Example sentences of "on [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | British seamen in the US deserted in droves , alarming the new British government and bringing about a revived dialogue not only on seamen 's complaints about the inadequacy of British pay , the constantly recurring problems of loss of wages and effects when torpedoed and the inroad made by railway fares when they were paid off from diverted ships , but also on the dangerous state of mind of seamen who were incensed by the conviction that they were constantly subject to neglect , mishandling and coercion . |
| 2 | Perhaps because of their colouring , and also because of their romantic associations with decorative herds roaming half-wild across extensive parklands on gentlemen 's estates in days gone by , there have been more imaginative theories about the origins and development of the two colour-pointed breeds , especially the White Park , than about any other breed in Britain . |
| 3 | Hoomey felt indignant on Bones 's behalf . |
| 4 | After several more sessions out in the country , Hoomey got the hand of it , and learned that , even if he could n't stop , he could steer , and that sitting on Bones 's enormous flights through the atmosphere was comparatively easy once you got used to it , far easier than poor Jazz 's problem of trying to stay aboard when Spot , cantering quite easily towards the jump , put his anchors out at the last minute and stopped dead . |
| 5 | Abandoning caution , she got up and turned on Barbs 's tape machine . |
| 6 | Kenne had a proper grip on Jitters 's gun now . |
| 7 | McLeish , naturally efficient and brought up by a mother with firm views on men 's participation in the drearier household chores , took just over an hour to sort her kitchen to her satisfaction while she got the living-room straight , with all the books unpacked . |
| 8 | For instance , I eavesdrop on men 's mumbles in restaurants , as they work out their seductions or deals . |
| 9 | Evidence from Huaiwiri in 1975–9 also suggests that women had crucially important influence on men 's decisions . |
| 10 | This new freedom to travel safely far and wide had a profound effect not only on men 's lives but also on their thoughts and beliefs ; these men who were being uprooted provided ‘ the background to the anxious thoughts of the religious leaders of the late second century ’ . |
| 11 | Men 's toiletries producers Lynx have commissioned National Opinion Polls to carry out a survey on men 's attitudes to pressures of living and work . |
| 12 | Reductions on men 's , women 's and children 's clothes but not on skiwear . |
| 13 | It shows that domestic violence , sexual harassment , rape , incest and sexual assault are commonplace manifestations of a dynamic based on men 's power and women 's subordination . |
| 14 | Jane — downstairs had remarked on men 's capacity for self-deception ; women are n't bad at it either . |
| 15 | When we looked at the additional explanatory power brought to these models by information about the worker 's family responsibilities we found that parenthood had little effect on men 's labour force participation or pay . |
| 16 | Overall , the results do suggest that high taxable rates have some impact on men 's working hours and quite a lot of impact on women 's . |
| 17 | Both women stressed the idea of service , which Butler saw as an outgrowth of women 's role in the home , while neither envisaged impinging on men 's work . |
| 18 | The position of Rathbone and the NUSEC was potentially more radical than pre-War feminists because they were grappling with two new issues , first , the need to improve women 's economic position in the family ( earlier feminists had suggested celibacy as the only alternative to ‘ marriage as a trade ’ ) , and second , the necessity to get away from defining equality for women on men 's terms . |
| 19 | Earlier analyses of retirement concentrate on men 's experiences , reflecting the view that both employment and the lack of it are central to men 's lives . |
| 20 | Raising the hair on men 's heads . |
| 21 | It is easier to judge the impression which the Black Death made on men 's minds , for this is reflected in the chroniclers ' writings , than to measure the scale of its ravages . |
| 22 | Clearly , civil war was more likely than overseas campaigns to have an immediate effect on men 's lives . |
| 23 | Even this would not in itself warrant lengthy description were it not for the fact that Verdun 's peculiarly sinister environment came to leave an imprint on men 's memories that stood apart from other battles of the First War ; and predominantly so in France where the nightmares it inspired lingered perniciously long years after the Armistice . |
| 24 | Schools can not have a real effect on children 's basic values because these have been instilled earlier by the process of primary socialization in the home and in the wider social community . |
| 25 | Alison Lurie 's next book Do n't Tell the Grown-ups , on children 's literature , will be published next year by Bloomsbury . |
| 26 | Indeed at this time of year , hundreds of millions of pounds are spent on children 's toys alone . |
| 27 | To compare the latest rates and conditions on children 's accounts , look at Blay 's Money Master monthly tables at your local reference library . |
| 28 | To compare the latest rates and conditions on children 's accounts , look at Blay 's Money Master monthly tables at your local reference library . |
| 29 | To compare the latest rates and conditions on children 's accounts , look at Blay 's Money Master monthly tables at your local reference library . |
| 30 | Within the schools , the Bilingual Education Project has created curricular materials such as Gaelic nursery rhymes and songs , cards , picture books with Gaelic tests , photographic sequences reflecting the communities in which the children are growing up and materials for young mothers aimed at informing and guiding them on issues related to the quality of playgroup experience , including books on children 's play , book-making materials and equipment and films on playgroup organisation and on the way young children learn . |