civil - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • servant: Asylum seekers children campaign update Now civil servants have outlined some timescales which will be reported to UNISON's Social Work Issues Group.
  • liberty: Don't take liberties Mr Blunkett Are civil liberties at risk?
  • war: At the start of the Civil war in 1642 he raised an army in Cornwall to fight for the King.
  • society: The United Nations home page for civil society, click here.
  • partnership: Civil Partnerships may take place at Salford Register Office or at one of our Approved Venues.
  • ceremony: In which case for the marriage to be valid a civil ceremony is required prior to the religious ceremony.

Modifying Another Word

  • only: Ceremonies Austrian law recognizes only civil marriages however, a religious ceremony may be performed after a civil marriage has been solemnized.
  • then: If this looks unlikely, then civil war is extremely probable.
  • so: Here, between Skiddaw and Bassenthwaite Lake lies ' a so civil wilderness ' .
  • just: The talk is of criminal charges as well as just civil ones.
  • also: Linking not only NGOs but also civil society movements.
  • now: Asylum seekers children campaign update Now civil servants have outlined some timescales which will be reported to UNISON's Social Work Issues Group.

Used with adjective complement

  • include: Boundary categories include civil, judicial and ecclesiastical with some overlap.

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