civil servant
Example Sentences
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The ballad, The Fields of Athenry, refers to it as "Trevelyan's corn", after the civil servant who had responsibility for administering relief during the famine, Charles Trevelyan.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Cat Little, the most senior civil servant at the Cabinet Office, will appear before the committee on Thursday.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
It comes after former senior Foreign Office civil servant Sir Olly Robbins accused No 10 of a "dismissive" attitude towards the process - a claim Downing Street has denied.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
The row over the sacking of Sir Olly, who was the senior civil servant at the Foreign Office, has dominated the past week.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
At that time, a career as a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African, the highest that a black man could aspire to.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
