Sentence examples for ordinary communities from inspiring English sources

Civil society, the media and ordinary communities have a significant role to play in influencing government processes, bringing about accountable governance and minimising corrupt practices among citizens and government institutions in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa.

The broad outlines of South Africa's epidemic are widely known: This nation of 44 million people has 4.7 million infected with H.I.V. What is less frequently explored is how ordinary communities are coping with a plague that is killing their citizens, threatening their culture and shattering their dreams.

They've been "particularly stung by the fact that ordinary communities are gathering on mass to oppose coal seam gas," he said.

Sachem is not an ordinary community organization concerned about taxes, safety and community standards.

Closure of ordinary community facilities due to the government's austerity policies was also limiting choice.

While the images first appear to depict an ordinary community, the addition of Alexander's disquieting figures remind us of the inhuman imbued in the everyday.

He knew this imagined entity could be distinct from an ordinary community Web site, with random comments and links, only if it could do nearly everything that the P.C.N. & R. could do.

When I say 'extreme greens', I am not talking about ordinary community groups and individuals who genuinely care about and work to improve the environment or locals who have genuine concerns about local impacts of certain projects.

The Almost Moon is unrealistic, but it's leavened with realistic description, much as the previous novel's hard-to-swallow heaven is made semi-palatable by the ordinary community and family scrutinised from it.

As a back-up to written and oral evidence - including a persuasive session with two "ordinary" community fund recruits - the committee circulated a list of questions, including: Should a public appointment be part of an individual's civic duty?

The webs of civic engagement in an ordinary community are spun largely by parents who are trying to foster the right environment for their children — lobbying the city council to install four-way stop signs at an intersection where children play, coaching the Little League teams, using the P.T.A. to improve the neighborhood school.