Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] status [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It followed , too , from the assumptions that the British made about the Masai 's conservatism , it appearing self-evident to them that because the Masai were so conspicuously uninterested in Western civilization they were in all respects content with the status quo ; so closely were Westernization and agitation linked in the administrative mind . |
| 2 | With each year that passed , peasant interest in and support for the status quo would increase . |
| 3 | Many rich Africans also benefit from the status quo . |
| 4 | Governments attempting to implement change in this area often encounter entrenched organisational resistance from powerful providers and from recipients of services who benefit from the status quo . |
| 5 | Thus did the social democrats betray their promise of a new world without war , and come to act as instruments for each ruling order : nationalism was the key ideological means of breaking the workers ’ challenge to the status quo . |
| 6 | The attitude of most electorates and governments is to deplore the problems that the illegal drug trade brings , view the whole matter with distaste , and sit on the status quo — a policy of sweeping prohibition . |
| 7 | There were different sorts of T-shirts , each with an image and a slogan or comment on the status quo , some of which Malcolm designed and some of which were designed by Bernie and Malcolm together . |
| 8 | It 's not the job of education to ensure that young people settle for the status quo . |