Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the women " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unsuccessful hunter is met with marked coldness by the women , while the successful hunter flings down his kill for the women to prepare , and with studied indifference goes to lie down . |
| 2 | At Christmas 1910 , the committee gave permission for the women to go out to the pantomime at the kind invitation of a lady of the town , and — possibly put off by some unrecorded experiences in the previous year — they recommended that no eggs be pickled that season . |
| 3 | Although the players may not welcome the switch it should prove an attractive proposition for spectators and one which will almost certainly lead to increased television coverage for the women 's game . |
| 4 | A friend fills hers with miniature whisky bottles for the men and lace handkerchiefs for the women . |
| 5 | Cinestra offers a regular training programme , and for the past few years has operated a highly successful bursary scheme for new video makers which also offers practical production experience for the women they train . |
| 6 | CLARE Greenslee ( Macclesfield ) took a massive 10 minutes off the women 's course record in the 10-mile hill race up Moel Fammau from Loggerheads and finished 13 minutes clear of runner Sue Rawsen . |
| 7 | David Hopper , General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers North-East area , said the store would completely destroy the environment and views for the women who stay at the union 's Sam Watson Rest Home , which overlooks the site . |
| 8 | People say , for instance , that it 's more acceptable in Jamaican cultures for the women to be fatter . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | His rehearsed words froze on his lips as he became aware of the tension between the women . |
| 11 | It also ran a series of weekend schools for the women 's groups , mostly taught by College staff , offering the women the opportunity to situate their own struggles in a wider historical , political and economic context , and develop a more strategic purpose for their actions as well as identify continuing needs for further educational work . |
| 12 | The majority of the interviews took place between nine and twelve months after the women 's redundancy . |
| 13 | His words were lost in the frightened screams of the women , the crying of terrified children , the loud cursing and swearing — and sometimes praying — of the men . |
| 14 | The scenes that followed were so piteous that even now , two days after , I tremble to recall them ; and the screams of the women and frightened children are with me day and night . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , Mrs Markham , ’ a Mrs Prothero and President of the Women 's Institute said one day , ‘ I happened to be passing and just wanted to extend a welcome on behalf of the whole village . ’ |
| 16 | When civil war broke out in Ireland she became president of the Women 's Prisoners ' Defence League . |
| 17 | , 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 . |
| 18 | In 1904 she was president of the Women 's Local Government Society . |
| 19 | In 1894 Gertrude Tuckwell ( Secretary and later President of the Women 's Trade Union League ) advocated ‘ the gradual extension of labour protection to the point where mothers will be prohibited from working until their children have reached an age at which they can care for themselves ’ , and the Women 's Labour League agreed that mothers with children under five should not be employed . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Mrs Grandison , the mother of Sophia and Penelope , had the remains of her daughters ' Pre-Raphaelite beauty , now much faded and overlaid with some other quality , which had made her the President of the Women 's Institute in the village where she lived but which did not seem to be quite Pre-Raphaelite . |
| 22 | Even the modern masks of the Gulf hareems had their indigo linings which left little tell-tale purplish marks on the noses of the women who wore them . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It tells how the attractions of the women of Moab , a region to the east of the Dead Sea in which the Israelites were encamped , led the people to join in the worship of their gods , and how ‘ Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor ’ , the chief of the local deities ( 25.3 ) . |
| 25 | The police action sparked two days of rioting by supporters of the women . |
| 26 | For the daily chores fell mainly on the shoulders of the women : shopping , running around to find particular things . |
| 27 | The costumes were for the most part composed of homespun cloth of native dye , though now and again gay neckerchiefs — the manufacture of the south country — gave liveliness to the head ; while now and again a bright-coloured shawl was pinned across the shoulders of the women . |
| 28 | It was n't the fault of the women he was with . |
| 29 | Sky 's coverage of the US Olympic trials began in February with th4 screening of the women 's marathon and the company will be showing the men 's marathon on April 11 . |
| 30 | Volunteers can also be contacted sometimes through the local authority social services department , and the local branches of the Women 's Royal Voluntary Services , the National Council of Social Services , Age Concern ( Old People 's Welfare ) and the National Council for the Single Woman and her Dependants , whose addresses can all be found in the telephone directory or at the Public library . |