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Meanings of permanent under-secretary in English
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secretari permanent Civil service post in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations.
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Usage of permanent under-secretary in English
1
In the course of a long reign a king would acquire the same advantage which a permanent under-secretary has over his superior, the parliamentary secretary.
2
In 1949 the British government established a Permanent Under-Secretaries' Committee "to consider long-term questions of foreign policy".
3
Someone in the City, you might think, or perhaps a Permanent Under-Secretary to some Minister you never heard of.
4
'You beg all the questions, Mr. Caldigate,' said the permanent under-secretary, with a smile.
5
He described the Staithes who was now a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George and a Permanent Under-Secretary.
6
He has walked over from the House an hour ago to talk with the permanent Under-Secretary, and now he's ready to walk back again.
7
'Now that the County Police is established,' pointed out the Permanent Under-Secretary, Horatio Waddington, 'the assistance of London officers is seldom resorted to.'