8 sentences with 'civilian'
Example sentences and phrases with the word civilian and other words derived from it.
• « However, the United States was an ally of Britain and provided military and civilian supplies to the British, along with large amounts of low-interest loans to keep the British economy afloat. »
• « It is true that the French and British wanted to avoid full-scale war at any cost; their civilian populations were totally opposed to war and, especially in France, their governments were unstable and unpopular. Thus, the British and French political leaders did not think that their concessions to Hitler would collapse: they thought of them as preserving the peace. »
• « World War II was unprecedented in its effects on civilian populations. Many previous wars of the modern era had largely spared civilians, and most casualties were limited to men who fought or logistically supported the fighting. »
• « From the Battle of Britain onwards, while priority was given to military targets, German bombers also deliberately sought civilian targets, and when the war began to turn against Germany, the Allies eagerly returned the favour by raining bombs on German cities. »
• « The Slavs were also "racial inferiors" and "subhumans" according to the Nazi racial hierarchy, and therefore the civilian populations of the Slavic countries were either killed outright or subjected to treatment tantamount to murder. »
• « The same company also shipped civilian helicopters from Germany to Spain and Austria, where they were converted into military aircraft and re-shipped to Iraq. The company is adamant that it was not aware of the evil transformation of these helicopters, even though it owned 11 percent of the Spanish company that was involved in the work. »
• « "The X-30 must have enough room to be able to carry all the fuel needed to get into orbit," says Dr Kobert R. Barthelemy, civilian manager of the NASP project, "and the engine efficiency must be extremely high - around 95 per cent - so that it can get the most energy out of every cubic centimetre of fuel. If we don't achieve this, we will never get into orbit. »
• « Amid revelations of widespread fraud, including the revelation that some $300,000 was missing from the Treasury Department, Jackson dismissed nearly 50 percent of the civilian appointees, allowing him to handpick their replacements. »