Makin, writing within the confines of 17th-century British culture, was subject to the patriarchal structures governing her society.

Finally, the structure governing the future of the B.C.S. does include representation from all Division I-A conferences, and so far is working as planned.

Now the floor was decorated with a large bear rug, and the fire escape - an extra-large structure thanks to laws governing school safety - was like a long luxurious porch.

The structure of components, their inter-relationships, and the principles and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time.

An institution is any structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behaviour of a set of individuals within a given community - may it be human or a specific animal one.

He warned of the dangers of a split between the Czech and Slovak republics unless a federal structure governing the relationship between the two republics could be agreed.

Institution - structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human community.

"The recently reported investigations of fraud on the Chicago futures exchanges raise serious questions about the effectiveness of the regulatory structure governing futures markets," Mr. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, wrote.

Few southerners understood the complex structures governing the Nadir tribes and their compositions.

In the social sciences, institutions are the structures and mechanisms of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human collectivity.