ordinary citizens

From time to time I tried to strike up conversations with ordinary citizens, people with whom meetings had not been arranged.

And henceforth, Mr. He said, every construction plan that affects ordinary citizens will first be reviewed by a green assessment commission.

Imposing higher taxes Imposing higher taxes will bring the ordinary citizens nothing but heavier financial burdens.

Pakistani soldiers and ordinary citizens are beginning to question it as never before.

I had a chance to see and experience a lots of things that ordinary citizens cannot see each day.

And for ordinary citizens, getting hold of even the worst rattletrap involved many years of waiting.

There was no contact permitted with ordinary citizens.

The dozens of ordinary citizens at the end of the movie reflect the urban spirit forged out of Spanish history.

The citizens' panels gained strength during the effort to curb the power of the legal bureaucracy and give ordinary citizens more say.

He had no faith in the rule of the rich, nor any confidence in the ability of ordinary citizens to run a city like Athens.

Faced with complaints that ordinary citizens were being forced out of the market, officials took steps last fall to rein in prices.

Those committing the crime shooting gun used was an "automatic weapons" , according to Dutch law, ordinary citizens may not hold.

So, to have a small garden is no less than an extravagant hope or a daydream for the ordinary citizens.

Corporate criminals settle out of court and escape jail terms and punitive fines that ordinary citizens would face.

Loth to share power, politicians argue that ordinary citizens cannot be trusted with too much.

Ordinary citizens, however, appear to have little sympathy for such arguments, to judge by comments on Internet chat rooms.

Many South Koreans see them as proof that the wealthy are held to different standards from those applied to ordinary citizens.

But the gap between the wealthy, the emerging middle class and everyone else has both government officials and ordinary citizens worried.

It assumed that ordinary citizens were inadequately consulted about political decisions by the politicians in the two major parties.

What happens at ground level, far from the halls of power, happens to ordinary citizens one by one.

The government is calling on ordinary citizens not to hoard fuel or food, as shelves and inventories around the country go bare.

But Republicans accuse the Obama administration of swelling government and burdening private industry and ordinary citizens.

As they chatted Sunday afternoon on a bridge overlooking a river, they discussed the importance of communicating with ordinary citizens. Mr.

Ordinary citizens were in uproar, and so were the media. How were they going to fill the back pages of the newspapers? Chess? Lawn bowls?

From these beginnings, the idea developed that ordinary citizens, sitting as a "jury" , be called to pass judgment on their peers.

Space travel: Travelling in space by ordinary citizens will be common. Each city will have its own spaceport .

even as investment goods, ordinary citizens on the rosewood furniture may also lack investment experience, dare not start.

Commercial space travel is now almost within reach of ordinary citizens.

Or is there a gap. . . do ordinary citizens need a voice to help change policies?

Chinese officialdom and many ordinary citizens were furious: another petulant effort by Western fors to thwart China's inexorable rise.

Chinese officialdom and many ordinary citizens were furious: another petulant effort by Western foes to thwart China's inexorable rise.

Not only are ordinary citizens to be trusted, in the American idea, but leaders of government, too.

some state spending takes money from ordinary citizens and gives it to banks, arms companies, oil barons and farmers.

For ordinary citizens, meanwhile, the steep prices for high-speed train tickets have touched China's raw nerve of rising income inequality.

Extraordinary events have reminded the world that the collective action of ordinary citizens can lead the march toward liberty and justice.

But people's patience has limits; sooner or later ordinary citizens will challenge the prevailing wisdom and demand a fuller account.

Second, there simply is not enough low-cost, clean and comfortable housing for ordinary citizens.

Indeed, those opposed to the tax criticized Fillon for creating a tax that would hit ordinary citizens in the pocketbook.

A man-made moon visible by ordinary citizens, it inspired awe and pride that humans had finally launched an object into space.

My best Christmas presents that year were the expressions of kindness and support from ordinary citizens.

But the proposed project spurred unprecedented opposition among leaders and ordinary citizens.

During the most difficult moments in 911, ordinary citizens rising to the occasion and responding with extraordinary acts of courage.

Ordinary citizens throughout the country are quickly becoming the newest superheroes in the battle to protect the earth.

Its aim is to make government data more easily accessible, both to journalists and to ordinary citizens.

The ordinary citizens like Yang who marched on People's Square are wary of calling their event and the anti-train movement here a protest.

That cautionary tale has settled, to one degree or another, in the minds of ordinary citizens far and wide.

What role, if any, should ordinary citizens play in determining guilt and punishment in criminal cases?

sooner or later ordinary citizens will challenge the prevailing wisdom and demand a fuller account.

Ordinary citizens can help migrants without risking prosecution.

However, as ordinary citizens we produce consensus, opinion polls, votes and leaders.

Many commentators have described the story of Qian Yunhui as an example of the breakdown in trust between officialdom and ordinary citizens.

In Zimbabwe, ordinary citizens suffer under a tyrannical regime.

For every crooked tycoon there are thousands of ordinary citizens living on fixed incomes.

An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers.

They are the ordinary citizens for whom the honor system was designed---people who have dedicated their lives to duty.

Without clear and coherent demands, there will be little to inspire ordinary citizens to take to the streets.

Fear should be greater on Wall Street and in the City of London to reduce the fear of ordinary citizens.

Soldiers rarely hold the ideals that movies attribute to them, not do ordinary citizens devote their lives to unselfish service of humanity.

The ordinary citizens made an active response to donation to the poverty-stricken area.

The agents had posed as ordinary citizens for years, some living together as married couples.

The provisions of such to the ordinary citizens is the "discrimination" ? Everyone is equal before the law, the principle of how to embody?

This wouldn't happen in the United States, because it would freak people out (ethicists, animal rights groups, ordinary citizens).

Nowhere are ordinary citizens rallying in solidarity with the kids.

Ordinary citizens had to watch the spectacle on television.

They and we, all ordinary citizens, took this step with a clear and resolute mind.

This will allow the likes of Exxon Mobil to drown the voices of ordinary citizens, they say.

whether the lives of the rich or the lives of the ordinary citizens.

Like other ordinary citizens, civil servants may receive gifts from colleagues in his private capacity, such as on social occasions.

Officials say they are handing out 1. 2m guns to let ordinary citizens "defend themselves" .

Most common are stories of their care for ordinary citizens.

The bureaucrats have a strong itch to control the life of ordinary citizens.

Nor will it improve the living standards of ordinary citizens.

It might help if ordinary citizens spoke out strongly for change.

The weariness of ordinary citizens turned to anger after 18 teenagers were gunned down at a party on January 31st.

And what does it mean for both businesses and ordinary citizens?

Many government ministries, he says, are located in this area, and it is a congregating place for many ordinary citizens.

Officials face widespread anger from ordinary citizens who can no longer afford to buy homes.

The damage was limited, thanks to ordinary citizens, the government's antiquities department and the military.

Flags across China were lowered to hart mast. It's the first time that China has mourned its ordinary citizens.

The same tabloid is also now accused of snooping on the phones of ordinary citizens bereaved in the July 7th 2005 London transport bombings.

The government-run buses service is accessible to ordinary citizens.

As ordinary citizens, we should start from now praise highly low carbon life, curb climate warming.

The lawyers and policemen in my show have a lot of power over ordinary citizens - and sometimes I dramatize how they abuse it.

Yes, that's right. If we ordinary citizens want them to do it, they will do it. Now how will you help the ordinary citizens to want this?

We are ordinary citizens, that is, kindergarten informed us that said it is Shier, let us apply.

No Wonder, How about the English level of the ordinary citizens?

Governments and ordinary citizens should join hands to create a cleaner environment not only for us, but also for our future generations.

As ordinary citizens, we should promoting low carbon life now to restrain the climate warming and make an effort on survival of polar bears.

We believe that the most reliable guide for our country is the collective wisdom of ordinary citizens.

Danny Paau, a political scientist at Hong Kong's Baptist University, says this has an enormous propaganda effect on ordinary citizens.

Royal couple eager to ask ordinary citizens to attend rather than VIPs

To help cushion the impact of Section 3 on the private lives of civil servants as ordinary citizens and to avoid unwitting breaches, the

Penalty for certain illegal conduct is heavier for civil servants than ordinary citizens