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Meanings of civil service in English

Russian
государственная гражданская служба
Portuguese
serviço civil
Spanish
servicio publico
Catalan
servei públic
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Branch of governmental service or employees of a government agency.

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        государственная гражданская служба

        Subject category of the 20th Century Press Archives.

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              Usage of civil service in English
              1
              The civil service is not wired to negotiate the best possible deal.
              The Guardian
              2
              This was a problem being experienced across the civil service, he added.
              The Irish Times
              3
              Chief among them is the desire to reform the UK civil service.
              The Guardian
              4
              Under the deal, the government endorsed mass lay-offs in the civil service.
              The Guardian
              5
              An autonomous, non-politicised civil service is lacking, especially at sub-national government levels.
              The Guardian
              6
              In short, the civil service has been keeping the ANC in power.
              The South African
              7
              Thirty years ago, married women were forced to leave the civil service.
              The Irish Times
              8
              The Europeans are the planters and the members of the civil service.
              Dutch Life in Town and Country
              9
              The civil service performance bonus system should be abolished or radically changed.
              The Irish Times
              10
              No wonder graduates are clamouring for the stability of civil service jobs.
              Reuters
              11
              Neither party is in favor of civil service reform, and never was.
              The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. / Interviews
              12
              Corruption has riddled Libya's civil service since the time of Moamer Kadhafi.
              The South African
              13
              But he suggested the practice might be widespread in the civil service.
              Reuters
              14
              The girl operators were entangled in a maze of civil service rules.
              The History of the Telephone
              15
              These scholars sought emphatically a reform of the civil service in England.
              Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z
              16
              A greater number of Negroes found an outlet in the civil service.
              The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
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