productive citizen

collocation in English

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productive
adjective
uk
/prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us
/prəˈdʌk.tɪv/
resulting in or providing a large amount or supply ...
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citizen
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən/us
/ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən/
a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town ...
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(Definition ofproductiveandcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These factors consolidate the discursive move away from the rights of citizenship towards the responsibility to work, or rather to become aproductivecitizen.
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This contradiction was routinely reconciled in the image of two kinds of ' deserving ' citizen, those who areproductivecitizenand those unable to help themselves.
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In fact, there was widespread support for behaving in ' responsible ' ways and maintaining the identity of aproductivecitizen.
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After settling down, he was paroled in the mid-1940s, changed his name, and became aproductivecitizen.
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Grants are made to programs that are designed to bolster a child's self-esteem, and help him or her develop into aproductivecitizen.
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He passed his time with studies, social visits and a pursuit to form a young man into aproductivecitizen.
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They can be diverted into being very useful and productive citizens if they turned their undoubted skills and wits to more socially acceptable activities.
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To break the cycle of deprivation, we must support all the aspects of the full development of children that enable them to realise their rights and to become productive citizens.
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Some see the criminalization of victimless crimes as a pretext for imposing personal, religious or moral convictions on otherwise productive citizens or taxpayers.
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Part of their mission is to enable their students to become productive citizens that can meet the needs of a global society.
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All students will become responsible, productive citizens of good character.
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We prepare adolescent male youth to become responsible and productive citizens of good character with principles that they can teach to their children.
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The goal is to encourage students to become successful productive citizens through experiences in all facets of the curriculum.
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The school's focus is turning troubled boys into productive citizens.
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Socialization is the process by which the new generation learns the knowledge, attitudes and values that they will need as productive citizens.
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Faculty members act as facilitators, assisting students in acquiring the communication and information access skills they will need to function as productive citizens in an increasingly technological world.
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Players are prepared for the long-term future as productive citizens while being constantly reminded to give the game of hockey its due respect for lessons learned.
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Inside the triangle is an open book with flaming torch representing the main objectives of the institution by promoting and enhancing students' faculty to become useful and productive citizens.
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This fund is designed to benefit young men and women from developing areas of the world who need further education to become productive citizens in their respective countries.
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