Sentences with phrase «on ordinary people»

This issue has received next to no public attention, as far as I can tell, but has considerable impact on ordinary people who are faced with large legal bills.

I don't use my beautiful hands on ordinary people.

Bring on the ordinary people — albeit ordinary people with quite extraordinary ideas of how far # 600 will go.

By focusing on ordinary people who may not be telling the truth, either to themselves or to the camera, the movie becomes a questioning essay, wondering whether dreams ever really need to end.

The irony is that the most vociferous lobby — the one with the most damaging long - term effects on ordinary people — might be ordinary people themselves.

During his tenure in Chongqing, Wang urged local media to focus more on ordinary people rather than municipal officials in their coverage.

The group explained to Mashable, «We want to provoke a broad public debate about the effect of the conflict on ordinary people at the time of year when many of us are thinking of loved ones, peace and goodwill.»

Austerity has been forced on ordinary people because of the colossal errors of the banking elite.

And now, having turned their backs on ordinary people, ordinary people are turning their backs on Labour — as the close polling in Scotland demonstrates.

Focusing on ordinary people with their everyday worries about the cost of living will mean ditching the bad old days and looking forward.

The proposal has also attracted sharp criticism from the Tory libertarian right, with the former shadow home secretary David Davis calling it an «unnecessary extension of the ability of the state to snoop on ordinary people».

When Patti Stanger tried to help single millionaires to pick up a date, she influenced the mind of millions of people: they have a chance to date a millionaire, and they should not waste their time on an ordinary person.

Water Work examined the historical developments in contemporary America and China, focusing on the impact of grand infrastructural projects and water - related natural disasters on ordinary people in his two homelands.

The quango state - unelected and unaccountable bodies which have a direct impact on ordinary people's lives - has become a common feature of our political life.

James # 222 Take your statement «Or are they instead interested in increasing their national GNPs, as a means of increasing the power & prestige of the leaders, with the effects on the ordinary people being a distant afterthought?»

Having studied gerontology in my graduate work I always focused on the ordinary people I saw doing what I thought were extraordinary things.

The focus is on ordinary people and on the poor and marginal.

Our mission is to enrich people's understanding of war and its impact on ordinary people, so we are very grateful to Lord Ashcroft for enabling us to share the stories of some extraordinary heroes through these medals.»

This seem to be especially the case with David Cameron — 63 % think he looks down on ordinary people, compared to 46 % for Ed Miliband, 49 % for Nick Clegg and 41 % for Nigel Farage.

«We regularly deal with the devastation and impact reckless behaviour like this can have on ordinary people's lives.

The event, backed by actress Joanna Lumley and human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger, aims to raise awareness about the proposed # 350m cuts to family and civil law and the impact they will have on ordinary people's lives.