Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] to society " in BNC.

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1 Such influences serve to instill an awareness of one 's place in or relationship to society and the political system .
2 It is extraordinary how few professional organisations have a code of ethics like social works : ‘ Basic to the profession of social work is the recognition of the value and dignity of every human being irrespective of origin , race , status , sex , sexual orientation , age , belief or contribution to society .
3 ‘ But that is because the French still insist on having a top and bottom to society .
4 If we accept that mistakes in sentencing can be made and accept that sentencing is a matter of considerable interest , importance and relevance to society , and accept that the prosecution represents society , then it is simply monstrous that an appeal does not lie at its hands .
5 The construction of the task is a dynamic process which varies from age to age and society to society .
6 However , the importance of such womanly qualities as nurturance and domesticity to society as a whole was now given full recognition , and Geddes and Thompson wrote fulsomely of the possibilities of civic or social motherhood , lauding woman ‘ as eupsychic inspirer and eugenic mother , as instructive synthesist , as educationalist , as orderly home planner and citizen , and by her guidance of consumption , directing industry and skill , ennobling utility into art ’ .
7 Along with excellent historical research , the benefits of science and technology to society were clearly demonstrated .
8 When in the 1880s , anxiety about the question grew more acute , and when exhortation to society members not to instruct " female learners " or to allow their daughters to take up the trade seemed to have little effect , more organized attempts were made to confront the problem .
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