Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] women [unc] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anna Martin preferred the approach of feminists such as Clementina Black , a former President of the Women 's Industrial Council and the head of its Investigation Committee , who argued that women should have a legal right to a certain portion of their husband 's wage . |
| 2 | , George Robert ( 1847–1922 ) , writer , was born at 8 Newton Terrace , Kennington , London , 2 September 1847 , the eldest of the six children of George Sims , wine merchant , cabinet manufacturer , and plate-glass factor , and his wife Louisa Amelia Ann Stevenson , who became president of the Women 's Provident League . |
| 3 | In his study of the Women 's Christian Temperance Union ( WCTU ) , Gusfield argued that the movement shifted from assimilative to coercive reform as the old middle class lost ground to upwardly mobile immigrant groups and the new middle classes . |
| 4 | The Admiral dismissed the rumour without a second thought and concentrated on more important matters : his goddaughter 's immediate entry into the Women 's Royal Naval Service , no less . |
| 5 | After she finished with the silver in the women 's lightweight judo final , team boss Roy Inman claimed she was robbed of the title . |
| 6 | Dr Alan Stewart is a doctor specializing in nutritional therapy and a founding member of the British Society for Nutritional Medicine , as well as medical adviser to the Women 's Nutritional Advisory Service . |
| 7 | Mrs Stewart is senior adviser to the Women 's Nutritional Advisory Service , based in Lewes , East Sussex , which published the book . |
| 8 | Well-known brands of chocolate have been found to contain detectable levels of Lindane , a banned pesticide , according to research by the Women 's Environmental Network ( WEN ) . |
| 9 | As a member of the Board and Executive of the British Amateur Gymnastics Association which is responsible for shaping the sport in this country , chairman of the Women 's Technical Committee and the Commonweath Games Council for England gymnastics representative , Paul takes a high profile role . |
| 10 | From 1915 to 1922 she was chairman of the Women 's International League for Peace , which aimed to harness feminism to the peace movement ; and throughout World War I she campaigned for a negotiated peace and the establishment of an international peace-keeping organization . |
| 11 | Seizinger , winner of the women 's downhill World Cup last season , finished 0.16sec ahead of Austria 's Sylvia Eder . |
| 12 | Reared in the idealism of the Christian Socialists , Margaret Llewelyn Davies became convinced that the Rochdale Pioneers ' theory of co-operation provided an ideal basis for society , and joined the Marylebone branch of the Women 's Co-operative Guild , which had been formed in 1883 . |
| 13 | WINIFRED Rooney , who has run the tea bar at Alton magistrates ' court for 14 years , is retiring and the local branch of the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service are looking for a replacement . |
| 14 | However , as Clementina Black pointed out at the end of her inquiry into married women 's work for the Women 's Industrial Council , some women worked when the family income was already adequate , because they prized their independence : ‘ A shilling of your own is worth two that he gives you ’ . |
| 15 | Her wartime work for the Women 's Voluntary Service and the Red Cross resulted in tremendous changes in her sense of self-worth , in her relationship with her husband and in her attitude towards housework . |
| 16 | The failure of the WTUA in 1894 led to the formation of the Women 's Industrial Council . |
| 17 | It 's 0530 hours , and the sound of birdsong rings around Queen Elizabeth Park , Guildford , the home of the Women 's Royal Army Corps . |
| 18 | ‘ I am devastated by what is going on — I have not got much time left and I want to spend it here , ’ said Gladys , who got the Queen 's Medal for her work with the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service . |
| 19 | Below : A conference of the Women 's Liberal Federation setting out for a tour of Blackpool and St. Annes in May 1926 , using six toastrack trams , here drawn up on both tracks at North Pier . |
| 20 | Very young children of four or five were put to work making matchboxes ; Lady Dilke , leader of the Women 's Protective and Provident League ( which became the Women 's Trade Union League in 1889 ) reported hearing a mother in Shoreditch saying ‘ Of course we cheat the School Board … |
| 21 | Within months of his marriage his wife , Florence , was leader of the women 's social services . |
| 22 | As she finished with the silver medal in the women 's lightweight judo final , team boss Roy Inman claimed she was robbed of a gold . |
| 23 | Fred Breadle , transport organiser for the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service , and in charge of 550 cars , has just bought 57 Peugeot 309 diesels as replacements for Vauxhalls and Nissans , and has been mightily impressed with them , as have the women drivers . |
| 24 | She then lectured on philosophy and economics for the Women 's Co-operative Guild . |
| 25 | Even more important , perhaps , were the discussions about the notion of a women 's aesthetic : again and again , the attempt to articulate the new and unspoken came up against the absence of an appropriate language . |
| 26 | Although there are girls who talk glibly of how they intend to reach the top of the women 's professional game by the age of 25 , and from there move on to marriage and a family , the Solheim Cup served as a salutary reminder that no-one should expect quick results . |
| 27 | Before Eva had time to do a mental check list of any way that she or the students at the ICO might have offended , General Wiseman informed her that he felt she was the right person to take over leadership of the women 's social services . |
| 28 | For example , some of the most condemnatory reports came from a Miss Lily Boys , County Organiser of the Women 's Voluntary Service in Lincolnshire , who assisted with the reception arrangements there . |
| 29 | A good example of this well into the twentieth century is the evidence of the Women 's Co-operative Guild investigation into Maternity during the First World War , which found that pregnant working-class women often saved for the coming confinement by stinting on food , and there is plentiful evidence of similar attitudes earlier . |
| 30 | This work intensified in the course of the war , as a result of which the guild formed a close working relationship with the Women 's Labour League , laying the foundation for greatly increased involvement of women in local Labour parties ( Cole 1948 b p 141 ) . |