Sentence examples for service tenure from inspiring English sources

The Sinhalese system of service tenure was maintained, and it was used extensively to secure the essential produce of the land, such as cinnamon and elephants.

This includes a "forever ban" that prohibits rank-and-file state employees from ever working on anything they dealt with in their public service tenure.

A Muscovite governor was installed, and 70 Novgorodian boyar families were deported and assigned estates elsewhere to hold in service tenure, being replaced by members of the Moscow military-service class.

The tax system therefore was replaced by a system of service tenure, under which a large proportion of the land was held on the basis of an obligation of service to the state.

They abolished slavery, an institution that existed primarily as a consequence of unpaid debt (although in Jaffna, it was part of the caste system), relieved native officials of judicial authority, paid salaries in cash, and relaxed the system of compulsory service tenure.

The promoters of health reforms failed to acknowledge that in a politically unstable region, civil service tenure was necessary to maintain an efficient, productive, and loyal labor force.

It was designed only for knight-service tenures but was inappropriately extended to all land.

They include the man Mr. Dold wants to succeed, Republican Mark Kirk, who is battling the truth as his United States Senate campaign is sidetracked by deceits concerning his résumé, notably his military service and his tenure as a teacher.

WASHINGTON — In an institution where seniority has long been prized, Representative John D. Dingell Jr. of Michigan is about to set a new standard with 57 years, 5 months and 26 days of House service — a remarkable tenure that spans more than a quarter of the existence of Congress.

But in general, the institution specifically does not consider internal service when making tenure decisions.

I also still have close ties with the NTA Steering Committee members, a number of whom started their service during my tenure as chair.