expanding role
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexpandandrole
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expand
verb[I or T]
uk/ɪkˈspænd/us/ɪkˈspænd/
to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in ...
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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 ofexpandandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These studies suggest anexpandingrolefor the practice nurse within primary care.
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We regard this commitment as central to theexpandingroleof the clinical ethicist working in a multicultural context.
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This increased availability suggests anexpandingrolefor consumers in decisions about the provision of health care.
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Integral to thisexpandingrolefor health visitors is the skill of assessing population need in order to prioritize and deliver effective interventions to improve health.
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The third theme is theexpandingroleof the state, notably in the development of the professional police force and in the building and maintenance of prisons.
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Academic and organizational divisions in archaeology are linked to itsexpandingrolein society and are here to stay.
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Written in response to theexpandingroleof hospital insurance - and the resultant fear of insurance for doctors' services - it is essentially a declaration of professional autonomy.
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So long as polytechnics are good, they have a great equalising andexpandingrolein education.
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This applies not only to welfare but to the promotion of the rural economy, and the valuable andexpandingroleof equine businesses in it.
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I see anexpandingrolefor collaboration in research with the civil sector.
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Other techniques, such as computer modelling and simulation, play an important andexpandingrole.
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We believe that a genuine partnership between central and local government, with anexpandingrolefor the latter, is an essential element for economic recovery.
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They play a vital andexpandingrolein the nation's economy.
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I look forward to theexpandingrolethat it will play in the 21st century.
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Mention has been made of anexpandingrole.
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That organisation will have a continuing andexpandingrole.
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It is taking anexpandingrolein improving our country's infrastructure and public services.
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That means that libraries have an important role to play; it is an increasing andexpandingrole.
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I hope that that will in no way discourage the most valuable continuing andexpandingroleof many voluntary groups to seek to help the communities within their areas.
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