civilian occupation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcivilianandoccupation
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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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occupation
noun
uk/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
a ...
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(Definition ofcivilianandoccupationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I am dealing with areas of ordinarycivilianoccupation.
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Cannot a soldier be paid as if he were in acivilianoccupation, in which he would get a pay packet in the normal way?
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In 19 cases, only part of the premises are occupied for military purposes, the remaining portions being incivilianoccupation.
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They were offered to the local authority but were rejected as not suitable forcivilianoccupationbecause of their location.
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These volunteers are recruited on a countrywide basis, and usually have acivilianoccupationsimilar or identical to their military occupation.
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Those who are being selected are people who will very largely follow theircivilianoccupationin their military role.
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Are not particulars taken of every man'scivilianoccupationat the time of his joining?
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Here again, this seems to be acivilianoccupation.
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Both the number of camps still incivilianoccupationand the number of persons living in them are steadily diminishing.
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Officers and men are not discharged for the purpose of resuming theircivilianoccupation.
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Even if he is acquitted, it is going to cause some interruption of hiscivilianoccupationand may prejudice his advancement in the civilian sphere.
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There was no doubt that that man'scivilianoccupationwas a soldier.
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Three weeks later all those pensioners, whose services were not required for war purposes, were again demobilised and reverted to theircivilianoccupation.
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Only a few unskilled airmen have been released to industry, but it is possible that among them are one or two miners whosecivilianoccupationhas been mis-described.
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In some senses, it may be argued that the 300 would be receiving training that would be relevant to somecivilianoccupationwhen they left the military course.
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Many of them will be skilled, intelligent men who, if they entered acivilianoccupationin industry or commerce, could look forward to a steady career of promotion.
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The trouble is that if the property gets into normalcivilianoccupationthese problems could arise, and it is important that we should deal with them.
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Hiscivilianoccupationwas listed as blacksmith, band or orchestra leader, or musician.
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Other personnel are reservists with acivilianoccupation.
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In times of crisis, the militiaman left his civilian duties and became a soldier until the emergency was over, when he returned to hiscivilianoccupationand life.
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