Example sentences of "[art] role of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a survival is very important , for while we may be largely ignorant of the details of land travel , the role of ships in transporting men and goods across the waters to England is known to be great . |
| 2 | In the past twenty-five years the role of women on farms had changed dramatically . |
| 3 | Perennial favourites included ‘ overlapping ’ in towns and villages and , tied to this , the creation of ‘ Free Church parishes ’ , urban work among the unchurched millions , the role of women in Nonconformist church life ( there was very little ) , the need for house-to-house surveys , the present state of the Church of England ( normally the increasing power of the Ritualists and their threat to England 's ‘ Protestant heritage ’ ) and political questions such as land redistribution in the villages or , especially , education . |
| 4 | Similar questions were being asked in the social sphere , notably with regard to health and to the role of women in society . |
| 5 | The authors maintain that the role of women in the Tigrayan society is still closely linked to their status in the feudal system . |
| 6 | The life-stories in this collection document the role of women in the communist-led struggle against these conditions . |
| 7 | Welfare feminists were concerned with the health and welfare of working-class women , especially the relief of their poverty , rather than with pressing for changes in the role of women in the family . |
| 8 | Feminist issues , in particular sexual harrassment , abortion and the role of women in politics , have been more central to this election campaign than in any previous one . |
| 9 | During an Ad Limina address to Bishops in March 1992 , Pope John Paul II said , ‘ The National Board of Catholic Women can be of particular help at this time when the role of women in society and in the Church is undergoing such a radical questioning and transformation . |
| 10 | Titles include : ‘ Equal in the Kingdom ’ , ‘ Silence of Women : Societal Influences ’ , ‘ Women in World Religions ’ , ‘ Women and Law ’ and ‘ The Role of Women in the Church ’ . |
| 11 | She comments on the role of women in contemporary American society , using a variety of technical tricks to reveal the ‘ feminine ’ nature of objects that crop up regularly in day-to-day life . |
| 12 | The development of a curriculum which inculcates in children respect for cultures different from their own is surely worthwhile , as is an attempt to correct misconceptions about the role of women in society . |
| 13 | Others , such as trade unions or the role of women in society , have become subject to sociological investigation only recently . |
| 14 | Ten years ago when I began researching into the role of women in trade unions , it would have been quite surprising to find such a subject included in a sociological textbook . |
| 15 | Though most male industrial sociologists avoided issues concerning women , a few men had begun to research the role of women in trade unions . |
| 16 | Party selectorates , for example , reflect and reinforce the attitudes , beliefs and values about the role of women in politics that are widespread throughout society . |
| 17 | The Lutheran Church leadership has agreed to meet to re-evaluate the role of women in the Church 's activities . |
| 18 | Katz and Lazarsfeld found ‘ gregariousness ’ to be an important factor associated with the role of women in the formation of public opinion . |
| 19 | The role of women in local government was another aspect of equal opportunities highlighted by the New Urban Left . |
| 20 | That there is nothing ‘ natural ’ about our marriage pattern or the role of women in society is clear from the sociological account . |
| 21 | That marriage forms and the role of women in society are not ‘ God-given ’ is clearly demonstrated in Chapter 7 on the family and Chapter 5 on sexual divisions in society . |
| 22 | The reason for being aware of sexism in language is that it biases experience constantly towards the male sex and gives little or no prominence to the role of women in society . |
| 23 | By selective citation the novel foregrounds the link between Herodotus 's epistemological ambiguities and his ambivalent attitude toward the role of women in society . |
| 24 | To all intents and purposes , however , they ignored the implications of their demand to enter the public sphere for the role of women in the private sphere of home and family , and chose not to confront the emphasis doctors and scientists placed on the latter . |
| 25 | Was the Role of Women in the armies of the English Civil Wars significant ? |
| 26 | The role of women in the English Civil Wars is interesting , because the fact that nearly everyone in the country took sides either for Parliament or for the King , and all able-bodied men would be recruited and this meant that women were left without protection , and had to survive somehow . |
| 27 | Carmichael 's sexism — not that the word existed : ‘ the role of women in the struggle is prone ’ — and the obsession with struggle elsewhere and male intellectuals ' struggles here with an uncomprehending world , threw down enough issues to sustain a variety of competing tendencies , articles , and books for the following five years . |
| 28 | They will rightly look to a Labour Government who will not look at the matter in the narrow economic calculus that we have heard from Conservative Members but will recognise that , unless we are prepared to accept the role of women in the labour force , we will fail as an economy to receive and achieve our full potential . |
| 29 | In 1980 the Modern Records Centre published the first title in its Sources Booklet series , providing researchers with relevant references on the role of women in the working situation and in society generally from its extensive holdings of trade union , employers ' organisation and interest group records and personal archives . |
| 30 | Of late , increasing attention has been paid to the role of women in pre-industrial society . |