Example sentences of "society in which [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the benefits of large families were obvious in the Irish peasant society in which we had once had our roots , they had a certain value for us too ; they scored vital points on the council housing list . |
| 2 | But there is one more role we have to play if we are to been seen as a socially responsible company , setting standards for the industry within the society in which we operate . |
| 3 | Where do you personally feel it touching the society in which we live ? |
| 4 | 16.7 Reading is also one of the means by which we interact with the society in which we live . |
| 5 | These ideas were the ‘ promotion of homosexuality and its portrayal as a pretend family relationship ’ , which ‘ seek to alter fundamentally the society in which we live . ’ |
| 6 | As a result many of the groups have decided to take practical measures to improve the society in which we live . |
| 7 | We may not like what fans do and we may view aggro leaders and their like as unhappy reminders of a violent society in which we live . |
| 8 | What we are as individuals is decided by the particular society in which we live , and by the particular social groups to which we belong . |
| 9 | Larger families represent an unacceptable burden on the state or , worse still , may become enemies of society : " All intelligent Salvadoreans — men or women — ought to realize that in order to get on in life , it is better to have one well-trained child , than 5 or 10 who are a burden , or enemies of the society in which we live . |
| 10 | Our thoughts , everyday routines and even our dreams reflect the son of society in which we live . |
| 11 | This should certainly include some detailed attention to how mathematics might be used to expose the racist , sexist and class-ridden nature of the society in which we live . |
| 12 | However language does not just reflect the society in which we live , it also contributes to how we experience that reality and how much we contribute to keeping things as they are . |
| 13 | We want access to the same range of opportunities to participate in and contribute to the society in which we live . |
| 14 | The interpretation of what remains as historical evidence is after all fundamental to the historians craft , but the deliberate preservation of historical source materials in the absence of context ( or worse still the failure to preserve them at all ) surely does little justice to the society in which we live . |
| 15 | er , Can I enter a plea for tolerance , if in a democracy it 's very easy to get steamed up about things you do n't like , things you find disgusting and revolting but if everyone is going to come forward , have banned the activity they do n't like then we 're going to live , it may be a democracy , but it 's going to be a narrowed , er and intolerant society in which we live . |
| 16 | Responding to the Handsworth events Douglas Hurd was moved to argue forcibly that such events were senseless and reflected more on those who participated in them than on the society in which they took place : ‘ The sound which law abiding people in Handsworth heard on Monday night , the echoes of which I picked up on Tuesday , was not a cry for help but a cry for loot ’ ( Financial Times , 13 September 1985 ) . |
| 17 | Comparative industrial relations is not an ‘ export-import exercise ’ ( Schregle , 1981 ) since industrial relations phenomena reflect the characteristic features of the society in which they operate . |
| 18 | That was because they tended to imply that beliefs , laws , and principles were not based on eternal unchanging principles but were aspects of the type of society in which they occurred . |
| 19 | Many doctors reflect the ageist attitudes of the society in which they work , feeling that the medical problems of older people are a lower priority than their younger patients . |
| 20 | Parents and teachers usually judge children 's behaviour by whether it fits in with the usual standards — moral , emotional , social and intellectual — set by the society in which they live . |
| 21 | It familiarizes students with those theories by which they may better understand themselves , the society in which they live and their role within it . |
| 22 | As a recent Barnardo 's report on the plight of the young homeless states ‘ those young people who run away have been failed both by their families and by the society in which they live ’ ( O'Mahony , 1988 ) . |
| 23 | In conclusion , it does seem that some people were born to be fat , but are only able to be fat because of the relatively affluent society in which they live . |
| 24 | The aim of Standard Modern Grade Studies is to help young people to understand the society in which they live and to prepare them to participate fully as members of that society . |
| 25 | Since trade unions reflect features of the society in which they have developed , it is scarcely surprising to find sharp contrasts between their role and orientation within the Soviet type communist system compared to that in western countries . |
| 26 | As ever , historians have much to offer the modern technical society in which they find themselves and still more to do in order to catch up with it . |
| 27 | Holding jobs that are well paying and/or rewarding in terms of personal self-satisfaction may increase one 's contentment with the society in which one exists . |
| 28 | I mean if , if , if you create a society in which you have only one class and it is a , an owner-occupation , in a sense , small scale subsistence capitalist class , everybody is roughly the same within that there is no form of momentum is there ? |
| 29 | Because the subject deals with some important aspects of the society in which you live and work and hope to earn your living . |
| 30 | If you want to understand more about the society in which you live , if you are curious about why groups of people behave the way they do or hold particular sets of beliefs , if you are intrigued by how societies change , then Sociology may be your kind of subject . |