Sentence examples for relative serving from inspiring English sources

At least 10 members of the congregation of 300 have a close relative serving in the gulf.

The department list shows that of about 740 firefighters hired since 2007, nearly 100 (13%) had a relative serving on the force.

I do not believe, however, that the comparison of this work to the proverbially ridiculous "everything is relative" serves any purpose.

Others write about relatives serving in the war, and they hope I remember them….

"We've always had a military presence," said the Guam legislature's speaker, Judith Won Pat, who has relatives serving in every branch of the armed services.

As the only private lobbyist to testify before the City Council in favor of its current lobbying reform efforts, I am sorry that the Council overlooked what is easily the most egregious loophole in the lobbying laws: the legality of council members' close relatives serving as lobbyists.

"You ask some people if they're a military veteran and they say, 'What do you care?' " Such suspiciousness grows from incidents like one in April, when City Tech dental hygiene students, some of whom have friends and relatives serving overseas, held a fund-raiser to send mouthwash, toothpaste and other toiletries to soldiers in Iraq.

He also said military families with relatives serving abroad in the armed forces might also receive less.

Students with close relatives serving in the military were no more likely to suffer mental health problems than students with no relatives on active duty, the team found.

Most of the parents were mothers (n = 98, 72.6%); 22 (16.3%) were fathers and 15 (11.1%) were foster parents or other close relatives serving as caregivers.

In Manicaland, Zimbabwe, where 60% of births occur at home with relatives serving as birth attendants, Egullion [ 51] offered culturally sensitive training to 4000 TBAs and established linkages between TBAs and health facility staff.