Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Usage examples of "active service".
He was on active service, an active service of the heart, and he felt that he was a strong man ready to conquer difficulty even as the olden heroes conquered difficulty.
The major said they were going both to assist the press in their coverage of the departure of Company B for active service, and to cover it for recruiting purposes as well.
Ninety seconds after you re-ceive him in your office, he will depart your office on leave until the last day of his active service as an officer.
I was very glad when I got your letter, for active service will be a distraction to my sorrow.
Built to send messages to American missile submarines, it still transmitted to the fast-attacks that remained in active service.
I have, however, seen more than a century of active service, so I am well-enough versed in human ideas of beauty to understand the notations in our mission files.
I have never been treated with such blatant contempt in the entire one hundred fifteen point nine-seven years of my active service.
If you were still on active service, we could not possibly share this with you.
Casimir rarely interrupted at these family fights, but this time he did, with all the power of command built over years of active service.
A sure giveaway that he'd never seen active service before, either.
At full speed, it could outrun almost any anti-aircraft guided missile, though in its eight years of active service, none had ever been fired at it.
Displayed on active service and in various offices at the Admiralty, they had earned the consistent, fervent, and resonant admiration of Lord Fisher who picked Jellicoe to “.
My father is chief in command of the Third District, and my only way of avoiding active service is to serve under him.
Since leaving the active service four years before, they had added three children to the two they already had and were working on a sixth.