Example sentences of "people of the united states " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took a foreign observer like Alexis de Tocqueville earlier in the century to describe ‘ the people of the United States as that portion of the English people which is commissioned to explore the wilds of the New World ’ . |
| 2 | In 1898 the Baptists expressed their ‘ sympathy with the people of the United States in their honourable resolve to put an end to the intolerable oppression by Spain in the Island of Cuba . ’ |
| 3 | The people of the United States tend to be instinctively wary and suspicious of government in all its forms . |
| 4 | Did it represent a significant move to the right by the people of the United States presaging a deep rooted realignment of electoral forces favouring the Republican party ? |
| 5 | This follows the American tradition : ‘ We the people of the United States … do ordain and establish this constitution ’ . |
| 6 | For example , while the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the enactment of the United States Constitution in 1787 were illegal under the old legal order , they were validated by , and received their legitimacy and authority from , the People of the United States , who accepted them and agreed to abide by the new constitution . |
| 7 | And in recent years , the bell-founders , still active , have forged an important link of friendship with the people of the United States . |
| 8 | We pray for the people of the United States of America , as they elect a president . |
| 9 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |