Sentence examples for civil which from inspiring English sources

It is not perfect, but even on the worst days, it is civil, which is why everybody is careful with the rules.

These were photographed seven decades ago while in situ in a now vanished section of the Hôpital Civil, which was erected in Strasbourg between 1717 and 1727.

Under Franco's dictatorship, Gypsies lived in fear of the military police, or Guardia Civil, which often brutally broke up their encampments and forced them to keep moving around the country.

The courts even helpfully categorised such proceedings as being civil, which is very convenient in that it made it so much easier to get hearsay evidence before the courts.

The two state police forces in the city of Rio, the military (responsible for patrols) and the civil (which carries out investigations), are among the most violent in the world; they also cause the most fatalities.

"The house and grounds seemed untouched by the guerra civil, which implied political skill on the part of the owners, who'd had to deal, in the midst of war and chaos, first with the Republicans and their communists, then with the Nationalists and their fascists," he writes.

What the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision put in play is same-sex civil marriage, which is indeed a civil rights issue.

The civil registration number is registered in the Danish civil registry, which holds information on all persons who have lived in Denmark since April 2nd 1968.

After the Civil War, a three-volume set was published, "The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War," which advanced care immeasurably.

Lenin destroyed civil society, which Hitler never achieved.

Sali appealed to the civil courts, which endorsed her claim.