(1) Merry points out the role of gossip and scandal in social control, especially in bounded social systems where interdependence and ostracism costs are higher.(2) They were a rich and important family, you see, and they couldn't stand to see any shame which could bring scandal for them.(3) He said it was a scandal that at a time when the Beladd Park houses were being built the Irish people had to cough up three times the average price to build the houses.(4) u2018It is a scandal that Scotland's schools are blighted by violence,u2019 he said.(5) I know that you would want no scandal attached to her name(6) It is a scandal that people die younger in the north, fewer young people go to university, and wages are lower.(7) There was talk of the weather, the crops, some gossip and scandal , some hunting and fishing news.(8) In 1810 he survived a frenzied attack by his valet, though scandal insisted that Cumberland had been the aggressor.(9) It was nothing like that, of course, but it was worth the kick in the shin he got from Tori to see the mixed expression of disgust, disbelief, outrage and scandal on Teague's face - at one and the same time.(10) Few estates have a history as colourful as Mourne Park in Co Down, where gossip and scandal have been par for the course over the centuries.(11) This is one of the most visible areas of the river and it is a scandal nothing has been done to enhance it.(12) It is a scandal that so many of the cinema's greatest works remain unavailable on video(13) divorce was cause for scandal in the island(14) It is a scandal that this has been prevented because of orders to meet Labour's targets.(15) It is a scandal that there is no official monument to commemorate the contribution of women in the Second World War.(16) it's a scandal that many older patients are dismissed as untreatable
