given society

collocation in English

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given
adjective
uk
/ˈɡɪv.ən/us
/ˈɡɪv.ən/
already decided, arranged, ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofgivenandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In theory, the necessity for welfare provision by other sectors increases with the advancement of modernity in agivensociety.
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To understand the ritual sphere and ceremonial activities of agivensocietyit is indispensable to provide solid data on its socio-economic and material patterns.
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The diagram represents the force relations characteristic of agivensocietyat a given epoch.
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Consequently, ' patterns of construction, contestation, meaning or interpretation concerning the forest environment in anygivensocietyare grounded in historical processes ' (p. 120).
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For them, an interdependence between the fate of the individual and the history of agivensocietywas all-important.
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Although men and women frequently do different types of labour in anygivensociety, men's and women's tasks vary considerably across different societies.
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Or maybe dying is a reduced mean life expectancy for a certain socioeconomic status in agivensociety.
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First, a series of studies based on simulations has been used to estimate the potential availability11 of relatives in agivensociety.
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It suggests that, in anygivensociety, those in the best health set a standard which all should be able to enjoy.
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For example, the rewards conferred upon healers within agivensocietyhave generally existed prior to the formation of their collective and organized occupational identity.
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But patently there is an important distributive dimension to this; some people may routinely be humiliated in agivensocietyand others not. 40.
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What is missing is an analysis of the conditions under which the approaches advocated might be facilitated, or indeed, why they don't happen already in anygivensociety.
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They are shaping the very nature of old age in agivensocietyand influence the conditions within which individuals materially and emotionally experience and live out their later lives.
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Nor are they solely about citizenship in the juridical sense of the term - that is, the statutory rights and duties of a citizen in agivensociety.
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Specifically, by keeping people close to normal functioning, healthcare protects an individual's fair share of the range of opportunities reasonable people would choose in agivensociety.
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However, no culture is ever pristine nor is there only one culture in agivensociety, as the conflicts within immigrant communities living in the same neighborhoods makes clear.
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What the new historicists take pains to show is the cultural matrix of agivensocietyat a given time and to combine it with the present.
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