Sentence examples for meaning governments from inspiring English sources
But terms such as "asylum-seekers" and "immigrants" elicit little sympathy in most developed nations, meaning governments simply beef up their borders, thereby sending the migrants on ever more precarious voyages.
The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) - the group behind this week's mass student demonstration in Central London - said in a statement that, if the Government's series of changes are implemented, it would 'further entrench the marketisation of universities', meaning governments could raise fees without even a vote in Parliament.
Now they are also using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and local social-media services such as China's microblogging site, Sina Weibo.In this section Virtual relations Launderers Anonymous Brideshead revisited ReprintsMuch of this online activity is "public diplomacy", meaning governments communicating directly with the citizens of another country.
David Ainsworth said offshore wind energy was predicted to cost about 10 euro cents (9p) per kWh by 2022, meaning governments would be forced to pay the difference between that and the wholesale cost of energy, currently about 5.5 cents per kWh.
For those in favor of tobacco exclusions, or even of removing ISDS altogether, the argument rests in part on a supposed "regulatory chill" - meaning governments are afraid of enacting tobacco control measures for fear of being sued.
Obama's latest state-of-the-union address was replete with empty, rhetorical platitudes about "winning the future" (whatever that means), progress, enterprise and "investment" (meaning: government spending).
If "accountability" had any real meaning, government would require schools to be something more than a test-taking crucible.
Necessity is a threshold of legal protection, meaning government use of the powers could be challenged in court.
The term bureaucracy was coined (as bureaucratie) in the mid-18th century by French philosophe Vincent de Gournay, derived from the French bureau, meaning writing desk, and -cratie, meaning government.
He observed that total debt – meaning government, household, financial and corporate debt – is higher than in 2007 in 11 economies under the microscope.
Jamming the stub of the Greek word for "knowledge" into the Greek word for "rule," Estlund coined the word "epistocracy," meaning "government by the knowledgeable".
