civil service

Example Sentences

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An expansive exhibition focuses on the Japanese warriors—from their rise as masters of warfare to their domestication as part of the civil service and landed gentry—as well as their long cultural afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal

State Department officials say the administration’s cuts to the civil service haven’t affected their ability to respond.

From The Wall Street Journal

They undermine every investigation that the civil service has run.

From BBC

Insiders seem confident that extensive vetting must have been done before Dame Antonia was given the top civil service job in the Home Office.

From BBC

She now runs the village shop in Pirnmill and was counting on getting her civil service pension to clear debts and ensure the future of the shop.

From BBC