Sentence examples for major social changes from inspiring English sources

Major social changes and dislocations accompanied the demographic shifts and economic development.

In my lifetime, the major social changes, such as gay rights, have come under a Labour government.

The commission further suggested that the fund emphasize short-term, emergency aid to countries as opposed to trying to effect major social changes, like relieving poverty.

The other major social changes in these years, apart from emigration, resulted from the decline in serious illnesses and in illiteracy.

Major social changes in Turkey contributed to the proliferation and radicalization of Kurdish nationalist groups in that country in the 1960s and '70s.

"Major social changes take time," Mr. Plesner said, adding that there was sometimes a "need for Take 1 and Take 2".

"We are in the midst of a major social change," Justice Carol A. Corrigan wrote in dissent.

Mr. Klein wrote, "In the end, major social change can be accelerated by political skill and delayed by political ineptitude.

The Gates Foundation also seeks to support people who are finding innovative ways to approach public health problems and promote major social change.

Like Albert Finney and Peter O'Toole, whose careers took off at much the same time, he's a harbinger of a major social change in class, fashion and behaviour that seemed attractive at the time and was later to take less likable forms.

The committee also warned that while "robots as portrayed in films like Star Wars" remain some way off, the government's role in preparing for major social change is lacking.