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Meanings of préfecture in English
Deconcentrated executive authority of the French State, in charge of the administrative control of public services and territorial collectivities operating on its local territory.
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Examples for "préfectures"
Examples for "préfectures"
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Regional banks are largely tied to the fortunes of their local prefectures.
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JAPAN - 207 confirmed cases in the western prefectures of Hyogo and Osaka.
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Hokkaido accounts for the highest number of infections among Japan's prefectures.
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Australia again urges nationals in Tokyo and eight prefectures to consider leaving Japan.
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It spans seven prefectures and includes thousands of small islands that dot the sea.
Usage of préfecture in English
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Deaths were aggregated by sous-préfecture and analyzed by a 6-month period.
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There is the Police Nationale, the Gendarmerie Nationale and the Préfecture de Police.
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Then the cab started on its journey back to the Préfecture.
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Agents of the Préfecture have been all day watching at the Chatham, awaiting your return.
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Arrest him and take him straight to the Préfecture.
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After that we went out by train-whichput us at the Préfecture at ten o'clock.
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The President, Marshal MacMahon, was living at the Préfecture at Versailles and received every Thursday evening.
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Still our friends at the Préfecture weren't satisfied.
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At Bordeaux he stayed at the Préfecture, where he was very comfortable, but the days were fatiguing.
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Opposite him stood another known by sight to Lanyard- ahighlydecorative official from the Préfecture de Police.
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There was a man with him, a tall, keen Frenchman whom Briggerland recognised as the chief detective of the Préfecture.
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"Then you think somebody of the Préfecture recognized Duchemin in you?"
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The story told me at the time was that Lord Lyons's representative found matters already in great confusion at the Préfecture.
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The following update from the Préfecture de Police, who urged citizens to stop clogging up emergency phone lines, was shared on Twitter.
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'In return for gift of this opportunity to place Préfecture under obligations, please do me a service.
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He broke the seal and saw that the sheet of notepaper he took from the envelope was headed "Préfecture de Police."
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