official representative

collocation in English

meaningsofofficialandrepresentative

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official
adjective
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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representative
noun[C]
uk
/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.tə.tɪv/us
/ˌrep.rɪˈzen.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/
someone who speaks or does something officially for another person or group ...
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(Definition ofofficialandrepresentativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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By designating anofficialrepresentativeof farmers as an agent of government policy, politicians could allay fears that regulations on production were a statist encroachment on private property.
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That is the opinion of theofficialrepresentativeof the education authorities.
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Once one has anofficialrepresentativeone is going down a very dangerous path leading to long delay and uncertainty of decision.
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He is not a member in that sense, but he is, it seems, anofficialrepresentative.
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I am now quoting from the minority report of theofficialrepresentativeof the miners upon this departmental committee.
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He can telephone friends here, if he has any, or theofficialrepresentativeof the territory from which he has come.
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That report has been signed by each member of the committee as anofficialrepresentativeof his branch of the industry, without a solitary exception.
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A person refused permission can telephone friends here, if he has any—and probably he has—or theofficialrepresentativeof the territory from which he had come.
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He was therefore theofficialrepresentativeof his principal in discharging his duty as an inspector of precious metals and precious metal goods in trade.
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The executive officer is theofficialrepresentativeof the sponsoring organization.
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The organization was involved in taking actions, coordinating improvements, and acting at times as theofficialrepresentativeof the baekjeong in legal matters.
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It was recognized as students'officialrepresentativebody in the following year.
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It would operate as a democratic advisory body in which each member organization would hold one vote, exercised by anofficialrepresentative.
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He was theofficialrepresentativeof his principal in discharging his duty as an inspector of precious metals and precious metal goods in trade.
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He remains herofficialrepresentativeas of 2014.
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He was theofficialrepresentativeof the church.
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The tour was a private endeavour, and was not anofficialrepresentativeteam.
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Often this conflict remains unresolved partly because of under-representation of students withinofficialrepresentativeorgans such as town hall.
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The inauguration ceremony for the globe drew anofficialrepresentativeof the state and an audience of about seven thousand people.
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Historically the chancellor's duty was to function as theofficialrepresentativeof the monarch in the autonomous university.
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