Example sentences of "woman who [vb base] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The symbol of the Virgin Mary has come almost to epitomize the problems for women who attempt to continue within the Christian tradition . |
| 2 | I thank my hon. Friend for advancing , in her characteristic way , the case of women who wish to return to the labour market . |
| 3 | a reduction in men 's pensionable age is ruled out for the foreseeable future on grounds of cost … on the other hand , the government believes that raising the pensionable age for women would be unfair to women who have contributed over the years in the expectation of a pension at 60 . |
| 4 | On 6 September however , the Evening News carried a report of a clash between women on different sides in the dispute : " we understand the differences of opinion between the women who have amalgamated with the men 's society and those associated with the women compositors , readers " and monotype operator 's union found lively expression in a wordy warfare " , |
| 5 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 6 | There is barely enough to keep a child alive , let alone men and women who have to toil in the fields all day . |
| 7 | THE Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is packed with portraits of men and women who have sat on the throne , and others like Prince Charles Edward Stuart who have laid claim to it , but this week , for the first time , Holyroodhouse is holding an exhibition of pictures painted by the heir to the throne . |
| 8 | Like many women who have crashed through the glass ceiling — or , perhaps , ignored it — she is strongly opposed to positive discrimination in favour of women and has little time for the argument that women do n't succeed because they are women . |