secretarial work

collocation in English

meaningsofsecretarialandwork

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secretarial
adjective
uk
/ˌsek.rəˈteə.ri.əl/us
/ˌsek.rəˈter.i.əl/
relating to the work of ...
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work
noun
uk
/wɜːk/us
/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition ofsecretarialandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One can imagine the reaction if a young man, lured by good pay, wanted to plunge into a female-dominated sphere ofsecretarialwork.
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He has a small civilian staff to assist him in the ordinarysecretarialworkof his office.
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The secretaries of the branches are nearly all men working during the day at their trade, and they do theirsecretarialworkin the evening.
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Is not the saving in cost achieved by this examination far outweighed by the cost of storing and thesecretarialworkinvolved?
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He lost two arms and a leg, and is now being trained insecretarialwork.
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It is this type of unit which will be able to employ computers in order to reduce the administrative andsecretarialwork.
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No fewer than 800,000 people are currently employed insecretarialworkalone.
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They are hardworking women who are paid modest sums and who help with the charity andsecretarialwork.
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They undertake allsecretarialworkas well as filing, registry and typing.
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Married women with children of school age are often able to come back to dosecretarialworkwithout having to work during the school holidays.
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There are nursing and the medical services,secretarialwork, commercial occupations and so forth.
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I refer to the provision of somesecretarialwork, and so on.
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Loss of time might easily cost hundreds of pounds, and there will not be much of the £500 left to pay for the considerablesecretarialwork.
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I have no doubt that the bishops are more than capable of doing the work for themselves, possibly with the exception ofsecretarialwork.
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The more work he decides to do the moresecretarialworkis involved, thus costing him more.
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Will he kindly say whether any portion of the secretarial allowance may be used in purchasing equipment and stationery to assist insecretarialwork?
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This would enable it to co-ordinate training in occupations which cut across industrial boundaries, such as clerical andsecretarialwork, or to co-ordinate management training.
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I have no resources whatever behind me to enable me to carry outsecretarialworkof that kind.
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The societies would be entitled to pay what the friendly societies now pay to their secretaries for purelysecretarialwork.
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Would it not be cheaper to employ and easier to recruit such staff if moresecretarialworkwas transferred to the regions?
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