Example sentences of "member [prep] society " in BNC.

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1 The heart of the matter is the provision of a physical and social environment through which the members of society may gradually withdraw from it as securely and as worthily as they enter it through the environment of home and education .
2 This relegation - for as such it was undoubtedly construed — to the domestic realm , whilst on the one hand promoting a higher status than before for women in terms of motherhood ( a status generated for society 's structural purposes and needs ) , also resulted in an overall decrease in women 's status generally , for , to use the well known Levi-Straussian model , the domestic unit — i.e. the ‘ biological ’ family concerned with reproducing and socializing new members of society — was seen as separate from the public entity — i.e. the superimposed network of alliances and relationships which comprised society proper , as it were .
3 Again , dogs themselves had shown through a human medium ( thanks , PRO Dogs ) that they are capable , trustworthy members of society .
4 The justification for excluding controversial truths from the original position lies in the social role of justice , which is ‘ to enable all members of society to make mutually acceptable to one another their shared institutions and basic arrangements , by citing what are publicly recognized as sufficient reasons . ’
5 Each will then agree , as a second best , to a doctrine of justice to which all or nearly all members of society could agree ( as a second best ) if they argue rationally each from his different conception of the good provided they are united in ranking the need for a public conception of justice very highly in their order of priorities .
6 AT A RECENT MEETING of the Women 's Institute in London , women were urged to shed a major symbol of male supremacy and patriarchy — their married names — and value themselves as independent members of society .
7 How will other members of society benefit from having expensively financed their being there ?
8 And since children are already members of society the nature of their lives , and especially their lives as they grow up and leave school , is a part of the nature of society .
9 But , if you think money is the answer , you have only to read the newspapers to see how many of the more affluent members of society experience the trauma of divorce , drug or alcohol addiction or a suicide in the family .
10 Weaker members of society are always vulnerable to mistreatment .
11 Discipline entirely without tears might be something of a pious hope ; but the right approach to discipline can minimize the ‘ griefs ’ experienced by children ( and adults ) in the course of developing into mature members of society ( or mature and confident parents ) .
12 Due to the potential danger of drugs , and in the safety interests of all members of society , most countries legislate to control drugs .
13 They often suffer deep feelings of guilt if their children fail to succeed , to make good relationships or to turn into responsible and law-abiding members of society .
14 The very idea of Poland was an insult to everything Frederick thought Prussia stood for , and the only hope he held out for the Poles was that partition and Germanisation would turn them into useful members of society .
15 The extent to which British society has , until recently , found such institutions congenial derives largely from an unbroken and perhaps originally feudal tradition of social networks and obligations which were imposed on and accepted by all members of society , whatever their status .
16 [ But ] we must recognise as competing rights only the rights of other members of society as individuals .
17 The Times was highly critical of what it called ‘ these usurious companies ’ , but their creation was a genuine attempt by the government of the day to provide the less privileged members of society with a state money-lender which hopefully they would find more trustworthy than the neighbourhood pawnbroker ; and presumably each society 's secretary was able to provide some kind of money management advice to those who needed it .
18 Individual existence then seems to require some form of hi sā and the same can be said of our existence as social beings or as members of society .
19 To destroy such a man may be necessary and unavoidable in order to protect other members of society .
20 Many proposals have been made to tighten the law and offer real care and protection to children , the most vulnerable members of society .
21 After the initial primitive stage certain members of society gain control over the forces of production so permitting a minority to exploit the majority : under slavery the slave-owner exploits the slaves ; under feudalism the landlords exploit the serfs ; and under capitalism the bourgeoisie exploits the proletariat .
22 Such sentiments have been strongly rejected by the Conservative government , which considers its drive towards popular capitalism to be open to all members of society .
23 The close association between exotic metalwork and elite members of society is particularly apparent in the seventh century where the development of a distinctive style of animal art , Style II , is documented .
24 The style as a whole points to the continuing exchange of ideas between England and the Continent and also how at this social level in the first half of the seventh century the paramount members of society employed their own craftsmen to produce exotic display items demonstrating their success in leadership ; it also reflects their success in exchange in acquiring the necessary raw materials in large quantities .
25 The negative effects , however , were the less welcome members of society coming and going quite freely .
26 Respecting their rights and responsibilities as full members of society , applying principles of self-determination for as long as possible ( Marshall , 1988 , pp. 9 , 12–14 ) .
27 Whereas sport occupies a somewhat peripheral place in the spectrum of career possibilities for most members of society , it occupies a central berth for a great many blacks .
28 Not only is this view totally unacceptable to the deaf community as active members of society and sign language users but there is no evidence in the UK that these ‘ symptoms ’ are in any way ‘ causes ’ .
29 But women were commonly considered not full members of society .
30 Few attempts to change public perceptions are achieved easily , nor can they be performed by all members of society .
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