Public-services Sentence Examples

Venice was cut off from the mainland for two days and all the public services were suspended.

Public opinion upheld the government in its attitude, for all persons of common sense realized that the suspension of the public services could not be permitted for a moment in a civilized country.

His sources for the teachings of Jesus are the "Memoirs of the Apostles," by which are probably to be understood the Synoptic Gospels (without the Gospel according to St John), which, according to his account, were read along with the prophetic writings at the public services.

The Spanish counts of old creation, some of whom are grandees and members of the Upper House, naturally take the highest rank; but the title, still bestowed for eminent public services or other reasons, is of value.

The public revenues are derived from customs taxes and charges on imports and exports, transit taxes, cattle taxes, profits on coinage, receipts from state monopolies, receipts from various public services such as the post office, telegraph, Caracas waterworks, &c., and sundr y taxes, fines and other sources.

Besides these authorities, the London County Council, the Board of Trade, the Admiralty, the Metropolitan and City Police, police of riparian boroughs, Kent and Essex Fisheries Commissioners, all the dock companies and others played some part in the government and public services of the port.

Mr. Macdonald published several works on socialism and labour, besides a couple of books on India, which he visited in 1913 as a member of the Public Services Commission.

The government remained tolerant toward the movement, and in January 1562 the Huguenots were given permission to hold public services outside the walls of fortified towns and were not forbidden to meet in private houses within the walls.

These references indicate that the hymn was used in private devotions; as it does not appear in any of the earliest liturgies, whether Eastern or Western, its introduction into the public services of the church was probably of a later date than has often been supposed.

Difference in religious belief, confession or language, constitute no obstacle to any citizen in regard to entry into the public services or offices, to the attainment to any promotion or dignity, or to the exercise of any trade or calling.

But a reforming monarch was inconceivable unless he possessed the confidence of the nation, and such confidence, Wladislaus naturally argued, could only be won by striking and undeniable public services.

The principle of unity of authority was set aside by the second republic in 1848, when many of the public services were attached to the corresponding ministries in Paris, and the departments organized on the metropolitan model by division into arrondissements and communes and by placing a prefect at their head.

The opposing principle, that of concentrating power in the hands of the governor-general, was re-affirmed, but in practice was modified by the retention of the direction from Paris of a few of the public services.

The Upper House of the Convocation of Canterbury in May 1898 appointed a committee to consider the expediency of " permitting or encouraging " the use of the Revised Version in the public services of the Church.

The best biography is that by Elias Nason and Thomas Russell, The Life and Public Services of Henry Wilson (Boston, 1876).

Its public services include tramways and electric lighting, the Juanacatlan falls of the Rio Grande near the city furnishing the electric power.

Hachette was held in high esteem for his private worth, as well as for his scientific attainments and great public services.

Warden's Account of the Private Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase (Cincinnati, 1874) deals more fully with Chase's private life.

All other public services are in private hands.

Suffolk, realizing that an attack on himself was inevitable, boldly challenged his enemies in parliament, appealing to the long and honourable record of his public services.

These public services are under the general supervision of the Minister of Public Instruction, Posts and Telegraphs.

None of the public services was good in the Spanish period, except the water-supply, which was excellent.

Thorbecke's gifts and public services as a statesman have been as fully recognized as his political genus ha3 been.

He was also a member of the royal commission on the public services of India (1912-5).

In respect to the first head there is a well-marked " integration " of the modes for meeting the cost of the public services.

See Francis Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden (2 vols., Boston, 1907).

The distinction of a knight commander of the Indian Empire was conferred upon him by Queen Victoria in 1897, and he received like recognition for his public services from the German emperor, the sultan of Turkey, the shah of Persia and other potentates.

Warriors, statesmen, Brehons, 011amhs, physicians, poets, and even eminent workers in the more important arts, were, in different degrees, rewarded with free lands for their respective public services.

The method of confession adopted in the public services of the Church of England, with which the Book of Common Prayer is primarily concerned, may be described as one of general confession to God in the face of the church, to be in secret used by each member of the congregation for the confession of his own particular sins, and to be followed by public absolution.

It is, however, maintained by some that, except in the case of the sick, the only legitimate method of receiving absolution in the Church of England is in the public services of the congregation; and the Church of Ireland has recently made important alterations even in the passages that concern the sick, while the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States has omitted that part of the visitation service altogether.

In accordance with this suggestion the Commons in th following year again resolved to repeal the paper duties; but, instead of embodying their decision in a separate bill, they included it in the same measure which dealt with all the financial arrangements of the year, and thus threw oft the Lords the responsibility of either accepting the proposal, or of paralysing the whole machinery of administration by depriving the crown of the supplies which were required for the public services.

Rewbell was an able, although unscrupulous, man of action, Barras a dissolute and shameless adventurer, La Revelliere Lepeaux the chief of a new sect, the Theophilanthropists, and therefore a bitter foe to other religions, especially the Catholic. Severe integrity and memorable public services raised Carnot far above his colleagues, but he was not a statesman and was hampered by his past.

The episcopate was now recruited from the great families in the same way as the imperial and the municipal public services.

The committee abandoned any pretense that it was serious about the reform of our public services.

No one should underestimate the complexity of the investment program we are taking forward in our public services.

They have a right to public services that combat alcohol-related crime, disorder, and anti-social behavior.

The fundamental changes taking place in public services require equally deep-rooted changes in regulation.

The party's attempts to carve out distinctive policy positions on public services have met with widespread derision.

These bring the dynamism needed to deliver 21st century public services.

The Tories, moreover, are venturing deep into traditional Labor territory with their attacks on alleged failings in various public services.

This reflects the sustained effort that has been put in, and the priority Ministers attach to providing first-class, responsive, public services.

The same pattern of frenetic, but often fruitless, activity is seen in the public services.

It was the Treasury which tightened the grip of Ministers on public services.

It is driving forward ambitious proposals to reform incapacity Benefits and the delivery of public services for disabled people.

Overall the performance of British public services remains poor by Continental standards.

We never said we could transform the public services in a few years.

We influence local and national policy to improve public services for the most vulnerable, using the law to achieve change.

Only a handful of public services will be spared.

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It is difficult to be sure why the British are so wedded to absolute fairness in the distribution of public services.

There is now worldwide recognition of the role of PFIs and PPPs in procurement and investment in reforming public services.

In ignorance of their danger, and later in despair of getting public services adequately performed in any other way, the kings first adopted for themselves some of the forms and practices which had thus grown up, and by degrees recognized them as legally proper for all classes.

He was also a supporter of the movement for abolishing the recitation of the Athanasian Creed in the public services of the Church of England, believing, as he said, that the "presence" of the damnatory clauses, "as they stand and where they stand, is a real peril to the Church and to Christianity itself," and that those clauses "are no essential part" of the creed.

By helping key workers, we will underpin the pursuit of excellence in our public services.

The Country was robbed blind as we saw public services sold off and services cut.

The site encourages self-improvement in public services and has undergone a major transformation following feedback from councils.

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This presents the MPS with a major opportunity to prevent money being siphoned illegally from the public services and the capital 's economy.

The public is split down the middle on whether it would be willing to pay more tax to spend on public services.

We have seen how the Government 's rigid and centralized target culture is suffocating innovation and local discretion in the public services.

Reform is an independent, non-party think tank whose mission is to set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity.

And nowhere more so than when we think about who works in the public services.

Looking back, of all the public services in 1997, the one that was most unfit for purpose was the criminal justice system.

At stake is the quality of public services for ordinary people - and for the most vulnerable in society.

The school's career and technical programs encompass more than 55 programs in the departments of Engineering Technologies, Health and Human Services, Business, Information Technology and Public Services.

You'll often see brochures from the FCIC in libraries, public services offices, and schools.

The use tax is also levied on public services that assist and append different types of public property.