Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] girls ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read long-forgotten authors of books about girls ' schools in Switzerland or Paris , as well as Angela Brazil , Noel Streatfield , Pamela Brown and , above all , Enid Blyton . |
| 2 | The idea of classroom observation encouraged some teachers to observe each other , and one group , for example , began some research on girls ' talk . |
| 3 | Observation in labs and workshops highlighted the depressing effect on girls ' performance of the boys ' claim to science as their subject . |
| 4 | The baby book gives us another glimpse into parents ' and societies ' attitudes towards girls ' bodies with the comment that Alison is ‘ prudish ’ about her body at ten , and the noting of her ‘ slight breast development ’ . |
| 5 | She might have been the headmistress of a certain type of girls ' school , now almost extinct , or a Mother Superior in an enclosed order . |
| 6 | A boy on a girl 's back , boy in girls ' shoes and a girl in boy 's shoes , girl in a boy 's sweater . |
| 7 | Amongst liberals , there has been a tendency to believe that remedying the gender imbalances in these books might have a positive influence on girls ' educational achievement . |
| 8 | There are a number of possible explanations for girls ' superior primary school performance . |
| 9 | During our efforts to spread our ideas about girls ' work we encountered much anti-lesbianism , while at the same time we began to be challenged about our racism by Black women , among whom were some out Black lesbians . |
| 10 | There is some evidence that in mixed-sex classrooms teachers give more attention to boys , to the detriment of girls ' learning . |
| 11 | No study looks systematically either at the role of girls vis-à-vis masculine delinquency , or at the possible importance of girls ' groups in female deviancy . |
| 12 | I thought of myself as a connoisseur of girls ' good looks ; and I knew that this was one to judge all others by . |
| 13 | Key statements in many LEA policy documents show a concern for ‘ harmony ’ and ‘ stability ’ , which is never the case in sex equality policies or statements on girls ' education . |
| 14 | Further , there is such a large overlap between girls ' and boys ' test or examination results that it is true to say that a great many girls do better at mathematics than the majority of boys . |
| 15 | Also in this category , but published for the first time in this volume , is the article Jackie And Just Seventeen which not only records changes in the content of girls ' magazines over the 80s ( since McRobbie 's original analysis of the late 70s , also included here ) but registers theoretical developments as well through its attention to the ways in which girls as readers both construct their own meanings and interact with the texts . |
| 16 | Doctors believed that the development of girls ' reproductive systems took place primarily at the time of menstruation and , in keeping with Spencer 's belief in the need to conserve energy in order to ensure healthy reproductive development , advised rest for teenage girls . |
| 17 | BRITISH GAS ON THE BALL WITH GIRLS ' SOCCER |
| 18 | A Comparison of Girls ' Comics from 1983 and 1993 |
| 19 | Public schools were defined as those belonging to the Headmasters ' Conference , Governing Bodies Association or Governing Bodies of Girls ' Schools Association . |
| 20 | Girls ' Schools Association ( GSA ) and Governing Bodies of Girls ' Schools Association ( GBGSA ) |
| 21 | I think in some ways it 's better , because girls are meant to get on better in the sciences in girls ' schools ; they 're meant to be pushed backwards a bit in boys ' schools . |
| 22 | Boys ' education is seen as likely to bring direct economic benefit to the family and so is given priority over girls ' education . |
| 23 | She suggests a synthesis between the two approaches which looks at the diversity of girls ' educational experiences , and the ways in which schoolchildren challenge class and gender controls . |
| 24 | Maude Stanley , for example , a founder of girls ' clubs , voiced the wider social anxiety about the role of girls in the alleged deterioration of the race and the threat of over-population among the working class . |
| 25 | It recommended that the pace of girls ' education be slowed , that physical education reflect the need of girls for ‘ smoothness and expressiveness ’ and of boys for ‘ strength and energy ’ , and that allowance be made for the effect of menstruation , which condemned many girls ‘ to a recurring and temporary diminution of general mental efficiency ’ . |
| 26 | Lyn Yates ( 1985 ) suggests that this type of deficit approach , which in effect blames the victim , is also the most common approach to girls ' schooling . |
| 27 | The knock-on effect of the advancement of the women 's game has also led to refreshing developments at girls ' level . |
| 28 | According to this grouping , genetic or innate differences in ability would go into the ‘ cognitive ’ basket , as would another hypothesis , namely , that the reason for girls ' lower achievement in mathematics is their poorer spatial visualisation ability . |
| 29 | When we were first creating the model for girls ' work , those of us who are white , both lesbian and heterosexual , developed work that was racist , that is , based on our ideas about how sexism affected white girls , and what kind of provision white girls might need . |
| 30 | I would therefore argue that even if the discrepancy between girls ' and boys ' performance at the top levels of achievement in mathematics was entirely due to differences in ability ( which I do not believe , but nevertheless should stay as a possible hypothesis ) , there is a strong case for saying that we should act to try to alter the situation . |