noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an advice centre/service/desk/bureau
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They offer a 24-hour advice service to customers.
bureau de change
Federal Bureau of Investigation
marriage bureau
travel bureau
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
political
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Mengistu is general secretary of the party, which is governed by an 11-member political bureau .
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Chipenda was also elected to the political bureau .
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This in turn chose a new 21-member political bureau in its first session on Dec. 12.
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Members of the political bureau: Do Muoi.
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advice
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Equally citizens' advice bureaux may be able to assist with advice and information which may further your case.
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Anyone injured at work can obtain advice quickly from their local citizen's advice bureau .
chief
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Self also believes it is wrong to assume that bureau chiefs generally control a monopoly.
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Benjamin Bradlee, the dashing Washington bureau chief for Newsweek.
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Newsweek has a new Washington bureau chief , the first woman ever to serve in that post.
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He has been a reporter, Washington correspondent, system editor, state editor and Baltimore County bureau chief .
computer
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Suppose that you run a computer bureau and carry out ordinary data processing work.
credit
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His new employer can get his medical history from the insurance company, and his credit history from a credit bureau .
manager
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The recommended salary scale for bureaux managers is pegged to local authority rates for professional staff.
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The bureau managers today would be pleased if their task could be described only in these terms.
marriage
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Dexter sighed with increasing frequency when sent out to check yet another marriage bureau .
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A computer dating agency? Marriage bureaux ?
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In the following weeks, they continued to chase London's dating agencies and marriage bureaux .
news
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I work nights - in a news bureau , as a croupier in a nightclub, as a waitress.
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It worked like a news bureau .
worker
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Out of this fraught legal and financial tangle the bureau worker must work with the client to create order and stability.
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The next chapter will examine recent issues that are engaging bureau workers in their search to meet their commitment to the community.
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The managerial role of senior bureau workers is increasingly recognised.
■ VERB
use
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The technology used by the bureau has improved.
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The alternative is to use a litigation support bureau which operates in a similar way to external photocopying bureaux.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He is now Director of the Maritime Transport Bureau .
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the visitor's information bureau
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the area course the trainee will have a chance to meet trainees from other local bureaux.
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Nevertheless, out of necessity, to help the adviser feel less pressured, some bureaux do run partial appointment systems.
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Perhaps the most obvious is wilful and corrupt exploitation of debtors by dishonest employees of the credit reference bureau .
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The bureau is interested in its sponsor's demands as a basis for the formulation of its budget.
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The bureau swooped down on three illicit Hong Kong factories on Sept. 3 alone.
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Their whole life began seeming like a missing persons bureau .
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Your sister said you passed out and hit your head on her bureau .