Example sentences of "have a [adj] social [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I argued earlier that there are problems in attempting any rigorous theoretical definition of the ‘ manual work/mental work ’ , or ‘ manual/non-manual ’ , distinction but all the same this classification , conceived as a socially constructed principle of division , has a certain social validity , as least as it applies to male workers . |
| 2 | However , you may be able to count contributions made elsewhere if that country has a reciprocal Social Security agreement with Britain ( DHSS leaflet NP 32 lists these countries ) . |
| 3 | Intergenerational mobility : that is , the son or daughter has a different social position ( higher or lower ) than that of the parents ( for example , a miner 's daughter might train to become a teacher ) . |
| 4 | It is important to bear in mind that he/she has a defined social position in the local community , which in turn gives rise to a varying social role in relation to the interviewees . |
| 5 | It thus has a direct social dimension , which other human rights ( food , clothing , shelter , health care ) do not have in the same way . |
| 6 | When the size of this transfer is compared with the volume of similar international transfers between rich and poor countries , it can be seen as being a very considerable effort ; and it imposes a heavy burden on the more advanced regions , especially on Serbia , which has an average social product per head below the Yugoslav average . |
| 7 | Full of character , Paxos has an easy social life , ideal for people on holiday by themselves . |
| 8 | This episode has an interesting social background since the right to ‘ cast clothes ’ or an employer 's old garments was an important element in the system of rewards for servants . |
| 9 | Far from meeting the equivalence criterion , these alternations express differences in focus which can be explicated only with reference to the discourse matrix in which they are embedded ; furthermore , they do not have a systematic social distribution in the speech community . |
| 10 | During her too short life she never ceased to be Anglican ; but she was a Socialist , and a suffragette , and religion for her came to mean , not so much creed or piety , as having a lively social conscience . |
| 11 | One person said : ‘ Many clients thought they 'd get a slightly better deal through having a blind social worker because they thought I was having to pull out all the stops to prove that I was good and therefore they would get a spin-off . ’ |
| 12 | But she did have an acute social conscience which Lucie Kaye , a former colleague , describes as ‘ a Quaker mentality ’ . |
| 13 | having an identified social services person in charge , not necessarily the director . |
| 14 | Of course , these single-employer estates are not closed social fields : indeed , social networks extend outwards from the estates to include other colleagues employed by the same company who live elsewhere in Dunrossness , and perhaps also include a few Shetlanders perceived as having an equal social status . |
| 15 | Good mental health is maintained by having an active social life , interests , variety , by freeing your home life from anxiety as much as possible , and by managing your money . |
| 16 | Even the poor old Gheep may yet prove to have a redeeming social use . |
| 17 | You can not expect the world always to come to you — you must go out and meet it sometimes if you are going to have a full social life . |
| 18 | It would be fun to have a little social life again and it occurred to her , too , that now she had come to live in Wellingham permanently , she must let as many people know as possible what she was trying to do at Moorlake . |
| 19 | This analogy helped us to see that our previous and unsuccessful requests to have a named social worker attached to the practice had been unrealistic . |
| 20 | Thus in China the past had a definite social purpose , its use depending essentially on the concept of the mandate of Heaven to ensure continuity in a world of political change . |
| 21 | In Bohemia especially , with its long tradition of industrialisation stretching back to the 1830s , where there has always been a strong commitment to the idea of social equality , where the call for national equality against the Germans had a strong social context , it 's quite logical that some kind of socialist or social thought will in the end prevail . |
| 22 | The family had a strong social value because it was an absolutely necessary social institution , an essential mutual-aid society in a world of rapid change , and in this the woman 's contribution was pivotal . |
| 23 | William Carey always had a great social concern and had been horrified to witness the practice of ‘ Sati ’ in 1799 . |
| 24 | Waterfront ( 1950 ) had a certain social realist clout and his reviews were not bad . |
| 25 | Those who claimed descent from Dutchmen had a high social status , and English was the language of the home in many Burgher families . |
| 26 | Moreover , since letters had a considerable social function in creating and maintaining bonds of friendship , which could be exploited for political ends , the continuity of this literary tradition may also imply the continuity of patterns of political influence . |
| 27 | So I suppose I led you into thinking the exact opposite — that I had a swinging social life . ’ |
| 28 | She had a busy social life , ’ says Eileen Boath , who worked as Selina 's assistant in the tourist office in the main town of Rothesay from 1976 to 1978 . |
| 29 | Although Indian Tamils lived mostly on estates , their sheer numbers had a significant social effect . |
| 30 | Other breeds of goats may well be different but my Goldens are very kind to each other and have a strong social strata . |