Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fourth response is more to do with the response of the women 's movement to adult education than the other way round and about welcoming adult education as just one more arena in the battle for women 's liberation . |
| 2 | The knock-on effect of the advancement of the women 's game has also led to refreshing developments at girls ' level . |
| 3 | The Sex Disqualification ( Removal ) Act of 1919 paved the way for changes in women 's employment rights , but the weakness of the Women 's Movement in that period meant that the Act remained a dead letter . |
| 4 | There was no one about ; the swings in the children 's play area hung motionless and the only sound from the swimming-pool was the hum of the filtration plant . |
| 5 | There was a loud frightening scream from the direction of the children 's pool , and Shelley was on her feet and making for the source of the scream before Rosie had finished speaking . |
| 6 | By this time , the trade was completely unionized , and the existence of the women 's section of the union gave the group a certain coherence and identity ; so much so that to avoid overloading the present chapter , the union 's creation and activity is discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 7 | Rodd was the man who brought to Britain 's attention the existence of the Children 's Film Foundation , a body never heard of before or since . |
| 8 | That lack of sensitivity has not made her especially popular in the locker room , but she has nevertheless gained enough respect to be selected to the board of the Women 's Tennis Association over many years , and she currently serves as its President . |
| 9 | DESPITE the riches on offer in the men 's game , the prize for the winner of the women 's World Championship , which starts tomorrow , will be a miserly £3,500 . |
| 10 | Robyn thinks she must be in Angleside , because the faces of the people slithering on the pavements or huddled miserably at bus-stops are mostly swarthy and dark-eyed , and the bright silks of saris , splashed with mud , gleam beneath the hems of the women 's drab topcoats . |
| 11 | A social work career was developed in connection with this work , but not so effectively as was the case in the children 's departments . |
| 12 | To Gandhi , satyagraha was a moral force which , by inspiring in the opponent a process of rational empathy with the suffering of the satyagrahi , brought him voluntarily to accept the rightness of the satyagrahi 's point of view . |
| 13 | The indications were that the Sheriff would uphold the decision of the Children 's Panel , and would support the Place of Safety orders . |
| 14 | other than the holder of a seamen 's canteen , refreshment or entertainment licence.In the case of an application by a licence-holder the occasional licence allows the sale of liquor " in the course of catering for an event taking place outwith the licensed premises " ( subs . |
| 15 | Albert cut it out , snipping around the paragraph that said that her husband was the buyer in the men 's sports-clothes department of the same store , and pinned up the clipping in his room . |
| 16 | The shifts vary to cover all the hours of the men 's comings and goings . |
| 17 | ‘ I know , ’ he stressed ‘ that within the rules of the Children 's Hearing , that the best interests of the children have been weighed , and on the balance of probabilities , the appropriate action was the right action . |
| 18 | The reasons for the algae 's growth are complex . |
| 19 | For instance , it has no brief to propose a change in the law to give women wage parity in agricultural work because , as the Director of the Women 's Office explained , that was the responsibility of the Women 's and Minors ' Section of the Ministry of Labour . |
| 20 | These needs are already understood and it will not be the function of a women 's organization in a new society to fight for such rights . |
| 21 | Peggy Heeks described the function of a children 's librarian in this way : |
| 22 | The story of a children 's Christmas , climaxing in a party , comes towards the lower end of these two extremes , and we are going to take it as the plot on which can be built an interesting home movie . |
| 23 | Organized exclusively by women , it quickly became a symbol not only of peace but also of the values of the women 's movement . |
| 24 | After she finished with the silver in the women 's lightweight judo final , team boss Roy Inman claimed she was robbed of the title . |
| 25 | Well , when it was thought I was ready to go to a job , I was sent to 101 Cadogan Gardens in Chelsea , near Sloane Street to be told to go down the steps to the tradesmen 's entrance . |
| 26 | Mary Alston , one of the mainstays of the women 's union in the 1920s , had to care during this time for a sick sister , who was in and out of a nursing home ; much later , in the 1940s , she had to give up work for a while to care for her mother . |
| 27 | Alan Giles on the future of the children 's book business in the UK |
| 28 | On 17 November 1911 the Executive Council of the Shipping Federation met and resolved : " That the recognition of the Seamen 's Union should be based upon freedom of contract and the employment of union or non-union seamen and firemen , free from interference of one with the other " . |
| 29 | This report was accepted by the Tyne District and considered at a meeting of the Executive Council of the Shipping Federation on 17 November 1911 , where the views of the North of England Association carried the day and it was resolved " that the recognition of the Seamen 's Union should be based upon freedom of contract and the employment of union and/or non-union seamen and firemen , free from interference of one with the other " . |
| 30 | Mrs Grandison , the mother of Sophia and Penelope , had the remains of her daughters ' Pre-Raphaelite beauty , now much faded and overlaid with some other quality , which had made her the President of the Women 's Institute in the village where she lived but which did not seem to be quite Pre-Raphaelite . |