"civilian" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Originally this would often have been a military appointment, but is now more likely to be a civilian post.
- The leaders also devoted sometime today to the question of who should occupy the pivotal top civilian post in Kosovo, without taking a decision.
- The peace treaty of 1763 inaugurated the development of a civilian post.
- He worked in several civilian posts, and married a Dutch baroness.
- They also created a civilian post of public safety commissioner to oversee the Police Department.
- I was hoping for a career in the mili-tary, some civilian post.
- At the outbreak of hostilities in the colonies he was offered by the rebels the pick of all civilian and military posts.
- In 1955, when he was appointed general manager of the commission, a civilian post, he retired from the military.
- He started as a correction officer and served finally as chief of the department until his elevation to the civilian post of commissioner.
- He returned to the Navy's top civilian post in late 2003.
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