Sentence examples for the equivalent office from inspiring English sources

I spoke to the Ecuadorian Consulate in London and got separate confirmation from the equivalent office in Washington DC (+1 202 234 7200; ecuador.org) that applicants have to apply in their home country.

A patent is an official recognition by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) (or the equivalent office in any other country) that the owner has the exclusive right to use the IP described in the patent for a fixed period of time.

It would be a really good idea if there was an equivalent office in the UK to advise the Prime Minister on economic matters.

There's no release date for Office 2011 for Mac, but its Windows equivalent, Office 2010, is available now to MSDN and TechNet subcribers, to be released to the public at large in the coming weeks.

A judge may only be removed from office on these grounds by the President on the advice of a tribunal of judges of the Supreme Court or those who hold or have held equivalent offices in the Commonwealth.

Almost as good, in the status-conscious world of office one-upmanship, having one of these is the equivalent of an office with a window.

A blue-carpeted area on the fourth floor, installed courtesy of the Slought Foundation of Philadelphia, is meant to be the equivalent of the office water cooler, where all and sundry can meet to brainstorm or schmooze.

Sequels are, he feels, the equivalent of box office poison, even if this one prompted friends to give him a tongue-in-cheek gift for his 65th birthday last summer: an Adirondack-style rocking chair custom-painted to resemble the book's cover.

When an elected official sues in his or her "official capacity," it's the equivalent of the office itself being the party to the lawsuit.

In fact, there were the equivalent of campaign offices in Second life and a lot of unofficial political activities and robust in-world political discussion.

Church suggested a new centre similar to the UK's Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services, which was housed within the Met Office – the equivalent of Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.