Example sentences of "of men [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — |
| 2 | The controlling element in this long development was not the ingenuity of men nor the pressure of society but the nature of the world as it was revealed to increasingly thorough investigation . |
| 3 | One very lively looking book provides typical examples of the features I would criticize : a focus on the history of the science dealing with the main discoverers who all seem to be men ; a use of the pseudo-generic ‘ man ’ and ‘ he ’ when the reference is to men and women ; more pictures of men than women ; a series of cartoons in the margins which portray boys more frequently than girls to illustrate some concept or show active participation in scientific experiment . |
| 4 | Because she alone has the capacity to give birth to and nurse children , her primary function is seen as one of mother and homemaker … it is clear that working occupies a more important place in the lives of men than women . |
| 5 | But such trends are clearer in the minds of men than they are in the rocks . |
| 6 | And it 's less an explicit critique of men than a consensus shared between women — they share it as much with their grandmothers as with women 's liberation . |
| 7 | Interestingly but not surprisingly , a higher proportion of men than women took occupation to be the principal factor determining class . |
| 8 | Particularly striking were the much higher percentage of men than of women who were heads , and the much higher percentage of women than of men who were on the lowest two scales . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure there have been plenty of men since , ’ he said , considerably piqued . |
| 10 | It sanctioned the ordination of men while they continued in their lay occupations . |
| 11 | Although the work/family distinction expresses the separation between these two spheres of life brought about by industrialization , it does not follow that one is the world of men while the other is the world of women . |
| 12 | Despite her negligible experience of men before she met him , she was convinced that Ludovico was as near to perfection as any man could be . |
| 13 | I went out with quite a lot of men before I met Stuart . |
| 14 | ‘ He was at ease in the company of men but I believe that sex did n't interest him and was even repugnant to him . |
| 15 | Literacy in Sinhala and Tamil was more widespread ; about forty-five per cent of men but only ten per cent of women living in Sinhala Sri Lanka were literate in any one language . |
| 16 | Needless to say , this is not to the exclusion of men but in co-operation with them . |
| 17 | For centuries the practice of philosophy has been overwhelmingly the prerogative of men but it is only recently that feminist analysis has made it possible to see the distorting effect of this historical fact . |
| 18 | Being unemployed has all the social , psychological and moral effects characteristic of men but with additional gender-specific dynamics . |
| 19 | He knew that he was being sucked into the Prison of Hostages , for it is to that great and awesome dwelling that is not quite in the world of Men but not quite out of it that all soulless ones must go . |
| 20 | but then again since , up , up until the mid forties we had nothing to fear from the because they , they did n't have much of an army themselves , they had millions and millions of men but no resources or facilities to build it |
| 21 | I know , I know , 1 hear you say , this precious Boy of yours surely has no imagination if he is content with the first place he finds and the very first crowd of men that he runs across . |
| 22 | and an earthquake of men that meet , |
| 23 | There had been a recent incident involving my younger brother , Russell , who had been at a party and on his way home been accosted by a group of men that he knew , who were in a car . |
| 24 | It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being but on the contrary ; their social being that determines their consciousness . |
| 25 | The columns of men that splintered from the Kitchen to their huts were first frozen still , then drawn in concert to where the lights were brilliant , where the knees hung between the blackness and the snow . |
| 26 | There 's plenty of men that have n't half your appearance and are five feet or so who have married decent lasses and brought up a family . ’ |
| 27 | Men swarm everywhere , the cafés are crowded with them , sitting at drinkless tables — the greatest concentration of men that I have seen outside a football ground . |
| 28 | It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being , but , on the contrary , their social being that determines their consciousness . |
| 29 | It was the wickedness of men that removed her from our care . |
| 30 | I would imagine the plaster wall have to be replaced cos there 's a lot of work that needs to be done on t we 've already had to deal with the plastering once , in fact we would n't have noticed cos we had n't seen it before but what happened is that the the frame of the hall particularly shrank so that we had gaps in between where the plastering was and where the wood was and we had to have a couple of men that we used for this , erm come in with lime plaster and fill in all the cracks for a week or two . |