Example sentences of "a citizen [unc] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But so do many private individuals , and we do not believe that a citizen 's sphere of personal freedom necessarily shrinks as his power and influence grow .
2 It was also claimed that files were being handed to the Soviet authorities thus countering efforts by a citizen 's committee to supervise the dismantling of the Stasi .
3 He always forgets that , with the Inland Revenue , we are considering how much of a citizen 's money should be handed over to the state , whereas in matters relating to benefits we are considering how the taxpayer 's money is handed out on our behalf .
4 If the Gunmint declared a citizen 's dreams within its rule , then a vast but subtle freedom would be lost .
5 A citizen 's will of July 1449 implies that the mastership had by then become vacant , but no date of death is known .
6 In the long run we aim to introduce a Citizen 's income , a payment to every individual , irrespective of sex , marital status , income of employment status .
7 If I ca n't bring you in , then I 'm just going to have to make a citizen 's execution . ’
8 If you are going to pay off a debt through a prepayment meter , you should get advice from a Citizen 's Advice Bureau who will be able to negotiate with the supplier to ‘ calibrate ’ the meter to pay of any debt at a rate you can afford .
9 Despite extensive lobbying among councillors , their only offer was to share premises with a Citizen 's Advice Bureau .
10 You can do what is necessary yourself or with free assistance from a Citizen 's Advice Bureau ( CAB ) or Sheriff Clerk 's Office .
11 If you do not understand anything in this document you should go to a solicitor , or Legal Advice Centre or a Citizen 's Advice Bureau .
12 He disappeared with the couple 's 20-month-old son , Gareth Johnstone but , in a dramatic twist , the blond-haired youngster was later found abandoned , and unharmed , at a citizen 's advice centre near Glasgow .
13 Unknown to Merseyside Police , the Samaritans received a telephone call about midday from a man believed to be Mr Ashworth saying he had abandoned his son at a citizen 's advice bureau in Brandon Street , Hamilton , near Glasgow .
14 Later , the boy was found abandoned , unharmed , at a citizen 's advice centre in Hamilton , near Glasgow .
15 She 'll probably go to a Citizen 's Advice Bureau .
16 A citizen 's pension
17 Letter to the Editor : Making a citizen 's arrest of my own
18 SIR — At last I have achieved a life-long ambition and made a citizen 's arrest .
19 Dean , better known for his own brushes with the law in the Channel 4 show , chased the thugs and made a citizen 's arrest when they smashed the picture 's glass frame at a private viewing .
20 ‘ I managed to grab them and said ‘ I 'm making a citizen 's arrest ’ . ’
21 ‘ I told him I was making a citizen 's arrest .
22 But if we see an office that 's being committed by y somebody breaking into an empty flat , or we actually see somebody breaking into a occupied flat , then as a as a citizen , you can enforce a citizen 's arrest .
23 ‘ I 'm not about to make a citizen 's arrest . ’
24 According to the defendants ' version of events , a women had approached Khmara for help , claiming that a man had attacked her ; Khmara and his companions then tried to make a citizen 's arrest on the man , unaware that he was a KGB officer .
25 He fought with them , before making a citizen 's arrest .
26 BROOKSIDE actor Dean Sullivan who plays roguish Jimmy Corkhill stepped into a real-life drama when he made a citizen 's arrest after a valuable painting was damaged at an art gallery .
27 The Merseyside soap opera star , an avid modern art collector , set off in pursuit , overpowered the two men and one woman and frogmarched them to Hope Street police station after making a citizen 's arrest .
28 ‘ I said ‘ I 'm making a citizen 's arrest ’ and , with the help of Martin and another guy , Peter Ryan , I took them round the corner to Hope Street police station . ’
29 A group of Japanese communicators is determined to promote public access to cable television following an international seminar on ‘ Cable TV as a Citizen 's Forum ’ .
30 There is a kind of corporate responsibility , and as long as a government is just it is a citizen 's duty to support it , but when the actions or a government hurt the individual and harm the nation it is the duty of a citizen to withdraw his support .
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