
noun
uk/liːv/us/liːv/
time allowed away from work for a holiday ...
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(Definition ofextendedandleavefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofextended leave
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Not surprisingly, a greater proportion of skilled workers practiced absenteeism, whereas laborers more often asked forextendedleave.
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Even more workers left the arsenals onextendedleaveor long-term absenteeism.
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I am afraid that it would not be possible to grantextendedleavewithout postponing the leave of other soldiers in the same unit.
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The desire on his part to reduce the numbers of those who are givenextendedleaveto remain is very worrying.
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Inquiries were made and it was found that the facts were as he stated and facilities were made for him to have anextendedleave.
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Others have mentioned theextendedleaveto remain procedure.
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I may add that officers who had been due to takeextendedleaveare arranging to return to their posts at the earliest possible moment.
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Information onextendedleavetaken by teachers is not held centrally.
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Many of these had been grantedextendedleave; 32 were apprehended as absentees, and the remainder rejoined their units after only a short absence.
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That is quite apart from those who are givenextendedleaveto remain.
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We cannot grantextendedleaveto all recalled reservists and maintain the state of operational readiness which is still necessary.
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We are not talking about people withextendedleaveto remain, and so that is irrelevant to my argument.
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It applies to the supervised discharge andextendedleaveproposals for which we are awaiting legislation.
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I agree that the king is still king, even if he is onextendedleaveof absence.
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We are borne out in that assertion by the fact that a high proportion of asylum applications which are refused result in the granting ofextendedleaveto appeal.
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There are perceived to be legal problems with a patient who is liable to detention in hospital for treatment also being in the community on veryextendedleaveof absence.
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The operator, who was newly returned to service from anextendedleave, was told to run past the red signal.
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However, there is a large group of young people who remain in the country even after their request forextendedleaveis denied.
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Employees may also take an additional 38 weeksextendedleavefor child care.
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The company has low (3 percent) annual turnover, and a tenth of the brewery's employees may takeextendedleavein any given year.
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