Sentence examples for rich societies from inspiring English sources

Rich societies, by contrast, are unprepared to function without grid power.

He says that if, as we suggest, people in rich societies (and we are talking about rich societies) worked 20 hours a week on average rather than 40, they would be too poor to enjoy the extra leisure.

These are successful, rich societies – in some cases, richer than our own – and with greater economic freedom.

In rich societies like Britain, the US and continental Europe, the drug war has inflicted multiple harms.

The most puzzling aspect of the official response to social evils in rich societies is its superficiality.

Sir Michael argues that even in rich societies people get healthier as they climb the social gradient in ways that cannot be explained by wealth alone.

"In a rich society like Great Britain, they should do better," he said.

In a rich society there are concerns that wealth and opportunity are unevenly spread.

It is a rich society with a sophisticated, largely militarized, high-tech industry.

Clever people have always been able to make it in Britain, just as they could in any other rich society.

It is a rich society which consumes and which seems to be aware of its impact on global warming.