Sentences with phrase «society functions like»

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«I really like to understand the society that I'm living in and how it works and functions and what people are thinking, you know.

Our society functions quite well like this.

His analogy is functionalist: physical inheritance in prehension functions like the general populace which predominates in a tradition - rooted society; the novelty of the conceptual pole of a prehension plays the same role as the originative activities of the «fortunate classes», the middle class entrepreneurs, who predominate in modern society.

They have in their undertone the mechanistic world - view that suggests that a good society must function like a machine whose operation is controlled by the laws of nature» (pp. 44 - 5).

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

Rigid conformists may function satisfactorily in a stable society but in a period of lightning - fast social change (like ours), their security and their virtues may evaporate almost overnight.

Just like the different organs in our body collectively help us live and enjoy life, business functions to help society not only survive but thrive in many ways.

«Single people functioning in society tend to look at children as a disruption, as a hindrance and as a bother, and to classify a set of human beings like that is a tremendous problem.

But breastfeeding absolutely does require preparation, learning, and practice, especially in societies like ours where bottle feeding is the norm, and where many functions of women's bodies, lactation included, are both stigmatized and poorly understood.

Though the scientists don't know if such individual and pack behavior is a common occurrence, observations like these on Isle Royale provide insight into how animal societies function as well as the vicissitudes of the food chain cycle on Isle Royale, also helping to inform other models of the natural world.

The delivery is active along neuronal axons, which function like highways in human societies.

But don't mistake the technosphere's contents for just «stuff»; it also encompasses human organizations and the environments that keep society functioning, like farmlands, seafloor excavations, domesticated animals and reservoirs.

It seems like a collective parental mission to perfect our children's ability to share from a very young age, as though their future as a conscientious, functioning member of society depends on it.

These companies are merely parasites on our society whose function is to move money around, while their people get paid astronomical salaries for being a lot like Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz — they prance around singing, «if I only had a brainâ

Like last summer's cure for the common superhero blockbuster, the DC Comics ringer «Wonder Woman,» «Black Panther» fleshes out a beautifully functioning society far from the prying, destructive eyes of the outside world.

Not only does the narrative assuredly work on face value as a commentary on modern society (and all our foibles and failings), it completely functions in all of its Mobius strip - like allegorical connections (religious and whatnot).

And finally, fourth story was about the gap — foreigners who were allowed to speak said that they felt like they were living outside the society, and some commentators stated that the centres» regime was an effect of the lack of legislation governing their functioning.

Key Issues To ensure charter schools and neighborhood public schools function in the best interests of students, parents and community members, we believe that, like all public institutions, they must be guided by six basic principles of a democratic society: transparency, accountability, quality, oversight, equity and public control.

Like reading, mathematics is a subject that is indeed necessary for functioning adequately in society.

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Hopefully subsequent research will continue to build on this so that people can understand topics like racism, sexism, poverty, ableism, heterosexism, and cissexism, and the marginalization and oppression they produce as functions of structure and society rather than personal responsibility.

Like all your swashbuckling escapades, acquiring a woman becomes just another feather in your proverbial cap, functioning to elevate your prestige and renown in society.

OTIS is proof that, as a society, we can design and build unique structures that meet our needs for space and can function like a traditional larger home.

He added: «Society stops functioning if we don't have a reliable electricity system going all the time and so for places like Las Vegas, for example, you are still going to need other technologies in that mix.

Some groups to look for Pinterest managers in on Facebook would be something like the Rising Tide Society, Savvy Business Owners, and just using the search function.

Inevitably, like Indigenous laws, Indigenous society must follow quickly behind to become a relic of a once vital and functioning society.

I think that the ethical values and the clinical practice that Schema Therapy promotes are really important; this is the main reason why I would like to personally engage in supporting the ISST functioning, to allow the International Society to further develop and to have a constantly increasing number of members.