(1) The myriad suicide bombings, the cross-border terrorism, the weekly slaughter of poorly-paid policemen and frontier guards – these are not the fault of a rogue institution's misguided priorities, but instead the US-India-Israel axis first, and the "bloody civvies" second.
(2) Aly Renwick, author of Hidden Wounds: the Problems of Northern Ireland Veterans in Civvy Street and himself a veteran of that conflict, spent a number of years researching the history of PTSD-related criminal behaviour among British combat veterans.
(3) The remaining members of the Force India team left the circuit before darkness fell – and they did so wearing civvies instead of the normal team colours that identify them as part of the grand prix.
(4) Her Majesty came in civvies, sporting a smart white silk brocade coat and flower trimmed hat, finished off with an enormous Brazilian aquamarine.
(5) As they found, it achieved little apart from a swift(er) transfer to civvy street.
(6) He was Superintendent Leroy Logan a fortnight ago, probably the best known black officer in the Metropolitan police, but then his 30 years with Scotland Yard elapsed and now he is in civvies.
(7) My view was that I'd done my sentence so why couldn't I go straight back to civvy life?"
(8) Here was a sketchbook Hitler had given him in the 1920s: designs for the rebuilding of the city of Linz, which the Führer-to-be (then only a dog soldier in civvies, an obscure war veteran without any political power) projected as a new world capital and had drawn in a heavy Wilhelmine baroque style (none of those huge white classical colonnades yet).
(9) After every extracurricular challenge in other people's films, Sandler always snaps back into place in his ordinary Joe, blue-collar civvies.
(10) 7.26pm BST Terry attire John Terry has wandered down the tunnel in his civvies.
(11) Ben (@dickersonpk) @KidWeil Julio Dely Valdes looks even more capable than Klinsi of doffing his coach's civvies and knocking in a couple July 28, 2013 He does look in very good shape.
Mufti
Definition:
(n.) An official expounder of Mohammedan law.
(n.) Citizen's dress when worn by a naval or military officer; -- a term derived from the British service in India.
Example Sentences:
(1) The grand mufti of Australia, Ibrahim Abu Mohammad, said Islam did not need a reformation “since the normative principles and practices of the religion allow Muslims to harmoniously coexist within pluralist societies that are based on the universal values of compassion and justice”.
(2) Binyamin Netanyahu’s recent outburst about the grand mufti and the Holocaust would be ludicrous if it hadn’t been so utterly ill judged.
(3) They will be reassuring and a shoulder to cry on, and will always text you a reminder when it’s mufti day.
(4) The election of Shady Alsuleiman, our first Australian-born imam, as ANIC’s president is an important resetting point.” Josh Frydenberg says grand mufti had 'graphic failure' of leadership Read more Fierravanti-Wells had herself called for a stronger statement from the grand mufti.
(5) Three categories of mercury poisoning were defined in the survey described by Al-Mufti et al.
(6) The Grand Mufti has called on Dawn units to refrain from looting, and Al Hasi says he supports law and order.
(7) Australia’s grand mufti also reiterated his concerns, warning in a statement the rhetoric by some ministers could “set a dangerous precedent [and] have serious repercussions on the social fabric of Australian communities, and foster a discriminatory environment”.
(8) Josh Frydenberg says grand mufti had 'graphic failure' of leadership Read more At this point, a number of his colleagues – acting out of opportunism, bellicosity, or simple ignorance – chimed in.
(9) Five things Australia's grand mufti may or may not have said about the Paris attacks Read more The council referred to a 2014 statement from the grand mufti that said Isis were criminals “committing crimes against humanity and sins against God”.
(10) Although Saudi Arabia has given $100m (£60m) to the UN anti-terror programme and the country’s grand mufti has denounced Isis as “enemy number one”, radical Salafists across the Middle East receive ideological and material backing from within the kingdom.
(11) Libya's prime minister, Abdulah al-Thinni, this week railed against the broadcast, accusing the grand mufti of issuing "false fatwas", and urged parliament to sack Ghariani from his quasijudicial post.
(12) Five things Australia's grand mufti may or may not have said about the Paris attacks Read more “We will defeat these terrorists, and the strongest weapons we bring to this battle are ourselves, our values, our way of life,” he said.
(13) Last month Australia’s grand mufti, Ibrahim Abu Mohammed, announced he had made a mistake voting for Abbott.
(14) Australia’s grand mufti criticised by Coalition over Paris attack comments Read more “Megaphone politics not only distracts from this but has implications for our relationships with our neighbours,” she said.
(15) Although his comments stirred a storm of controversy between liberals and conservatives in the Egyptian press, the Mufti's position was accurate.
(16) Mufti Abdul Barkatulla, a former trustee of the mosque, says police were repeatedly asked to curb Hamza.
(17) He said that while Hitler did indeed meet the mufti, this happened after the Final Solution began.
(18) The grand mufti of al-Aqsa, Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, told the Guardian: “The problem has been the daily raids and assaults on al-Aqsa and the damage that has been done.
(19) And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said: ‘If you expel them, they’ll all come here [to Palestine].’” According to Netanyahu, Hitler then asked: “What should I do with them?” and the mufti replied: “Burn them.” Among those questioning Netanyahu’s interpretation of history was Prof Dan Michman, the head of the Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University and head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial centre.
(20) His outlandish idea, uttered in a speech, was that Hitler would have been happy with just expelling Jews if a Palestinian, the then grand mufti of Jerusalem , had not suggested annihilation instead.