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Meanings of permanent under-secretary of state in English
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secretari permanent Civil service post in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations.
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Examples for "permanent secretary"
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Solomon Star reports Mr Sikua was first appointed permanent secretary in 2012.
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Sir Martin Donnelly was permanent secretary at the department for international trade
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Gus O'Donnell, then the Treasury's permanent secretary, demanded that McBride stand down.
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The review was announced yesterday by the Department's permanent secretary, Mr Gerry Loughran.
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At 42, Suma Chakrabarti is the youngest permanent secretary ever appointed in Whitehall.
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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.
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In 1949 the British government established a Permanent Under-Secretaries' Committee "to consider long-term questions of foreign policy".
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Someone in the City, you might think, or perhaps a Permanent Under-Secretary to some Minister you never heard of.
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'You beg all the questions, Mr. Caldigate,' said the permanent under-secretary, with a smile.
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He described the Staithes who was now a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George and a Permanent Under-Secretary.
Usage of permanent under-secretary of state in English
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Married perchance to some permanent under Secretary of State and viewing "direct action" with growing disapproval.