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01. The office [staff] of the English Language Program always do their best to help students with any problems they might have.
02. All [staff] are invited for a Christmas party on the 23rd of December.
03. The hospital is in crisis due to a shortage of [staff].
04. The office is currently being [staffed] by senior administrators due to the strike by secretaries and receptionists.
05. The Sierra Club, an environmental organization, is largely [staffed] by volunteers.
06. All the [staff] chipped in to buy Byron a wedding gift.
07. The organization is [staffed] entirely by volunteers.
08. Our marketing [staff] is working on developing a new advertising campaign.
09. The company currently employs 50 full-time [staff].
10. Most of our [staff] of teachers in the English Language Program are women, both among the teachers and the administration.
11. After the team failed to make the playoffs for the third year in a row, the entire coaching [staff] was fired.
12. The abortion clinic applied for police protection after [staff] members received death threats.
13. Someone once joked that dogs think you're family, whereas cats think you're [staff].
14. Since the downturn in the economy, we have had to cut [staff] in the office by about 5 people.
15. We are having a [staff] party to congratulate Jennifer on her new baby, and to give her some baby presents.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Staff — may refer to: * Staff (stick), a stick or pole to assist with walking, or sometimes used as a weapon * Staff (building material), artificial stone product used as ornament * Staff (music), a set of horizontal lines upon which notes are placed in… …   Wikipedia

  • Staff — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alois Staff (1866–1931), böhmisch österreichischer Techniker Curt Staff (1901–1976), deutscher Jurist und Präsident des OLG Frankfurt am Main Hanne Staff (* 1972), norwegische Orientierungsläuferin Ilse… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • staff — staff1 [staf, stäf] n. pl. staffs; also, for STAFF1 senses 1 & 5, staves [ME staf < OE stæf, akin to Ger stab, < IE base * steb(h) , post, pole > STEM1, STAMP] 1. a stick, rod, or pole; specif., a) a stick used …   English World dictionary

  • staff — s. v. conducere. Trimis de siveco, 22.09.2008. Sursa: Sinonime  STAFF s.n. (Anglicism) Grup de persoane cu o anumită misiune (de conducere), sub direcţia unui şef. [pl. furi. / < engl. staff – baston, simbol al autorităţii]. Trimis de… …   Dicționar Român

  • staff — I noun adiutores, aides, assistants, associates, body of employees, cadre, clerical staff, complement, corps, council, crew, deputies, employees, faculty, force, help, legatio, management, personnel, professional force, professional staff,… …   Law dictionary

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  • staff — ► NOUN 1) (treated as sing. or pl. ) the employees of an organization. 2) (treated as sing. or pl. ) a group of officers assisting an officer in command of an army formation or administration headquarters. 3) a long stick used as a support or… …   English terms dictionary

  • Staff — (st[.a]f), n. [G. staffiren to fill or fit out, adorn, fr. D. stoffeeren, OF. estoffer, F. [ e]toffer, fr. OF. estoffe stuff, F. [ e]toffe. See {Stuff}, n.] (Arch.) Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be suitable for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • staff — [n1] employees of organization agents, assistants, cadre, cast, crew, deputies, faculty, force, help, officers, operatives, organization, personnel, servants, shop, teachers, team, workers, work force; concept 325 staff [n2] stick, usually for… …   New thesaurus

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