Sentence examples for servant at the same from inspiring English sources

From 1958 he was a financial civil servant, at the same time continuing his activism, becoming a bitter opponent of the government of the socialist Guy Mollet (with Mitterrand as interior minister) for its pursuit of colonial war in Algeria.

McLoughlin may also have to defend his actions in announcing the suspension of three civil servants at the same time as cancelling the franchise competition at the beginning of this month.

"Our action this week demands an end to these cuts that are slashing the public servants' living standards at the same time as millionaires are handed tax cuts and tens of billions of pounds is stolen from our public finances every year through tax evasion," he added.

"Our action this week demands an end to these cuts that are slashing the public servants' living standards at the same time as millionaires are handed tax cuts and tens of billions of pounds is stolen from our public finances every year through tax evasion".

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "Our action this week demands an end to these cuts that are slashing the public servants' living standards at the same time as millionaires are handed tax cuts and tens of billions of pounds is stolen from our public finances every year through tax evasion".

This is forcing it to pursue a toxic strategy: teaching old civil servants new tricks while at the same time putting new hires on short-term contracts.

Kerslake said he was proud of the civil service reform plan, published in June 2012, but he regretted trying to push through changes to civil servants' terms and conditions at the same time as the plan.

Second, this has been doubly painful because it has placed in question the actions of someone who many of us had known only as an outstanding and admired servant of our party – while at the same time, it seems, placing others we also admire in a position of pain and humiliation for which, they say, they received neither answer nor adequate redress.

The environment secretary's civil servants were compiling the data at the same time as he was claiming that leaving Europe would let Britain "take back control" of its seas.

Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union – which represents senior officials – told Civil Service World: "It would seem hypocrisy knows no bounds from a prime minister who preached pay restraint and austerity to public servants and the public, while at the same time awarding double-digit pay rises to his special advisers..

At the same time, "Servants of the Map" has something of the feel of a novel, even a kind of saga.