regional authority
collocation in Englishmeaningsofregionalandauthority
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regional
adjective
uk/ˈriː.dʒən.əl/us/ˈriː.dʒən.əl/
relating to or coming from a particular part of ...
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authority
noun
uk/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofregionalandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Clearly, an institution with recognizedregionalauthorityis needed.
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Acceleration is also required in the process of public sector reform, at local andregionalauthoritylevel.
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Now the medical officer of health finds that he is being by-passed by the remote control of theregionalauthority, of all people.
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Many people would welcome the idea of some form ofregionalauthority.
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Theregionalauthoritycan then decide how to allocate those funds among its various district authorities.
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The level of the charge made is at the discretion of theregionalauthority.
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For instance, might it not be said that the consultative services would come better under theregionalauthoritythan under the area board?
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Sometimes aregionalauthoritywill be able to make arrangements with other regions if its own facilities are lacking.
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On the whole, we see theregionalauthorityacting as a wholesaler—getting water from the national organisation and selling it to the local authority.
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This is a function of theregionalauthority.
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They feel that they have the criteria to be aregionalauthorityand that they should stick to it.
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The minor concession is that eachregionalauthorityis now to have a bare majority of local authority representatives.
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It is the capital city, and unlike other areas it already possesses aregionalauthoritywhich has been established and in operation for eight years.
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Theregionalauthoritydoes everything as a committee function with local councillors.
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Theregionalauthoritywould give no such undertaking.
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The proposal anticipates that report in proposing the setting up of aregionalauthority.
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Will it be designed to accommodate a parliament, a legislative or administrative assembly, or aregionalauthority?
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I am mainly concerned with theregionalauthority.
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The first is the creation of the great all-purpose, directly-elected,regionalauthority.
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The staff complement of schools essentially concerns theregionalauthority.
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