EXTENDED LEAVE collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)

collocation in English

meanings of extended and leave

extended

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/ɪkˈsten.dɪd/us

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/ɪkˈsten.dɪd/

leave

noun

uk

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/liːv/us

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/liːv/

time allowed away from work for a holiday ...

Examples of extended leave

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Not surprisingly, a greater proportion of skilled workers practiced absenteeism, whereas laborers more often asked for extended leave.

Even more workers left the arsenals on extended leave or long-term absenteeism.

I am afraid that it would not be possible to grant extended leave without postponing the leave of other soldiers in the same unit.

The desire on his part to reduce the numbers of those who are given extended leave to remain is very worrying.

Inquiries were made and it was found that the facts were as he stated and facilities were made for him to have an extended leave.

Others have mentioned the extended leave to remain procedure.

I may add that officers who had been due to take extended leave are arranging to return to their posts at the earliest possible moment.

Information on extended leave taken by teachers is not held centrally.

Many of these had been granted extended leave; 32 were apprehended as absentees, and the remainder rejoined their units after only a short absence.

That is quite apart from those who are given extended leave to remain.

We cannot grant extended leave to all recalled reservists and maintain the state of operational readiness which is still necessary.

We are not talking about people with extended leave to remain, and so that is irrelevant to my argument.

It applies to the supervised discharge and extended leave proposals for which we are awaiting legislation.

I agree that the king is still king, even if he is on extended leave of absence.

We are borne out in that assertion by the fact that a high proportion of asylum applications which are refused result in the granting of extended leave to appeal.

There are perceived to be legal problems with a patient who is liable to detention in hospital for treatment also being in the community on very extended leave of absence.

The operator, who was newly returned to service from an extended leave, was told to run past the red signal.

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However, there is a large group of young people who remain in the country even after their request for extended leave is denied.

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Employees may also take an additional 38 weeks extended leave for child care.

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The company has low (3 percent) annual turnover, and a tenth of the brewery's employees may take extended leave in any given year.

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