INSPECTOR


Meaning of INSPECTOR in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a factory inspector (= an official whose job is to check that laws or rules related to factories are being obeyed )

Factory inspectors reported that safety precautions had been ignored.

chief inspector

inspector of taxes

tax inspector

weapons inspector

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

chief

A police chief inspector , an optician and the general manager of Lerwick Harbour Trust were among those who saw it.

But something still troubled the chief inspector .

I assume the present senior chief inspector will produce his annual report next year.

His daughter's beauty had never ceased to surprise the chief inspector .

She has married a chief inspector with the Met. and moved to St. Albans.

No doubt the former chief inspector will be on hand to deride such soggy thinking.

The issue was forced when Mr Blunkett discovered during the Labour conference last year that the chief inspector was thinking of resigning.

Mr. Straw To try to suggest that the senior chief inspector agreed to 175 is preposterous.

deputy

Gen Larry G.. Smith, who was on track to become the deputy inspector general of the Army.

Smith's appointment as deputy inspector general never took effect.

Recently, Howard said, one of the deputy mine inspectors turned down a $ 60,000 job offer from a mining company.

local

Again local inspectors do not seem to do so well in engendering trust.

Employment of local government inspectors is concentrated in cities and in suburban areas undergoing rapid growth.

I would certainly be very interested to hear from readers who have obtained agreement from local inspectors on similar cases.

Again it is July 1994 and the company is under investigation by the local inspector of taxes.

There will still be local government inspectors - we are not privatising them.

HMIs fulfil both of these conditions, but this is not so for local authority inspectors .

The deeds, the solicitor and the local building inspector will confirm the position.

The top copy is detached and sent to the firm's local tax inspector .

senior

I assume the present senior chief inspector will produce his annual report next year.

In February, the then senior chief inspector , Eric Bolton, decided to resign.

Mr. Straw To try to suggest that the senior chief inspector agreed to 175 is preposterous.

This has led to a range of top level employees including high powered vets, scientists and senior inspectors .

Two key assumptions lie behind the senior chief inspector and myself arriving at the figure of 175.

Mr Rod Perriman, the former chief inspector , resigned last year because senior inspectors were upset about the plans.

■ NOUN

customs

They were sure the customs inspectors were being bribed.

He then became a customs inspector , but he found the work dreary and went back to the ministry.

detective

By 1965 things had eased, but my detective inspector still railed against my three-quarter length corduroy car-coat with its red lining.

It was with a detective inspector called Eddy Russell.

general

The inspector general of police declared the pastoral letter seditious and possession of it a crime.

Toward the mid-1970s, the Army inspector general took notice of the situation and began questioning procurement officials.

Gen Larry G.. Smith, who was on track to become the deputy inspector general of the Army.

Smith's appointment as deputy inspector general never took effect.

health

And public health inspectors found the kitchen overrun with the insects after a hygiene probe was launched.

When health inspectors investigated, they found no problem of physical toxicity.

Public health inspectors swooped after a horrified customer spotted a cockroach scuttling through the restaurant.

rspca

He was totally dejected said RSPCA inspector Terry Winbstone.

But you can't plan your day when you're an RSPCA inspector .

But the RSPCA inspector who found Capri says the ban's too short.

safety

Whilst accidents are increasing, health and safety inspectors have been cut by 20 percent.

When the safety inspector comes to the door, the machine is quickly turned on.

It said it would hire more safety inspectors , create a technical support staff and continue to improve crew communications.

school

It will be headed by chairman Gordon Williams, a retired headmaster and schools inspector .

In 1912 school inspectors reported that only 2 % of young people were unable to read or write.

tax

Frequent visits from tax inspectors are one nuisance.

It also claims that the audit is an aid to the company, its bankers, potential suppliers and tax inspectors .

Even better, people like tax inspectors didn't visit even under cover, unless they were feeling suicidal.

The top copy is detached and sent to the firm's local tax inspector .

She used to be, and you are not amazed, a tax inspector .

A spotlight on them in this company and they would feel like tax inspectors .

The incident began after two tax inspectors and a bailiff called at the man's house.

A woman I know works as a tax inspector .

■ VERB

appoint

It refers not to truncating the inquiry but to the timescale before appointing an inspector and publishing the report.

build

He conveyed this to the building inspectors , which allowed the Council to withdraw their objection on this score.

Working Conditions Construction and building inspectors usually work alone.

Generally, building inspectors , including plan examiners, earn the highest salaries.

Employment Construction and building inspectors held about 64, 000 jobs in 1994.

A primary concern of building inspectors is fire safety.

Construction or building inspectors need several years of experience as a manager, supervisor, or craft worker before becoming inspectors.

On the third day, the city building inspectors came.

send

He is preparing to send inspectors into the company to investigate growing evidence that the London-based firm knowingly supplied smugglers.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a Health Department inspector

the building inspectors

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A sergeant's car was hit, and two shots were fired at an inspectors vehicle.

City inspectors of all kinds were shaking citizens down, as were the police.

Clarkson, a quality control inspector , scored two.

Eighteen months on, some head teachers are complaining that inspectors are fulfilling their duties with a zeal which smacks of prejudice.

In 1912 school inspectors reported that only 2 % of young people were unable to read or write.

The inspectors said that there was poor provision in certain aspects of teaching children with reading difficulties.

The public observations and published documents of Government inspectors did not point to falling standards in basic subjects at the primary stage.

The ticket inspector then interrupted the conversation and said this was not possible.

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