Sentences with phrase «of social obligation»

The change is not in the number of true believers, but in the number of people who attend church just out of habit or a sense of social obligation.

However, you'll also want to take things slow and give your kids the freedom to opt out of social obligations or activities when they need some space.

Likewise all children who are going to a party should be reminded of their social obligations to all classmates, not just those who are in the «in» crowd.

Rather, lenders operated out of a sense of social obligation.

«Thank you» can be reduced to words that are said out of social obligations and expectations rather than from a place of caring about what someone has done.

But it's worth noting that many ethical issues in business simply can't straightforwardly be cast in terms of social obligations.

So difficult is the achievement of balance in human thought and experience that one sees even the Bible moving from an original sense of social solidarity, lacking adequate recognition of individuality, to a sense of the value of the single human soul, in danger of lacking adequate consciousness of social obligation.

As Ferguson (2013: 236) argues, the framing of citizens as children to a paternalist state can be read as a «very strong assertion, not just of inequality but of a social obligation linking state and citizen».

«You have to keep track of who's who, whose territory is whose, who's related to whom, and what kind of social obligations you've got.»

«It could be that games are imposing a sort of social obligation on these individuals so that they have to set aside time to play with other players.

Third, be mindful of your social obligations especially when it comes to birthdays, weddings and other social events that have the tempting food tray or the social pressure to eat whatever is on hand.

BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL: The pressures of the social obligations from the recent Portuguese economic crisis in how to approach this loose adaptation of «One Thousand And One Nights» cut deep into director Miguel Gomes.

Are you so crazy and bereft of social obligations that you think it's easy?

Experiencing a photograph next to a painting, an audacious distant cousin (such as a heliograph), a sculpture, or even within much - debated sets of social obligation (journalism)-- each of these scenarios expands the conversation around how photography functions in specific contexts, both inside and outside gallery spaces.

But our laziness and sense of social obligation unfurl as a pile of «Happy Birthday!»

We were on our way to visit a crowded jewelry factory which, like many in the area, had recently raised its wages not out of any social obligation but to better draw workers from the countryside, who are being attracted by comparable jobs and better lifestyles closer to home.

If you sell water and flashlight batteries, a sense of social obligation ought to keep you open «as long as possible.»

Window shoppers, like town criers, feel a sense of social obligation to be on Facebook but rarely post personal information.