civilian labour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcivilianandlabour
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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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labour
noun
uk/ˈleɪ.bər/us/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
practical work, especially when it involves hard ...
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(Definition ofcivilianandlabourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In favour of employing military andcivilianlabour?
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It will be carried out by specially recruitedcivilianlabour.
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There is a very large item forcivilianlabour.
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Quarterly estimates of thecivilianlabourforce are not available.
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It is nothing to do withcivilianlabour.
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This employment ofcivilianlabourin the national yards has affected the question of housing.
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Civilianlabourcompares quite favourably with military labour as regards the work that was done.
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He is not allowed to fight for his country or to enter thecivilianlabourmarket.
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I visualise the possibility of soldiers being more and more called upon to helpcivilianlabour.
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Military labour has been used to unload military cargoes becausecivilianlabouris not obtainable.
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I suggest that thecivilianlabourmight be very largely decreased and transferred to civilian purposes.
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It is a condition of the loan of working parties thatcivilianlabouris not available.
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The available labour was not sufficient andcivilianlabourwas employed upon the work.
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That is the paragraph which deals with the increased employment ofcivilianlabour.
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We are to havecivilianlabouremployed while military labour is to be abolished.
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Besides that, we intended to carry out as much of the non-flying duties as possible bycivilianlabour.
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Employers pay the full rates of wages current in the district forcivilianlabourof a similar class.
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I do not think one can find much in the way of criteria in comparisons with thecivilianlabourmarket.
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Although all these posts have been converted from uniformed to civilian, our totalcivilianlabourforce has not been increased.
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Above all, it might have saved that antagonism between the ex-soldier andcivilianlabourwhich is now imminent.
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They will be withdrawn in accordance with instructions already issued as soon as they can be replaced bycivilianlabour.
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Is that not a reason why soldiers should be withdrawn to givecivilianlabouran opportunity of being employed?
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Dentists and vets are recruited in thecivilianlabourmarket.
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I am not so clear whether they are under a duty to do such purelycivilianlabouras the unloading of ships.
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The policy with regard to the construction of national shipyards is in no way affected by the decision to man the yards withcivilianlabour.
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