The agent was in the employ of a foreign country.

这个代理人员是外国雇佣的。

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At that time I was in the employ of a well-known engineering firm.

当时我受雇于一家有名的工程公司。

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I have been for over five years in the employ of an exporting company.

本人曾经前后五年被受雇于出口贸易易公司。

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With the police as yet having contacted only the tiniest fraction of the thousands of people whose phones may have been hacked by a private detective in the employ of the News of the World, it is probable that there will be week after week of new shocking disclosures about the privacy of individuals being invade improperly.

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Virtually every morning, it seems, image-makers in the gainful employ of opposition leader Tony Abbott and Prime Minister Julia Gillard conjure up some kind of unimaginative photo-opportunity, where their leaders appear brandishing a blow-torch, a spade, a butcher's knife, an on-button or some kind of piece of light industrial machinery.

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He said the council needed to ensure it was "in good shape to be able to employ people in the Isles of Scilly".

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