vulnerable citizens

collocation in English

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vulnerable
adjective
uk
/ˈvʌl.nər.ə.bəl/us
/ˈvʌl.nɚ.ə.bəl/
able to be easily physically or mentally hurt, influenced, ...
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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 ofvulnerableandcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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How the state gains access to vulnerable citizens, and vice versa, is a curiously underanalysed area of social policy and social work.
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It is also generally recognized that governments bear increased responsibilities in this respect for protecting the welfare of their more vulnerable citizens.
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That would inevitably hit the more vulnerable citizens the hardest.
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The section of the report that explains why delay is harmful to the development of young and vulnerable citizens is powerful.
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It is a very serious problem, and we are determined to work with local authorities to provide better protection for our vulnerable citizens.
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That is creating massive problems in providing children, families and some of our most vulnerable citizens with the housing that they need.
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It would mean that the needs of some of our most vulnerable citizens would not be met in the most effective way.
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Those civil servants, frequently referred to as back-room, often deliver personal services to some of the most vulnerable citizens—lone parents, pensioners and the disabled.
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Why is there no charter for the weakest and most vulnerable citizens of our society, on whom, however, the whole future of that society depends?
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I should add that post offices offer a vital service, not only to vulnerable citizens but to the viability of many rural communities.
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Our most vulnerable citizens are again amongst those most affected.
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The scheme was intended to ensure that our most vulnerable citizens had enough money to finance extra fuel requirements over winter.
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We remain convinced that it would be wrong to penalise the most vulnerable citizens in either country by suspending that aid programme.
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A country that cannot show concern for its most vulnerable citizens—the poor, the aged, the unemployed and the sick—becomes a sick society.
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We remain convinced that it would be wrong to penalize the most vulnerable citizens in either country by suspending that aid programme.
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It is the incompetence of a county administration that has failed miserably to discharge its responsibilities to its most vulnerable citizens.
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It is a small but important point because some of our vulnerable citizens experience unnecessary anxiety.
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It is unacceptable for this callous attack on some of our most vulnerable citizens to go ahead.
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By that means, our elderly and vulnerable citizens will be guaranteed the help that they need.
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That is not in anyone's interests and it will mean misery for a large number of our most vulnerable citizens.
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