Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maclean was docked a penalty point for dissent in the second game by the Australian referee , Chris Sinclair , the only woman officiating at this level of the men 's game . |
| 2 | Lowering his eyes , he stared in some bemusement at the men 's over-large dungarees she was wearing . |
| 3 | The appointment of Bernard Gallacher as British National Coach three years ago , was another boost for the women 's game — ‘ He has done a great deal of good , ’ confirmed Sally Hepburn — and the LGU was delighted when the Wentworth professional agreed to continue his duties this season , despite the distraction of captaining the European Ryder Cup side at Kiawah Island in September . |
| 4 | ‘ They give them stuff to read which has really got some relevance to the children 's life . |
| 5 | They used to be just another attraction at a children 's zoo — but then they learned to trampoline . |
| 6 | She seemed to be asking not so much to save herself as because of some instinct for the men 's friendship . |
| 7 | One species , which lives in a small area round the Suez , certainly does ripen its eggs at full moon , and a sea urchin off California has a similar lunar cycle , so there may be some substance to the fishermen 's claim . |
| 8 | ‘ Listen , ’ she said , ‘ someone told me today about this survey in a women 's magazine . |
| 9 | Despite their preponderance in the population , they are usually ignored by the wider society and also to some extent by the women 's movement ( Peace , 1986 ) . |
| 10 | In adulthood , spouses spend little leisure time together : men in leisure , if not at their parental home , spend most such time in the men 's house . |
| 11 | There was little drama in the women 's event , with Monica Seles beating Mary Joe Fernandez 6–2 6–3 in another fairly mediocre final . |
| 12 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 13 | Radical feminism is that trend in the women 's movement that sees the patriarchal system as the enemy and sometimes men as the enemy . |
| 14 | In the rush to install childcare facilities , there are those who fear that such provisions will be badly planned and hastily constructed , with little thought for the children 's needs . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But from that alcove you ca n't see the bathroom , or any part of the men 's corridor . |
| 17 | Well who needs it and why is it necessary to have an international women 's day and has there been any progress in the women 's movement . |
| 18 | Any decision by a Children 's Hearing must put your child 's needs first . |
| 19 | ‘ Did you hear any sound from the children 's room when you came past the door ? ’ |
| 20 | It is difficult enough now to find any first or second round matches of any consequence in the women 's singles at almost any tournament , especially the Grand Slams . |
| 21 | Without any knowledge of the children 's understanding of their situation and what was happening to them , the Hearing went ahead on the morning of Tuesday 5 March . |
| 22 | It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement . |
| 23 | By notice of appeal dated 22 April 1992 the father appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission that any consideration of the children 's welfare in the context of a judicial discretion under article 13 ( a ) of the Convention was relevant only as a material factor if it met the test of placing the children in an ‘ intolerable situation ’ under article 13 ( b ) ; ( 2 ) the judge should have limited considerations of welfare to the criteria for welfare laid down by the Convention itself ; ( 3 ) the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission that in the context of the exercise of the discretion permitted by article 13 ( a ) the court was limited to a consideration of the nature and quality of the father 's acquiescence ( as found by the Court of Appeal ) ; ( 4 ) in the premises , despite her acknowledgment that the exercise of her discretion had to be seen in the context of the Convention , the judge exercised a discretion based on a welfare test appropriate to wardship proceedings ; ( 5 ) the judge was further in error as a matter of law in not perceiving as the starting point for the exercise of her discretion the proposition that under the Convention the future of the children should be decided in the courts of the state from which they had been wrongfully removed ; ( 6 ) the judge , having found that on the ability to determine the issue between the parents there was little to choose between the Family Court of Australia and the High Court of England , was wrong not to conclude that as a consequence the mother had failed to displace the fundamental premise of the Convention that the future of the children should be decided in the courts of the country from which they had been wrongfully removed ; ( 7 ) the judge also misdirected herself when considering which court should decide the future of the children ( a ) by applying considerations more appropriate to the doctrine of forum conveniens and ( b ) by having regard to the likely outcome of the hearing in that court contrary to the principles set out in In re F. ( A Minor ) ( Abduction : Custody Rights ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 25 ; ( 8 ) in the alternative , if the judge was right to apply the forum conveniens approach , she failed to have regard to the following facts and matters : ( a ) that the parties were married in Australia ; ( b ) that the parties had spent the majority of their married life in Australia ; ( c ) that the children were born in Australia and were Australian citizens ; ( d ) that the children had spent the majority of their lives in Australia ; ( e ) the matters referred to in ground ( 9 ) ; ( 9 ) in any event on the facts the judge was wrong to find that there was little to choose between the Family Court of Australia and the High Court of England as fora for deciding the children 's future ; ( 11 ) the judge was wrong on the facts to find that there had been a change in the circumstances to which the mother would be returning in Australia given the findings made by Thorpe J. that ( a ) the former matrimonial home was to be sold ; ( b ) it would be unavailable for occupation by the mother and the children after 7 February 1992 ; and ( c ) there would be no financial support for the mother other than state benefits : matters which neither Thorpe J. nor the Court of Appeal found amounted to ‘ an intolerable situation . ’ |
| 24 | Gay women can be absorbed in any aspect of the women 's movement , ’ she says . |
| 25 | Shearer also sees the centre as ‘ working towards our own version of the Children 's Charter — every child has a right to be able to breathe properly . |
| 26 | Similarly , Richard , Olivier 's son by his third and last wife , Joan Plowright , has decided to talk about his unusual relationship with his father and his own involvement with the Men 's Movement , which uses dance , drumming and storytelling to try to compensate for absent fathers . |
| 27 | Potential new readers of Spare Rib would not think of looking under that section for a women 's magazine , and I assumed it was a mistake on the part of overworked staff . |