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Discover LudwigThe phrase "servant under" can be used correctly in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone who is working as a servant under someone else, or in a subordinate position. Here is an example of how it could be used in a sentence: "The new servant was eager to prove himself to his master and worked diligently as a servant under his strict guidance."
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His father had been a civil servant under the British.
A former civil servant under the British, Mr Tsang, like his only predecessor, was picked by Chinese leaders.
Three years ago, there was an attempt to prosecute a civil servant under the Obscene Publications Act for publishing a violent sexual fantasy online about Girls Aloud.
Mr Tsang, a former civil servant under the British who came to power after street demonstrations in 2003 undid his predecessor, has been seen as a model of probity even by his critics.
His poems tended to centre on religious allusions, the political nature of the times – he served as a civil servant under Oliver Cromwell's government – and the biblical downfall of man, most notably in his epic poem Paradise Lost.
Hong Kongers were watching closely, looking for the white smoke over Beijing that would identify their next leader, to replace the outgoing Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, a civil servant under British colonial rule, who in 2005 became Hong Kong's second post-colonial "chief executive".
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The bureaucracy had been civil servants under the British system – they were middle-level bureaucrats in India, who had suddenly become senior bureaucrats in Pakistan".
Vientiane's outstanding building is the That Luang, a stupa (temple), dating from about 1566 and restored by Lao civil servants under Prince Phetsarath during the French colonial period.
The temples were controlled by self-perpetuating committees whose membership was usually a hereditary privilege and by a large staff of priests and temple servants under a high priest who wielded tremendous power and influence.
In a speech to the National Petroleum Council last September, Zinke claimed that a third of the career civil servants under his command were "not loyal to the flag," by which he meant Trump.
The UN Security Council, with the backing of the factions, endorsed the treaty and agreed to establish in the country a peacekeeping operation consisting of both soldiers and civil servants under the control of a United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia that would monitor progress toward conducting elections, temporarily run several government ministries, and safeguard human rights.
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