Sentence examples for a growing citizens from inspiring English sources

He leads a growing citizens' movement -- including labor organizations, women's groups and religious leaders -- trying to persuade ordinary Angolans to take an active part in building a nation.

NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 — A British-era relic is facing a new challenge in India, as a growing citizens' movement rallies against a 145-year-old law still embedded in the Indian penal code that bans gay sex.

Around the world, there is a growing citizen backlash against incinerators that burn garbage and trees.

But although there is a growing citizen movement in the United States clamoring for more aggressive action on climate change, the E.P.A. itself "has no constituency," Ruckelshaus said.

Mr. Walker's election is the strongest sign of what many here see as a growing citizen revolt, set off by anger over the pensions and sustained by the other scandals.

Unnerved by a growing citizen militia movement and appalled by the role played by Swedish mercenaries in his cases, Wallander immerses himself in this detailed investigation as if the future of his country depended on it.

Over the last six months, in Wisconsin, a growing citizen movement on behalf of raw milk has led to passage of legislation that would reverse the state's long-standing prohibition on raw milk sales, and allow consumers to buy it from the farm.

There was "evidence of growing citizen discontent with the region's regimes," he wrote.

"Ever since the indignado movement, there has been a growing culture of citizen empowerment, of citizen participation in politics.

A growing number of citizens are arming themselves.

The law was especially problematic, he continued, "because a growing number of citizens view it as fundamentally unfair".