official inquiry

collocation in English

meaningsofofficialandinquiry

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official
adjective
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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inquiry
noun
uk
/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us
/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition ofofficialandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Only in 1878 some rules were introduced to prohibit the flight of officials before anofficialinquiry(residencia).
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Some kind ofofficialinquirymight provide this protection.
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They are believed to have expanded greatly since, but anofficialinquiryis due to be published shortly.
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Dering's character was completely cleared by the evidence submitted at the latestofficialinquiry.
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A full and carefulofficialinquiryhas been made into this matter.
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Will he consider anofficialinquirybefore any steps are taken?
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Will an ordinaryofficialinquirybe made?
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The moment we found the culprits a permanent official came along and had anofficialinquiry.
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Whether it is an unofficial or anofficialinquiry, it is a fraud.
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Although there has been noofficialinquiry, there have been tests of whether people want abolition.
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Nor does he consider that there is a case for the establishment of anofficialinquiryinto policing of the area.
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A licence should only be re-granted, not after a mere coroner's inquiry, but after a properofficialinquiryinto the whole case.
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It is astonishing that there has been noofficialinquiryinto the fundamentals of agriculture since the turn of the present century.
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Surely, to bring about the right results the machinery ofofficialinquiryinto these matters needs strengthening.
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I do not know that there has been anyofficialinquirywith bodies representing private owners concerning any particular fire.
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It is difficult, therefore, to see the point of theofficialinquiry.
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There are, in addition, all kinds of questions which sometimes have little to do with theofficialinquiry.
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As far as the conditions of service of the prison staff are concerned, there was anofficialinquiryby a departmental committee only last year.
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When the result of theofficialinquirycomes, we ought surely to be given some sort of guarantee that such an accident shall not recur.
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Although we had anofficialinquiryinto the loss of that vessel, local opinion showed scepticism about the findings.
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