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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was only doing what he was told by some one higher up in an endless chain of command .
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Informed by the two farmers, local authorities passed the information up the chain of command .
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The organisation is a hierarchy, with a formal chain of command .
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This can be done through anonymous individual written evaluations, submitted to the supervisor and then on up the chain of command .
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What is the convoluted chain of command ?