Sentence examples for citizens intent from inspiring English sources

His original view of personal self-realization also contained the notion of political obligation, for citizens intent upon realizing themselves will act as if by duty to improve the institutions of the state.

But the report, which was leaked to a British newspaper, said the four men, all British citizens intent on martyrdom, acted alone and got all the information they needed from the Internet.

Local government, by citizens' intent and fiscal necessity, is laissez-faire.

In addition to being artist-in-residence at the Inn's Gilded Rose Gallery, for example, Ms. Wilk is a senior citizen intent on alerting retirees to the danger of scam artists.

Politicians have long tried to interpret citizen intent and manipulate it through rhetoric and campaigning.

Historically, governments and politicians eager to do a good job interpreting citizen intent also relied on opinion polls, conversations with civic groups, social science research, and huge record-keeping projects like the census.

And few, if any, of its citizens are intent on seceding from the union.

As a traumatic year for Salisbury draws to a close, its citizens seem intent on cheering themselves up with a good old-fashioned giggle.

All too aware that significant numbers of their fellow citizens appear intent on doing them terrible harm, the reaction of most Britons is to shrug stoically and hope for the best.

It seems that the "bias" rumblings only come from one side of the argument, and that these "concerned citizens" are intent on attacking one of the fairest and most objective public servants ever to sit on the Planning Commission.

There are also stories of activists, like six black players from Greensboro, N.C., who were arrested in 1955 for playing at a city-owned golf course run by a group of white citizens who were intent on keeping blacks away.