Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [prep] [art] women ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Organized exclusively by women , it quickly became a symbol not only of peace but also of the values of the women 's movement . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Connie September , treasurer of the South African Clothing and Textile Workers ' Union , on the demands of the Women 's League . |
| 5 | In those early stages , support workers , who were highly motivated to give Elizabeth and Helen a ‘ better life ’ , felt that the demands of the women 's physical needs , together with Elizabeth 's state of mind , undermined hopes for their social progress . |
| 6 | The demands of the women 's movement in Britain seem overwhelmingly concerned with women who want to avoid having or caring for children , either full-time or at all ( e.g. abortion and contraception , day-care centres , rights in paid employment ) . |
| 7 | In this way , some of the concerns of the women 's movement gained a more public stage . |
| 8 | Of course , many workers in adult education are also feminists — they may be the anti-sexist male variety — but on the whole they are women who want adult education to respond to the concerns of the women 's movement . |
| 9 | Voluntary organisations up and down the country , from the Samaritans to the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service , were standing by to help bereaved families . |
| 10 | A modern village hall was built in 1976 replacing a First World War army hut , originally purchased and maintained over the years by the Women 's Institute . |
| 11 | I was involved in opposing the Vietnam War , began to write for a left newspaper , Black Dwarf and became part of the beginnings of the women 's liberation movement . |
| 12 | Simultaneously , close links were formed with the Women 's Trade Union League to promote trade unionism , and launch inquiries under the auspices of the Women 's Industrial Council into conditions of female employment . |
| 13 | It has always been there — from the suffragettes to the Women 's Institute — but many of the older forms have become outmoded and new ones are needed which are relevant to the modern age . |
| 14 | In Canada , the aims of the women 's pressure groups which played a major role in bringing about reforming legislation , have been described as follows : |
| 15 | Even the agitations of the women 's movement would have warranted little more than a raised eyebrow from a lass in a Salvation Army bonnet that had to be strong enough to protect the head of the wearer from brick bats and other missiles . |
| 16 | But the issue touched many more than just the activists in the women 's movement : a petition demanding that the allowance ‘ be given to every mother for every child ’ was presented to Parliament with 300 000 signatures ( Fleming , 1973 ; Castle , 1976 ) . |
| 17 | [ It is asserted that ] in many cases … the only profit on bookwork is represented by the difference between the prices of the women 's and the men 's composition " . |
| 18 | The monks ' cells , just visible through the windows of the women 's dormitories , lay 500 yards away , far enough for them to have required a telescope and searchlights if disturbance had been on their minds . |
| 19 | I decided to be helpful and , rather than bother anyone , I took it upon myself to move about 30 of the magazines to the Women 's Section . |
| 20 | She was one of the founders of the Women 's Trade Union Association in the East End in 1889 , and served as secretary until 1891 . |
| 21 | She was one of the founders of the Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom . |
| 22 | A determined attempt to extend the benefits of Co-operative trading to the poor was made from soon after its foundation in 1883 by the women of the Women 's Co-operative Guild . |
| 23 | I had not recognized my feelings for one of the women in the women 's group as being of any significance . |
| 24 | But still her mind looked back , of its own accord , to Lajos , the harpies of the women 's magazine , Algox , and it seemed she had always been got at , and ‘ they ’ were still getting at her . |
| 25 | Spender gives numerous examples of this bias ; one is that history textbooks about the nineteenth century contain few or no references to the women 's movement , despite the fact that women were fighting to be accepted into the universities and to receive the franchise . |