operational structure

collocation in English

meaningsofoperationalandstructure

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operational
adjective
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən.əl/
relating to a ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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(Definition ofoperationalandstructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The report contains some recommendations on ways of improving border controls and refers to the possible establishment of anoperationalstructure.
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The constitution of the future foundation will be bound by theoperationalstructureof the successor organisation.
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The intent behind it is racist, and it will create anoperationalstructurethat is racist, building on trends that already exist.
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In 2003, benefiting from the return of economic stability and improved security, the government increased funding and introduced a new organizational andoperationalstructure.
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Once firmly established, a norm becomes a part of the group'soperationalstructureand hence more difficult to change.
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The new management completely revised theoperationalstructureof the railroad, closing facilities and discharging employees.
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The new trooper is assigned to a battalion (operationalstructure), and alternates missions with specialized courses at home or abroad.
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Hickey was responsible for creating a plan, figuring out anoperationalstructure, and raising investor funding.
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Our operational structures change as the situation changes.
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Two areas of between 70 and 80 acres have been taken over for camps and other necessary operational structures.
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It should be possible to introduce business instruments and involve private enterprise, but also achieve proportionate optimisation of the operational structures involved in providing water supplies.
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Operational structures around the airfield appear to have been demolished and removed.
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Current aerial imagery shows that the operational structures around the airfield appear to have been demolished and removed.
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Those plans never materialized and today current aerial imagery shows that the operational structures around the airfield appear to have been demolished and removed.
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It simulates operational structures such as sluice gates, weirs, culverts, pumps, bridges with operating strategies.
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The operational structures around the airfield appear to have been demolished and removed.
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