british citizen

collocation in English

meaningsofBritishandcitizen

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british
adjective
uk
/ˈbrɪt.ɪʃ/us
/ˈbrɪt̬.ɪʃ/
belonging to or relating to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or ...
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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 ofbritishandcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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British citizens who committed serious offences.
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British citizens need to have their freedoms and rights guaranteed against inflows of people who are not refugees or asylum seekers.
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British citizens, unlike those of any other major sporting nation, will be prohibited from competing in national and international events.
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British citizens will not be divided into citizens who are more equal than others.
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British citizens are assumed to have received the same amount for an estimated 26 weeks.
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British citizens have felt anxiety that derives directly from events occurring many miles away.
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British citizens resident abroad are not required to give us details of their length of stay or their eligibility to register as voters.
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British citizens are apt to get into amazing scrapes round the world.
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British citizens in extreme circumstances would be entitled to apply to the social fund for a crisis loan.
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British citizens boast that they are politically free people.
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British citizens have been subject to some delays on each of the past 14 days.
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British citizens should not have to rely on it to obtain justice in terms of non-sexist and non-racist immigration laws.
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British citizens should not be extradited to languish in foreign gaols while the case against them is being prepared.
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British citizens should not go there under any circumstances.
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British citizens wherever they are working are reported to be in good heart.
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British citizens who seek information will therefore be advised in these terms.
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British citizens, and soldiers who are there to protect life and property.
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British citizens are now under military occupation and authority.
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British citizens as such are not mentioned in our electoral law.
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British citizens do not generally receive benefit while appealing against its refusal.
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