ADMINISTRATION in a Sentence

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130 example sentences for ADMINISTRATION, such as:
1. It is an administration captained by Mr.
2. Too much time is spent on administration.
3. The administration of the law is very important.
4. The administration had several reasons for holding back.
5. The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ADMINISTRATION
administration
 n.  the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
 n.  the act of governing; exercising authority
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  I cannot let you go, for, in addition to my honour having become involved, it behoves me to show my people how the regular, the organised, administration of an estate may be conducted.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
2  As regards the internal administration and what Andrey Ivanovich in his letter calls "little peccadilloes," I have nothing to say.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
3  A paternal administration, chosen from among yourselves, will form your municipality or city government.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER IX
4  His means increased rapidly; serfs from neighboring estates came to beg him to buy them, and long after his death the memory of his administration was devoutly preserved among the serfs.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER VII
5  He was subjected to certain police supervision, and, as he could find work nowhere, the administration employed him at reduced rates as a road-mender on the cross-road from Gagny to Lagny.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
6  This cemetery, with its peculiarities outside the regulations, embarrassed the symmetry of the administration.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
7  Javert dried the fresh ink on the paper, folded it like a letter, sealed it, wrote on the back: Note for the administration, left it on the table, and quitted the post.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—JAVERT
8  I will not deny, that if we look back as far as history will direct us, towards the original of commonwealths, we shall generally find them under the government and administration of one man.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  The debates wandered over the whole policy of the administration and the general question of slavery, without touching very closely the specific merits of the measure in hand.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In II
10  Then the national election took place; and the administration, with a vote of renewed confidence from the country, addressed itself to the matter more seriously.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In II
11  Misuse of public funds, waste and corruption had reached such proportions during his administration that the edifice was toppling of its own weight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
12  We can't have perfection; and if I keep him, I must sustain his administration as a whole, even if there are, now and then, things that are exceptionable.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
13  The forcible administration of poison is by no means a new thing in criminal annals.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
14  Was Under-Secretary for the colonies in a late administration.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
15  The administration of mutton instead of medicine, the substitution of Tea for Joe, and the baker for bacon, were among the mildest of my own mistakes.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVI
Example Sentence: (107 in 8 pages)
1  What you actually receive is net of deductions for the airfare and administration.
2  The administration of jusice is the firmest pillar of government.
3  The administration may try to reflate the economy next year.
4  The administration has no vested interest in proving whether public schools were good or bad.
5  Too much time is spent on administration.
6  It is an administration captained by Mr.
7  The administration has been steadily rowing back from its early opposition to his attendance in London.
8  We're looking for someone with experience in administration.
9  The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment.
10  The administration had several reasons for holding back.
11  Some students enter other professions such as arts administration.
12  The administration of the law is very important.
13  The administration has fallen into step with its European allies on this issue.
14  His administration has earned low marks for its economic policies.
15  The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions.