Sentences with phrase «majority of the citizens»

The chain's Indian restaurants will have the distinction of not serving beef, to better fit the needs of customers in a country where the majority of citizens are Hindu or Muslim.

«It shows the Trump administration doesn't hold the same American values for clean air, clean water and healthy land as the vast majority of its citizens,» McCarthy said in a statement.

Opposition to Obamacare, instead of being mixed and uneven, would quickly become unanimous as a result of what would amount to a broad tax increase on the population with zero payoff for the vast majority of citizens (since they remain uninsured.)

A clean job, one not tainted with actions that are not in the best interests of the majority of citizens.

Societies with perverse incentives have suffered from waste and corruption, and the vast majority of their citizens have languished in poverty.»

Ashley — I assume you live in America, where the vast majority of citizens claim to be Christians.

In a country in which the vast majority of citizens pray and believe in God, it surely matters, for purposes of legitimation of power and authority, whether or not God and the Bible, the highest authorities and sources of ideals known to those citizens, are invoked to legitimate political authority.

Having in view the question of national security, this contribution to the practice of freedom of conscience can be made only because the great majority of citizens are willing to bear arms in defense of their country.

But if such reshaping of national fertility patterns is to be set in motion by government action, there would obviously have to be direct, far - reaching, and even forcible state interventions into the daily lives of the overwhelming majority of the citizens of these two countries — as well as others with similar «targets.»

This vacuum is becoming perceptible by a majority of citizens.

Democracy ought not by any superficial synthesis to be identified with Christianity simply because in the democratic West the majority of the citizens profess to be Christians.

giveaway (the GI bill) and the postwar demand, things were looking rosy for the majority of citizens.

If a proposed idea reaches a certain number of up - votes then all citizens of a country are able to directly cast their votes and if the majority of citizens agree with the proposed bill, then it becomes a law.

Research carried out in May 2011 for the international think - tank, Policy Network (www.policy-network.net), showed that the majority of citizens in Europe had lost faith both in markets and the state.

Its artillery are capable of killing the majority of the citizens in the capital of South Korea.

A new progressive political project should convincingly explain how its propositions match the individual interest of the majority of citizens.

Doesn't Boris see that the EU, imperfect as it, is what Europeans, its leaders and a majority of its citizens — including in the UK — have chosen to be in the wake of WWII?

Governor Ahmed said any structure that meets the economic, and political aspirations of the majority of citizens will be welcomed.

If we look at what is happening with the West today and the Muslim - majority countries, the great majority of citizens are caught between two populisms.

The majority of citizens responded that Buffalo Niagara is moving in the right direction.

«The end result is that the vast majority of citizens who can't afford to make big donations feel shut out, and in many cases actually are.»

«An estimated population of 130,000 Ethiopian Jews faced persistent societal discrimination, although officials and the majority of citizens quickly and publicly criticized discriminatory acts against them.»

When asked beforehand in the British Election Study, the majority of citizens expected that the election would be conducted fairly, but almost one fifth (18 %) thought that it would be unfairly conducted.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is viewed favourably by a big majority of his citizens, according to new research.

Majority of the citizens leaving in rural areas hardly feel the effect of government.

[I only wish there was a viable third party that listened to the sensible center that makes up the vast majority of the citizens.]

I only wish there was a viable third party that listened to the sensible center that makes up the vast majority of the citizens.

There is no doubt in my mind that had we attended those Planning Board meetings, we would have been called a small group of people regularly attending Planning Board meetings and do not represent a majority of citizens and practice «politics as usual.»

«They may be citizen groups and we think of them as representing citizen interests, but when you look at their positions, they may be at odds with what a majority of the citizens want,» she said.

Research by The Pew Research Center has revealed that a majority of citizens across 40 countries consider climate change to be a serious problem.

Apart from the fact education is valued more highly than even in our own country by the majority of citizens could well explain a readiness and thirst for learning we tend to take for granted for so many other non schooling reasons.

Imagine yourself moving to a state where a majority of citizens believe in creationism.

The NEA claims that the majority of citizens have advocated for a starting salary of $ 43,000, which is a $ 7,000 increase of the average salary of education majors that graduate from college in 2009.

No matter how impressive the growth rate figures in Ghana, though, for the majority of citizens, it's not all sweetness and light.

Whatever happened to the American Dream?America II is the story of a great nation that is now, for the first time since its birth, failing to live up to its promises to a majority of its citizens.

But the majority of citizens (& investors) remain supremely confident in Germany's ability to manage its own finances — and rightly so, I believe.

this is due to the majority of citizens commuting to the nearby Santa Clarita and lower Los Angeles.

It seems kind of odd that he omits to mention that in the United States, Australia and probably other places the theory of evolution is not accepted by a majority of citizens.

I think the majority of citizens in the USA feel the same way right now.

Not surprising as she long ago sold her soul to the oil industry in a pathetic attempt to hang on to power in a province where the majority of citizens don't believe in climate change and have voted PC for over a generation.

The United States government has failed the vast majority of her citizens of African descent.»

While the great majority of citizens said they thought global warming was underway, few felt really sure of that.

In this 2013 blog post, Jenkins reviewed some of that research and summarizes the conclusion: «a majority of citizens are likely to oppose climate mitigation policies with expected annual household costs on the order of $ 150 - 200 per household.»

«If the majority of citizens in Toronto want a spot that is out of sight and out of mind, may I suggest Camera Heights?

This comes at a time when a startling majority of citizens aren't even registered to vote.

Recall that the majority of citizens are (by definition) non minorities.

The rollback of healthcare, increasing mass gun violence, attacks on consumer and environmental laws, and looming cuts to social services, will undermine prosperity for the vast majority of citizens.

I would contend that the majority of citizens in Ontario support heritage conservation programs in their communities.

«Even in a down housing market, homeownership remains a core American value, with the vast majority of citizens who do not currently own a home saying they want to buy a home,» said Bob Nielsen, president of the National Association of Home Builders and a home builder from Reno, Nev. «Those running for office in November need to understand that voters will not look kindly on any candidates who seek to dismantle the nation's long - term commitment to homeownership.»

Not exact matches

«We recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law - abiding citizens.