Sentence examples for citizen setting from inspiring English sources

The government has also resisted growing calls that it provide a detailed public explanation of why officials deemed it lawful to kill an American citizen, setting a precedent that scholars, rights activists and others say has raised concerns about the rule of law and civil liberties.

For himself, Obama said, "when I think about how I understand my role as citizen, setting aside being president, and the most important set of understandings that I bring to that position of citizen, the most important stuff I've learned I think I've learned from novels".

A U.S. citizen setting up a Caribbean trust today should gain some protection from future creditors, but will rarely save income or estate taxes.

The declaration can help every voting citizen set a standard against which to judge the candidates.

In 1963 he became a British citizen, set up the Thomson Foundation, and in 1964 was created a baron.

It was and is a pet that sometimes bites back, particularly for a figure so embedded in the power structure that The Bay Citizen set out to cover.

Before Mr. Lubitz, 27, a German citizen, set the plane on its 10-minute descent about half an hour into the flight from Barcelona, Spain, to Düsseldorf, Germany, the cockpit voice recorder picked up only the usual pilot banter, "courteous" and "cheerful" exchanges, the prosecutor said.

In spite of its rather darkly ironic name, it marks a 44-year career that began with a degree at London's Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1972, when Hadid was 22. Hadid, who later became a naturalised UK citizen, set up Zaha Hadid Architects in the capital in 1980 – it is now the country's fastest-growing architectural firm.

Citizens in Afghanistan or Somalia should not have to die because of our reluctance to stop British citizens setting off bombs in their country.

The draft delivery agreement was heavily criticised by Cardiff Civic Society for failing to engage properly with Cardiff citizens, setting out a process for making the LDP which was too long, and in need of carrying a bolder vision.

Their study found that the Burmese army obstructed private cyclone relief efforts even among its own concerned citizens, setting up checkpoints and arresting some of those trying to provide help.