Example sentences of "[coord] [art] [adj] and social [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the last ten years or so , feminist commentators on social policy have remarked upon two particular features of the British social security system : first , that it is based on clear and consistent views about the nature of marriage and the economic and social relationship between husbands and wives ( Land and Parker , 1978 ; O'Donovan , 1979 ) ; and secondly , despite considerable changes in the position of women in society since the principles of the modern social security system were laid out in the Beveridge Report ( Beveridge , 1942 ) and consolidated in post-war legislation , the system itself and its principles have remained obstinately impervious to change ( Land , 1975 ) . |
| 2 | on balance credit is beneficial , since it makes a useful contribution to the living standards and the economic and social well-being of the majority of British people . |
| 3 | However , this Proposal was originally issued in 1972 , and was re-issued in 1983 following discussions with the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee ; its lack of progress reflects its controversial nature , and its future advance is unlikely to be rapid . |
| 4 | The Parliamentary Assembly and the Economic and Social Committee were primarily or wholly advisory in nature , with very little checking power , while the Court of Justice could interpret the provisions of the treaty and the decisions of the EEC . |
| 5 | At a lower rank come the Acts adopted , not by the Member States , but by the institutions established by the founding treaties , that is , the Council and the Commission in collaboration , as appropriate , with the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee . |
| 6 | This Directive had already been substantially revised in response to the comments of the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee , and had begun its fruitless journey six years before . |
| 7 | A pilot scheme involving 2,000 people had been successful and £500,000 for a further survey of 20,000 people had been promised by the Health Education Authority and the Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ) . |
| 8 | The £750,000 survey — in which 20,000 adults will be asked detailed questions about the frequency and nature of their sexual activities — was to have been funded by the Department of Health , the Health Education Authority and the Economic and Social Research Council . |
| 9 | The government also finances research bodies and institutions , such as the Medical Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council , which themselves initiate , approve and finance research topics into particular problems . |
| 10 | The Unit is sponsored by the Scottish Home and Health Department , the Scottish Health Education Group and the Economic and Social Research Council and commenced operation when the Director took up post in September 1983 . |
| 11 | In recent years , the reality of the University 's achievements in multidisciplinary research has been acknowledged in a variety of ways , for example through the establishment in the University of two new international standard Interdisciplinary Research Centres ( IRCs ) : the Agriculture and Food Research Council 's Genome Research IRC and the Economic and Social Research Council 's Human Communications IRC . |
| 12 | The Faculty is recognised by all the major United Kingdom funding bodies , including the Scottish Office Education Department , the British Academy and the Economic and Social Research Council , for both taught course and research awards . |
| 13 | A high social price was paid in a lower standard of living for the industrial worker and the economic and social power of the Junker class . |
| 14 | They were the UN Development Programme and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific — both of which were billed to appear but did not show up . |
| 15 | The contrast between the political and social reality of his father 's existence and the political and social reality of his own existence was dramatically brought into focus from the moment that he entered the Ecole Normale Superieure . |
| 16 | Key elements identified included : multicultural aspects of Britain today ; an understanding of the world ; experience of elementary science work ; music ; and the personal and social development of pupils . |
| 17 | Prime Minister Felipe González won support from his own Socialist Party ( PSOE ) as well as from the opposition Popular Party ( PP ) and the Democratic and Social Centre ( CDS ) . |
| 18 | The programme provided for the discussion of various topics on the first two days , as told in the preceding chapter , and for Saturday , January 18 , it read : Proposal to form the National Deaf Association , on the American lines , the objects of which will be the protection , and the educational and social elevation of the deaf of the United Kingdom . |
| 19 | Pop music was desperate for something : the arrival of punk brought a rude vigour which perfectly fused a musical style , a cultural statement and a political and social crisis . |