Translations for „quango“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

quan·go [ˈkwæŋgəʊ] N Brit usu pej

quango acronym of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization:

quango

kvazi nevladna organizacija

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Will it be the existing credit institutions or a new government quango?

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An essential feature of a quango in the original definition was that it should not be a formal part of the state structure.

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The board is not an elected body, but is made up of members appointed from local councils across the region and is known as a quango.

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Instead of a toothless quango whose findings are meaningless, we need a new charter to ensure the sick and the vulnerable are well treated.

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It also educates public employees of both the government and quango sectors.

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You're trying to convince people that this isn't a quango, this isn't a talking shop.

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At its worst, it sometimes projected the image of another self-serving quango.

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Not that your little quango deserves too many plaudits.

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This announcement amounts to an unaccountable quango putting up two fingers to taxpayers.

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It's not for quango heads to say what politics should be.

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