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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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Examples for "permanent secretary"
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Solomon Star reports Mr Sikua was first appointed permanent secretary in 2012.
Radio NZ
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Sir Martin Donnelly was permanent secretary at the department for international trade
The Guardian
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Gus O'Donnell, then the Treasury's permanent secretary, demanded that McBride stand down.
The Guardian
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The review was announced yesterday by the Department's permanent secretary, Mr Gerry Loughran.
The Irish Times
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At 42, Suma Chakrabarti is the youngest permanent secretary ever appointed in Whitehall.
The Irish Times
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Married perchance to some permanent under Secretary of State and viewing "direct action" with growing disapproval.
Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement
Usage of permanent under-secretary in English
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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.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History
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In 1949 the British government established a Permanent Under-Secretaries' Committee "to consider long-term questions of foreign policy".
The Irish Times
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Someone in the City, you might think, or perhaps a Permanent Under-Secretary to some Minister you never heard of.
The unnatural inquirer
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'You beg all the questions, Mr. Caldigate,' said the permanent under-secretary, with a smile.
John Caldigate
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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.
Eyeless in Gaza
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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.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
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'Now that the County Police is established,' pointed out the Permanent Under-Secretary, Horatio Waddington, 'the assistance of London officers is seldom resorted to.'
The suspicions of mr. whicher: a shocking murder and the undoing...
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