(a.) Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.
Example Sentences:
(1) October 27, 2013 7.27pm GMT Around the league And here’s how things look elsewhere, as we head into the fourth quarter: Cowboys 13-7 Lions Browns 17-20 Chiefs Dolphins 17-20 Patriots Bills 10-28 Saints Giants 15-0 Eagles 49ers 35-10 Jaguars 7.25pm GMT End of 3rd quarter: 49ers 35-10 Jaguars The quarter ends with the Jaguars facing a third-and-one at their own 32.
(2) The “100% Australian-made” text on packaging has been enlarged to appeal to customer patriotism.
(3) I think we need to restore the metadata programme, which was part of the Patriot Act,” he told MSNBC.
(4) The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest organised political movement, added its voice to the chorus of discontent, accusing Scaf of contradicting 'all human, religious and patriotic values' with their callousness and warning that the revolution that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year was able to rise again.
(5) On 23 June, the Cleveland linebacker Ausar Walcott was charged with attempted murder following a brawl in a bar; three days later, the New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of shooting a man dead.
(6) He will insist "government should stop feeling embarrassed about the need for more patriotism in our economic policy.
(7) As a patriot who worked tirelessly to keep Britain safe from attack.
(8) If the Senate refuses to pass a strengthened version of the USA Freedom Act this summer, reformers should consider what 24 hours ago was unthinkable: abandon the bill and force Section 215 of the Patriot Act to expire once and for all in 2015.
(9) In Barcelona, Catalonian flags hang down from every other terraced window; a few months ago, its Nou Camp stadium was filled to 90,000-capacity, with patriots cheering on artists performing in Catalan.
(10) "For a lot of people in poorer neighbourhoods we are liberators," crowed Yiannis Lagos, one of 18 MPs from the stridently patriot "popular nationalist movement" to enter the 300-seat house in June.
(11) No wonder he was patriotic and believed giving up the empire would be a disaster.
(12) 8.35pm GMT Patriots 0-3 Broncos, 2:15, 1st quarter Brady passes to Shane Vereen for 24 yards, but Edelman can't quite pull in his 1st and 10 pass at the Patriots' 44.
(13) Tebow signed for the Jets in March 2012 , after it became clear that the Broncos – who he had rescued from a 1-4 start to 2011 and taken to an 8-8 finish and a playoff run that was ended by the Patriots – would sign the Indianapolis Colts great Peyton Manning.
(14) Had they bothered to inquire of a veteran from the ranks, they might have heard how exasperating it is to see the dainty long-range patriots of Labour thrashing it out with the staunch gutter jingoists of the Conservative party – and barely a non-commissioned vet among them.
(15) The officially authorised Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement , and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, are organised in such a way as to cloister Chinese Christians from foreign influence.
(16) Critics say that for Obama to say "let's re-debate the Patriot Act" means little unless the still-secret executive-branch interpretation remains undisclosed.
(17) Danes spent a day with an officer at Langley, the CIA's headquarters in Virginia, and that seems to have fortified her patriotism, too.
(18) Massie indicated the coalition is already looking towards the June 2017 expiration of another broad surveillance power, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, to force additional rollbacks, much as the USA Freedom Act authors used the expiration of parts of the Patriot Act as leverage to pass their bill.
(19) Can the leftwing candidates unite to offer a credible alternative, or will party patriotism and egos make it impossible, condemning their party to be excluded from the second round?
(20) Her lawyer Tony Muman told the ECHR last November: "She's a patriot" adding that she had suffered "absolutely no pressure" from her family or relatives to cover herself.
Service
Definition:
() Alt. of Service
() A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.
(n.) The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love.
(n.) The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.
(n.) Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.
(n.) Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.
(n.) Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.
(n.) Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.
(n.) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
(n.) The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.
(n.) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment.
(n.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.
(n.) The act of serving the ball.
(n.) Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.
Example Sentences:
(1) Indicators for evaluation and monitoring and outcome measures are described within the context of health service management to describe control measure output in terms of community effectiveness.
(2) National policy on the longer-term future of the services will not be known until the government publishes a national music plan later this term.
(3) Parents of subjects at the experimental school were visited at home by a community health worker who provided individualized information on dental services and preventive strategies.
(4) Handing Greater Manchester’s £6bn health and social care budget over to the city’s combined authority is the most exciting experiment in local government and the health service in decades – but the risks are huge.
(5) In order to control noise- and vibration-caused diseases it was necessary not only to improve machines' quality and service conditions but also to pay special attention to the choice of operators and to the quality of monitoring their adaptation process.
(6) Historical analysis shows that institutions and special education services spring from common, although not identical, societal and philosophical forces.
(7) Peter retired in 1998, when he was appointed CBE for his services to drama.
(8) 8.47pm: Cameron says he believes Britain's best days lie ahead and that he believes in public service.
(9) The dangers caused by PM10s was highlighted in the Rogers review of local authority regulatory services, published in 2007, which said poor air quality contributed to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths each year.
(10) Businesses fleeing Brexit will head to New York not EU, warns LSE chief Read more Amid attempts by Frankfurt, Paris and Dublin to catch possible fallout from London, Sir Jon Cunliffe said it was highly unlikely that any EU centre could replicate the services offered by the UK’s financial services industry.
(11) The so-called literati aren't insular – this from a woman who ran the security service – but we aren't going to apologise for what we believe in either.
(12) For services to Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence.
(13) They also demonstrate the viability of a family support service which relies on inmate leadership, community volunteer participation, and institutional support.
(14) MI6 introduced him to the Spanish intelligence service and in 2006 he travelled to Madrid.
(15) I hope I can play a major part in really highlighting the need for far more extensive family violence training within all organisations that deal with women and children, including the police and the department of human services,” Batty said.
(16) A retrospective study examined the reactions to the termination of pregnancy for fetal malformation and the follow up services that were available.
(17) Neal’s evidence to the committee said Future Fund staff were not subject to the public service bargaining framework, which links any pay rise to productivity increases and caps rises at 1.5%.
(18) A case is presented of a 35-year-old woman who was brought to the emergency service by ambulance complaining of vomiting for 7 days and that she could not hear well because she was 'worn out'.
(19) Under a revised deal most people are now being vetted on time, but charges for the service have had to rise from £12 and free vetting for volunteers, to £28 for a standard disclosure and £33 for an advanced disclosure.
(20) Providers of services and their reimbursement will also expand.