Sentences with phrase «social advantage»

There are people you say they believe but really don't, they do it for social advantages or to seem righteous in front of other people.

Very few people willingly give the kind of advice that will compromise their own social advantage over you.

How can we recommend nonviolence without addressing our own economic and social advantages as a well - educated and mostly white male group?

For leisure classes with excess wealth, conspicuous consumption and «conspicuous leisure» offers social advantages.

Twins have the obvious social advantage of having an immediate and readily available playmate.

And kids best able to wait out the test display academic and social advantages decades later (SN: 10/8/11, p. 12).

Doing so would also help serve to elevate the socioeconomic status of more students instead of maintaining social advantages, as some college officials worry is happening.3 Long writes, «There is a basic notion in this country of opportunity: Your parents» income (or lack thereof) should not dictate your station in life.»

«In contrast with the widely held assumption that an individual specialization provides social advantages, we have found that specialization can in fact have a negative impact on the propagation and the chances of survival and growth of a colony,» summarized Jongepier, first author of the study.

Regarding work experience, all too often this depends on parental ability to provide a contact, so perpetuating social advantage.

She said: «The truth about selective grammar schools is that far from being the bastions of social mobility that some romanticise about, they have entrenched social advantage.

«School Choice, Social Class and Distinction: The Realization of Social Advantage in Education.»

But such beliefs about right and wrong made no sense in her atheistic worldview where morality, if it existed, was purely subjective — something that humans had evolved for social advantage.

Child welfare inequalities have been defined as,» unequal chances, experiences and outcomes of child welfare that are systematically associated with social advantage / disadvantage» (Bywaters, 2013, p. 4).

Failing to invest in social risks capital, so becoming socially mature and leading by example is key for organisations, before their competition can monopolise the social advantage.

When satisfaction is the criterion of good, the family is regarded essentially as a convenience and marriage as a means for sexual, economic, and social advantage.

But it might also mean that to accept Christ has again become a test or a risk rather than an insurance or a matter of material and social advantage.

While there are many studies demonstrating the health and social advantages of breastfeeding, each family has its unique needs.

Not only is breast milk the # 1 nutrition in the world for your baby, but studies show the amazing cognitive, physical and social advantages of children who were breastfed.

As a result, a growing number of parents have delayed enrolling their children whose birthdays fall shortly before the cutoff date, seeking to gain academic and social advantages.

And in this group of mums, moderate alcohol intake was a marker for social advantage, which may itself be the key factor in better balance, possibly overriding subtle harmful effects of moderate alcohol use, say the authors.

But social advantage may be a factor, as more affluent and better educated mums - to - be tend to drink more than women who are less well off, say the researchers.

Examine the background of supposedly «self - made men» and the silver spoon of social advantage will probably have played a part.

«Economic Benefits, Social Advantages, and Emission Reductions: Bus Fleet Upgrade by Murmanskavtotrans.»

As we can see, this is a win - win situation, but beyond those social advantages, what are the benefits of these kinds of affairs?

Since the 1970s, another report shows, the proportion of children who have delayed entering kindergarten has doubled, mainly because parents want to give them a competitive and social advantage.

For one thing, it assumes the distribution of social advantage is identical in all countries, when it can hardly be the case that the same percentage of Swiss and Dutch children are socially disadvantaged as children in Poland and Hungary.

If I ever see a social advantage to that, I'll be sure to do so.

A person not only enjoy economic and social advantages but also the advantages of learning a foreign language.

Besides the social advantages, Karen listed other benefits of volunteering at the shelter: Great exercise.

In effect, such an institution, acting on behalf of humanity as a whole, would be the ultimate arbiter of the myriad trade - offs that need to be managed as nations and groups of people jockey for economic and social advantage.

As 2010 comes to a close, Gremban — and many others — believe that the Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF will together «open the public's eyes to the personal joys as well as social advantages of electric vehicles.»

I already enjoy the environmental and social advantages of telecommuting, so cutting out morning rush hour isn't an advantage for me.

The measure was challenged on the basis of Article 7 (2) of Reg No 1612/68 (now Reg No 492/2011), which requires equal treatment in regard to social advantages, which also includes financial grants for children of workers who are students (Bernini).

«There should be no glory in striving for diversity; it's about jointly improving access to the legal profession for the brightest and best irrespective of social advantage or other personal characteristics,» says Barry Matthews, director of legal affairs and third - party sales at ITV.

Absent the derogation provisions in that paragraph, a worker who was a national of any member state had the same rights of access to the labour market and to the social advantages that go with it as those of any other member state.

Letting others know where you are might have social advantages, and has the potential for interesting and useful services based on where you are at the moment.

Dave McGinn discussed the social advantages children can gain from an imaginary friend.