Cornforth came from the lower/rural working class of English society.

Above all it required a deep and irreconcilable break with English society.

He made several powerful friends who introduced him to the highest levels of English society.

English society, of course didn't work out that way.

It has cut across a huge segment of English society.

She was very well known amongst a certain section of English society.

George is brought up to be a proper and patriotic member of English society.

English society in the middle years of the century was, or at least seemed to be, fundamentally secure and almost static.

The couple were happy enough at first, trying hard to break into English society.

The structure of English society, in particular, was something the new nation sought to avoid.