The phrase "a bit of official" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks clarity, making it difficult to determine its intended meaning.
Example: "I need a bit of official documentation to proceed with the application."
Alternatives: "a little official" or "some official".
But on the public official side, that creates a loophole big enough for a fire engine: a legislator-lawyer doesn't have to tell the rest of us when a bit of official business might benefit one of his or her unnamed clients.
Other councils, by comparison, have dragged their feet, despite the fact that open bidding for permission to set up or manage new schools became compulsory in 2006.The Elmgreen School is an example of what parents can do with a bit of official co-operation.
A date for bidding and the final documentation of the process were finally released today — though a bit of official infighting acted as a reminder that not all is well at the agency.
Though the station house was under construction, and in a bit of disarray, officials found that Officers Gaschler and Torren did not properly secure the cell keys, and each received what is called a command discipline.
Everybody knows the quadrennial presidential nomination conventions have become a tiny bit of official business and a whole lot of partying.
The data from below the blowout preventer became available Sunday through a bit of serendipity, the official said: a robotic submersible suddenly started receiving a signal from a wireless gauge down in the well.
"I just caught a bit of that," another official replied.
The desire to have a greater say, and assert its legitimate interests in the region, she recently wrote, is behind a curious new bit of official phraseology.
There was a bit of discussion with officials about whether he was allowed to, or whether there was time.
Mr. Craig's appearance as Mr. Gonzalez's lawyer has been a bit of a surprise to official Washington, which last saw him delivering a defense of presidential peccadilloes before the House Judiciary Committee.
European leaders, among others, worry that Mr Obama is willing to be helpful in Africa, and to explain to African leaders why it is in their interests to follow the liberal, free-trading principles that America champions but that deep down he sees Africa as Europe's, not America's, backyard.Africa policy remains a bit of a backwater in official Washington.
