Sentence examples for majority of servants from inspiring English sources

Dr Lucy Delap, a Cambridge lecturer whose specialism is domestic service, says that in the great houses – be they the Buckingham Palace of ITV's Victoria or the real-life Audley End – the servants "were quite well paid, and their conditions were quite easy when compared to the majority of servants working in one- and two-person households.

"The vast majority of civil servants work outside Whitehall, and one of the very best bits of my job has been travelling around the country visiting civil servants where they work.

The vast majority of civil servants I encountered in my five years in office were hard-working, thoughtful and driven by a quiet, if fiercely held belief in public service.

"I believe a majority of public servants would prefer a responsible wage rise with job security, rather than engage in the CPSU's outlandish pay claims and industrial actions," Abetz said earlier this month.

"Such exceptional cases undermine the sterling work of the majority of civil servants".

But it would be mistaken to think that the majority of civil servants are mandarins - hundreds of thousands of Sir Humphreys who are experts in alliteration, obfuscation, emollience and procrastination.

He praised the majority of civil servants for doing "a fabulous job", but added: "There are a lot of weaknesses, which are persistent and which have been unaddressed for too long".

President Donald Trump took another swing at his opponents Thursday morning, claiming that the majority of civil servants suffering under the current government shutdown are mostly Democrats.

They cite Scriptures such as Psalms 37:11 and Matthew 5 5 as proof that the majority of faithful servants of God will inherit life on earth.

Here again, is a commentary from Kathimerini The vast majority of Greek civil servants and others working in public enterprises are guaranteed lifetime employment.

Charbonneau said that while the vast majority of Quebec public servants are blameless, officials of Quebec's transport department did take bribes.