official approval

collocation in English

meaningsofofficialandapproval

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official
adjective
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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approval
noun[U]
uk
/əˈpruː.vəl/us
/əˈpruː.vəl/
the feeling of having a positive opinion of someone ...
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(Definition ofofficialandapprovalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofofficial approval

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The party representatives generally approved the outlines of the legislation, and agreed to discuss them within their respective parties forofficialapproval.
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Most significantly of all, the new opera was not subject toofficialapproval.
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Its influence and remit depended on its official function, because withoutofficialapproval, no serum could be brought to market.
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Others include works by private authors written withofficialapproval, while yet others include anything they have in their collection, official because it is in their archive.
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It does not imply that the contents of the document are correct or that they haveofficialapproval.
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He referred to between 2,000 and 2,500 house improvement applications having hadofficialapproval.
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They sit there, very often with father, somebody turns a switch, and it seems that such a show hasofficialapproval.
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The first thing to do is to schedule the charming old house and make it impossible for it to be destroyed withoutofficialapproval.
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The builders have not started these vessels without a certain measure ofofficialapproval.
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In their comments at the conference they said that the fluids at present available were not yet of sufficiently wide application to meritofficialapproval.
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An unconvincing explanation produced in conditions of war should no longer be given unchallengedofficialapproval.
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The testing of shelters for the purpose ofofficialapprovalof design is limited to anti-debris indoor shelters.
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Thatofficialapprovalwill be granted in far too many cases goes without saying, judging from pact experience.
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In other words, unless he has some form ofofficialapprovalbefore he arrives here, he cannot appeal without first leaving the country.
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It has also received theofficialapprovalof organised labour engaged in transport.
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After extensive trials, chemicals which pass the test are givenofficialapproval.
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The fact that an article is selected for reproduction in no way givesofficialapprovalof or recognition to the opinions which it contains.
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They wish to give the stamp ofofficialapprovalto something that is now, as they said, going on behind the scenes.
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He alleges not only that it comes from them, but that it had been sent withofficialapproval.
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I should emphasise, however, that this does not in any way implyofficialapprovalof the body which is sponsoring the exhibition.
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