Directions: The given sentence has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are four numbered-(1), (2), (3) and (4)-words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

It comes as no surprise that societies have a code of behaviour, the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be ____________