Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun pl] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results of a card vote will be announced today on a proposal by the NEC for the creation of a Labour women 's committee . |
| 2 | She suggests that in the 1850s divorce became the ‘ solution ’ to the threat of a Married Women 's Property Act ( not achieved until the last quarter of the nineteenth century ) , which would have threatened ‘ the symbolic economy that depended on and institutionalized ( such ) binary oppositions ’ . |
| 3 | Among the projects carried out by ERA-WACC during the year were : a colloquium held in Moscow on the MacBride Report , entitled ‘ Europe speaks to Europe ’ ; a conference on communication ethics ( also held in Moscow ) ; a worship workshop for TV producers in western and eastern Europe ; and the setting up of a European Women 's network . |
| 4 | This points to the existence of a distinctive women 's politics and culture prior to the entry of the term feminism into linguistic usage . |
| 5 | On Jan. 30 the Agence France-Presse news agency reported that some 20 Moslem clerics had been arrested in recent weeks and that a 40-year-old preacher had been sacked and condemned to 80 lashes in December after he had used his Friday sermon to insult the leaders of a Saudi women 's association . |
| 6 | This originally appeared as part of a Fabian Women 's Group report based upon research from 1909 – 13 into the daily lives of families living in Lambeth . |
| 7 | The Harewood House charity auction , hosted by the Queen 's cousin the Earl of Harewood , is in aid of a new children 's day hospital in Leeds . |
| 8 | In John v. Matthews ( 1970 D.C. ) a packet of cigarettes , displayed in the bar of a working men 's club bore the statement ‘ 3d. off . ’ |
| 9 | A mid-week meeting with a member of Diana 's circle in the incongruous circumstances of a working men 's cafe in North Ruislip outside London was the turning point . |
| 10 | OXFORD university students were branded ‘ over-privileged plonkers ’ by the editor of a top women 's magazine yesterday after a debate turned into a drunken farce . |
| 11 | She does not deny the philosophical impetus toward a Horatian retirement , but suggests that garden retreats often had less to do with spiritual delights than with ‘ the bodily and social pleasures of a fashionable men 's club transposed to rural surroundings … |
| 12 | Halifax CAB has begun advice sessions for current and former occupants of a local women 's refuge . |
| 13 | The Sports Council recently awarded £200,000 towards the development of a British men 's team , with the aim of qualifying for the Olympics . |
| 14 | In 1943 , practically the entire team relegated during 39/40 got back together during ‘ Buy a Spitfire ’ week to play a fund-raising match against a local Women 's Land Army XI . |
| 15 | Highly suitable for a small children 's collection with modest funds for annual updating of stock . |
| 16 | And they 'll be back again at the White Horse on Mar 10 , for a Irish Women 's Abortion Support Group Benefit . |
| 17 | A new paperback edition of Maeve Kelly 's first novel — an urgent , provocative story of a woman 's escape from the claustrophobia of provincial family life and her baptism of fire into the feminist movement , working for a battered women 's refuge . |
| 18 | The move won Gordon the heavyweight Open title and provided a much-needed lift for a British men 's team who were inevitably overshadowed by the success of the women . |
| 19 | Publications which run editorial competitions on a regular basis usually have a set price level , which may vary from as little as £50 or £100 value for a small provincial weekly to around £20,000-£25,000 for a national women 's magazine . |
| 20 | EAGLE Pottery workers pedal-powered their way to raising almost £200 for a national children 's charity . |
| 21 | Publicans would have to apply for a special children 's certificate as they have to do in Scotland . |
| 22 | All of this effort was successful and after further work the locomotive may be in steam next weekend , Saturday , September 5 and Sunday September 6 during a special Children 's Weekend . |
| 23 | While there existed a small women 's civil rights organization , the Liga Femenina Salvadorena , whose members were from the impatient middle classes , it could not be described as a broad women 's suffrage movement . |
| 24 | In February 1991 Allitt applied to be enrolled for training as a sick children 's nurse at Boston Pilgrim hospital . |
| 25 | North Cave is a very pleasant place in which to live , with a thriving Women 's Institute , Pensioners ' Club , Mothers ' Union and playgroup . |
| 26 | Gigs with a working men 's club band and a solo stint in a club in Saltburn . |
| 27 | Opposite is an equally large Menzies , where the books , mostly paperbacks , are at the back of the ground floor , with a small children 's section in a basement . |
| 28 | I must admit that we ourselves started out with a strong women 's following , but I think that 's because of society and the way men are brought up not to be so immediately emotional . |
| 29 | The main competitions will be held on the Sunday together with a free children 's event . |
| 30 | And a pioneering construction course , run by women for women , will provide the group with the necessary bricklayers and joiners needed to convert five derelict properties into a new women 's centre . |