Sentence examples for men of service from inspiring English sources

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"There is a strong will to dismantle the image of bishops as men of power and to reinstitute the image of bishops as men of service," said Bishop Marcello Semeraro of Oria, Italy.

It is this discourse or more precisely its bearers, the peripatetic "men of service" who seek employment at the rulers' courts which arouse Shang Yang's indignation.

Morally upright officials do exist, but these are exceptional individuals: "one cannot find even a dozen upright and trustworthy men of service (shi 士), while the officials within the boundaries are counted in hundreds; if one cannot employ but upright and trustworthy men of service, then there will be not enough people to fill in the offices" (Han Feizi 49: 491).

And socially, the hereditary aristocracy that dominated the Zhou world during much of the Bronze Age (ca. 1500 400 BCE) was eclipsed by a much broader stratum of shi 士 (sometimes translated as "men of service"), who owed their position primarily to their abilities rather than their pedigree (Pines 2013c).

General Alexander Patch, commanding Seventh Army, agreed with Brooks, suggesting that a new tank destroyer battalion be formed from the men of service units, themselves replaced by the men of the 827th.

Men of service age who remained at home were pressured by the national and local press to contribute to local security by joining the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers or the Rhodesian Reserves; editorials told readers that men who failed to do so were not fulfilling their patriotic duty, and warned that conscription might be required if not enough joined up.

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"He was a good man, a man of faith, a man of service who carried forward Mother Emaunel's legacy as a sacred place promoting freedom, equality, and justice for all.

A man of service who persevered, knowing full well he would not receive all those things he was promised, because he believed his efforts would deliver a better life for those who followed.

The youngest of 6 siblings, my grandfather was a man of devout, Jewish faith, a man of family and a man of service.

Nonetheless, data suggested women used vitamin and mineral supplements more often than men, regardless of service.

It provided one-quarter of the men for service abroad in 1585 and formed its armed "trainbands" (trained bands) to defend England against the threatened Spanish invasion.

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