Over succeeding decades the number of societies has decreased, as various societies merged to form larger ones, often renaming in the process, and other societies opted for demutualisation followed by-in the great majority of cases-eventual takeover by a listed bank.

Most of the existing larger building societies are the end result of the mergers of many smaller societies.

A number of the larger societies made such proposals to their members and all were accepted.

While the river valley civilizations always had larger populations, the trading societies on the coast of the sea soon became the most prosperous, and rose to power.

The second stage he described was a herder of domestic animals which required forming larger societies.

If I have seen that from an ethical point of view I am just one person among the many in my society, and my interests are no more important, from the point of view of the whole, than the similar interests of others within my society, I am ready to see that, from a still larger point of view, my society is just one among other societies, and the interests of members of my society are no more important, from that larger perspective, than the similar interests of members of other societies ...

Sedentary agriculture led to the development of property rights, patriarchal societies, domestication of plants and animals, and larger family sizes.

Tradition can also refer to larger concepts practiced by groups ( family traditions at Christmas ), organizations ( company's picnic ) or societies, such as the practice of national and public holidays.

Many societies distribute largess at the behest of some individual or some larger group of people.

Altruistic action in the interests of the larger group is seen in virtually all societies.

However, some hunting and gathering societies in areas with abundant resources ( such as the Tlingit ) lived in larger groups and formed complex hierarchical social structures such as chiefdoms.

Because their food supply is far more reliable, pastoral societies can support larger populations.

In the simpler societies, people are connected to others due to personal ties and traditions ; in the larger, modern society they are connected due to increased reliance on others with regard to them performing their specialized tasks needed for the modern, highly complex society to survive.

One example is " The Adventures of Bulukiya ", where the protagonist Bulukiya's quest for the herb of immortality leads him to explore the seas, journey to Paradise and to Hell, and travel across the cosmos to different worlds much larger than his own world, anticipating elements of galactic science fiction ; along the way, he encounters societies of djinns, mermaids, talking serpents, talking trees, and other forms of life.

In the Caribbean, Spanish settlers were only able to secure control over the larger islands by allying themselves with certain Native American tribal groups in their conflicts with neighbouring societies.

Queen's is an active community performing strongly in intercollegiate sport competitions, having a variety of societies and, as one of the larger colleges, hosting triennial Commemoration balls.

One example is " The Adventures of Bulukiya ", where the protagonist Bulukiya's quest for the herb of immortality leads him to explore the seas, journey to the Garden of Eden and to Jahannam, and travel across the cosmos to different worlds much larger than his own world, anticipating elements of galactic science fiction ; along the way, he encounters societies of jinns, mermaids, talking serpents, talking trees, and other forms of life.

The first insigne was in fact a larger, cut-and-engraved silver medallion, essentially a square of metal with a loop cut integrally with the body of the square from the same sheet of silver, in order to allow for suspension from one or two ribbons worn around the member's neck in the manner in which the older fraternities ( and the Freemasonic bodies on which the collegiate societies were in part patterned ) wore their own insignia.

Specific weapon systems used include machine guns, autocannons, larger guns, or missiles, and some mount both guns and longer-ranged missiles.

Specific weapon systems used include machine guns, autocannons, larger guns, or missiles, and some mount both guns and longer-ranged missiles.

Similar instruments include the xalam of Senegal and the ngoni of the Wassoulou region including parts of Mali, Guinea, and Côte d ' Ivoire as well as a larger variation of the ngoni developed in Morocco by sub-Saharan Africans known as the Gimbri.

In addition to other cattle ( such as bison, yak and water buffalo ), these include the young of camels, dolphins, elephants, giraffes, hippopotamuses, larger deer ( such as moose, elk ( wapiti ) and red deer ), rhinoceroses, porpoises, whales and larger seals.

Non-English names include Treno suburbano in Italian, Cercanías in Spanish, Rodalies in Catalan, Nahverkehrszug in German ( and in most larger cities S-Bahns though these trains also often include city centre metro-like sections where lines have merged and services become more frequent, and stations are closer together to better distribute passengers into the city core ), Train de banlieue in French, Příměstský vlak in Czech and Elektrichka in Russian.

The larger clubs include Bowdon, Cheltenham, Edgbaston, Guildford and Godalming, Nailsea, Nottingham, Roehampton, Sidmouth, and Woking.

Disadvantages include a smaller volume, even though many or most unfretted instruments tend to be significantly larger than fretted instruments ; and many more strings to keep in tune.

Because reported AIDS cases in Africa and other parts of the developing world include a larger proportion of people who do not belong to Duesberg's preferred risk groups of drug addicts and male homosexuals, Duesberg writes on his website that " There are no risk groups in Africa, like drug addicts and homosexuals ," However, many studies have addressed the issue of risk groups in Africa and concluded that the risk of AIDS is not equally distributed.

Other members of the board include people from the university community such as four approved representatives from Dalhousie Student Union, as well as those in the larger surrounding community of Dalhousie, such as the Mayor of Halifax.

Networking advances IEEE 802. 1aq ( SPB ) include the use of the link-state routing protocol IS-IS to allow larger networks with shortest path routes between devices.

The ability of ETC technology to be applied to existing gun designs means that for future gun upgrades there's no longer the necessity to redesign the turret to include a larger breech or caliber gun barrel.

Describing Flanders as the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium is commonplace, although Jewish groups have been speaking Yiddish in Antwerp for centuries, and Flanders ' minority residents include 170 nationalities — their larger groups speaking French, Berber, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, Italian and Polish.

Composite structures have become widespread, and include major structural components, reducing the steadily increasing weight — most modern fighters are larger and heavier than World War 2 medium bombers.

Common historical examples include the Winchester Model 1892, Lee-Enfield " Jungle Carbine ", Mauser K98 Kurz, SKS, M1 carbine ( no relation to the larger M1 Garand ) and M4 carbine ( a more compact variant of the current M16 rifle ).

But unlike Herodotus, Hecataeus did not record events that had occurred in living memory, nor did he include the oral traditions of Greek history within the larger framework of oriental history.

Such vessels include the Raketa ( 1957 ) type, followed by the larger Meteor type and the smaller Voskhod type.

The rules also include schemes for providing a larger number of powers to a character for a given cost.

Other differences include a shorter bill, larger eyes, a larger, rounder head and darker grey wings in the Red-legged Kittiwake.

Differential characteristics between llamas and alpacas include the llama's larger size, longer head, and curved ears.

Other cases where the " smallest meaningful unit " is larger than a word include some collocations such as " in view of " and " business intelligence " where the words together have a specific meaning.

The eastern portions of Peru include the Amazon Basin or selva baja, a region that is larger in the north than in the south.

Other valid species include the possibly larger, P. sternbergi, with a wingspan originally estimated at.

Many groups ended up expending more effort debating their own internal operations than dealing with external matters, seeking to " perfect a perfect society in microcosm " rather than focus on the larger world.

MUDS holds weekly debating competitions, as well as larger annual invitational compeititions for other universities in the lead-up to the World Universities Debating Championships, and the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships.