sector of society

collocation in English

meaningsofsectorandsociety

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sector
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsek.tər/us
/ˈsek.tɚ/
one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country ...
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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 ofsectorandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Work on the ruralsectorofsocietyhas demonstrated the seemingly insurmountable problems that the regime proved unable to overcome.
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There are, it has been shown, many ways of structuring mutuality other than that, even in the narrowly social-welfaresectorofsociety.
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In the past 20 years, the income of pensioners as a whole has risen by more than that of any othersectorofsociety.
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It should apply just as much to education as to any othersectorofsociety.
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It is a step towards stimulating and supporting a living, loving, caring and altruisticsectorofsocietywhich makes life better for many people.
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Here we have a situation which has been accepted in everysectorofsocietyas one of the biggest rackets in our civilised life.
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They are vital to asectorofsocietywhich, for decades, has contributed to the nation's well-being.
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The needs of thatsectorofsocietymay not be the whole issue, but they are a very important aspect.
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Many people perceive the farming community to be a well-offsectorofsociety, particularly those who live in towns.
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Why are we overburdening thissectorofsocietywith even more layers of bureaucracy?
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Everysectorofsocietyhas its ways and traditions and some of those associated with the countryside may indeed seem strange.
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I represent a constituency that is almost wholly composed of producers—those in the wealth-creatingsectorofsocietyfrom whose wealth everything else ultimately stems.
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We all know that people who are available for two or three days at a time come from a limitedsectorofsociety.
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They are among the hardest working, but the least well financially recompensed of that very hard-pressedsectorofsociety.
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A significantsectorofsocietyis unaware of this role and it should be explained to them.
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The onlysectorofsocietyfor which they have shown any concern is the sector that has done well in the past 11 years.
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That means that the benefits of mobile phones are available to all and reach everysectorofsociety.
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Will he set up a fund for that growingsectorofsociety?
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But the length of that catalogue itself shows that no onesectorofsocietycan tackle the issues alone.
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The majority of blind people are in the poorestsectorofsociety.
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