civilian government

collocation in English

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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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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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It can e install a military, or an alternativeciviliangovernment.
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A year later, the military handed over power to aciviliangovernmentthat had no interest in the programme and did not approve any projects.
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We welcome the prompt restoration ofciviliangovernment.
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We have consistently supported a peaceful transition to a democraticciviliangovernment.
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Theciviliangovernmentrapidly imploded.
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We look forward to progress towards a restoration of democraticciviliangovernment, which would permit closer relations to develop.
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There is an urgent need to put the country back on the path towards accountableciviliangovernment.
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Multipleciviliangovernmentand corporate tenants have taken up residency.
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Almost its first function in such a war would be to take over the government of the country, because there would be nociviliangovernment.
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To promise talks on everything except sovereignty, when, and only when,civiliangovernmentis restored, is the proper and honourable course.
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We read this road map as a tightly controlled, slow transition towards aciviliangovernmentwhere the military still plays a dominant role.
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Some hope still remains, since the opposition has stated that it will allow the military nine months to hand back power to aciviliangovernment.
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We must remember that the soonerciviliangovernmentcan be restored, the smaller will be the risk of the area becoming the scene of serious international conflict.
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Amnesty's lasting impression from the trip was that tolerance of criticism and dissent is shrinking while at the same time the regime talks of moving towardsciviliangovernment.
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There is now an interimciviliangovernmentwho are moving to seek agreement on a new constitution which will,inter alia, provide for democratic elections.
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By this time, theciviliangovernmenthad lost control of the populace.
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The government transited from a military ruled junta to a moderately ruledciviliangovernment.
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However, the offensive was decided by the military, not theciviliangovernment.
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The transitionalciviliangovernmentwill rule up to two years before new elections will be held.
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Upon leaving, he joined theciviliangovernmentand served in various capacities.
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Aciviliangovernmentwas elected in 1981, but human rights violations continued.
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Control of the armed forces has also passed into the hands of theciviliangovernment.
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In the absence ofciviliangovernment, he was the de facto governor in the region.
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Intelligence agencies would be subservient to the democratic,civiliangovernmentand responsible to parliamentary oversight.
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These incidents, which claimed many lives, were a blow to theciviliangovernment.
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