Sentence examples for accepted behaviours from inspiring English sources

37 These common, socially accepted behaviours and obligations influence the willingness of partners to enter into and continue in a relationship that is rooted in asymmetrical exchanges.

Participants may lean towards socially desirable answers, but knowing that cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption are relatively common and socially accepted behaviours in the country decreased the possibility that participants did not respond honestly.

39 48 49 Finally, the authors highlight that alcohol consumption is closely linked to power relationships in terms of accepted behaviours in certain social and cultural contexts, including how different social groups or classes fashion and control acceptability of alcohol use and how production and distribution are organised.

As a result, the narrative is shot through with satisfying aperçus about the accepted behaviours of a sophisticated north London intelligentsia in the 1960s, compared with the supposedly more "primitive" African tribes Jess has studied for her degree.

While Grandmother accepted behaviour so different, I just couldn't get used to it.

Nobody should think they can cross the boundaries of accepted behaviour and escape punishment.

It is the widely accepted behaviour of too many of those who are rich and influential.

The norms set by institutions, convention and our need to keep within the boundaries of accepted behaviour and thought limit what may be touched upon.

A sort of respectful and uncritical amusement seemed to be the accepted behaviour, as if the vicar were preaching a humorous sermon in church.

In a story that weaves in multiple themes that touch on belief, knowledge and accepted behaviour, the Lie Tree is a wonderfully symbolic invention: it will only grow in the dark and spontaneously combusts in the light.

Football, with its rigid and simplified codes of accepted behaviour, can provide a very clear lens for viewing the relationship between what a man is expected to be in a particular world, and what can become of a man who does not meet those expectations – both inside the squad, and on the terraces.