civilian employment

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilianandemployment

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civilian
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us
/səˈvɪl.jən/
relating to a person who is not a member of the police or the ...
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employment
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
the fact of someone being paid to work for a company ...
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(Definition ofcivilianandemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A serving officer is not normally allowed to take upcivilianemploymentbefore he has been officially released from military service.
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They have become experts in a wide range of skills and specialisms, deriving from their military training and theircivilianemployment.
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There are no regulations to prevent personnel in this category from taking upcivilianemploymentin advance of their release date.
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The economy as a whole will also benefit as better qualified personnel return to thecivilianemploymentmarket after their service career.
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A very large proportion of them will be holding important positions in ordinarycivilianemployment.
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There is, of course, also the point in regard tocivilianemployment.
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As a result of those leg injuries, that soldier was away from hiscivilianemploymentfor nearly a year.
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He was sentenced to 42 days' imprisonment but will be free to resume hiscivilianemploymenton discharge from prison.
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Approximately 2,000 men have securedcivilianemploymentor overseas appointments making an approximate total of 3,238.
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Throughout their service life personnel are trained in skills which are directly transferable tocivilianemploymentand receive further education leading to recognised qualifications.
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About 78,000 have been placed incivilianemploymentto date, and at the end of 1948 aproximately 14,600 remained to be resettled in civil life.
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Where thecivilianemploymentis attributable in this way, a small deduction is made from the amount of civilian pay.
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The number of men who have not yet been relegated tocivilianemployment, repatriated or emigrated is 45,000, including 12,000 officers.
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To bring up forces' pay to levels comparable withcivilianemploymentcannot, as the board made plain, be a justification for pay increases elsewhere.
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These figures, however, cover only part ofcivilianemploymentin the central government sector as defined for the national accounts.
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The class of men you get as officers are being paid below the standard they would get incivilianemployment.
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It is still too early to know the implications forcivilianemploymentin the area.
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Employers and trades unions have continued to co-operate in recognising service skill forcivilianemployment.
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One part relates to defence establishments, the service contracts that go with them and the relatedcivilianemployment.
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Can he say how those figures compare with the percentage increase or decrease ofcivilianemploymentin the main industrial countries?
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