Example sentences of "[verb] on women 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the majority of elderly people requiring help are women , then a great deal of the responsibility for looking after them will fall on women 's shoulders . |
| 2 | They got as far as ‘ I 'm a Forrester , I score for Leeds , I hate Man U and I hate Chel-sea ’ , plus the line ‘ I put on women 's clothing , like Eric Cantona ’ . |
| 3 | Adult education , unencumbered by the constraints of certification and examination , has been a popular breeding-ground for courses which focus on women 's cultural and political ideas and activities . |
| 4 | We looked at European history and traced the effects which the growth of specialised institutions of government and administration have had on women 's potential for political influence . |
| 5 | I 'm interested in the role of women all over the world , particularly in terms of what effect development strategies have had on women 's position , not merely in India but in other parts of the world as well , because I feel that there are a lot of common experiences which impinge on the problem as it relates to India . |
| 6 | He shows , without condescension , that Sylvia is inherently decent for all that her culture is founded on women 's magazines and television serials . |
| 7 | In addition , the women 's movement has tended to focus on women 's health issues , while men 's are seldom discussed publicly . ’ |
| 8 | Though I would n't bet on women 's whole-hearted support for their pathetic sister . |
| 9 | By 1971 this J-shaped curve was long established ( table 4.10 ) , with fertility lowest in social class IIIN and still highest in social class V. As might be expected , fertility is related to social class based on women 's own occupation in more linear fashion . |
| 10 | But the phenomena of women breadwinners is in no way equivalent to the experience of the male breadwinners — the new breadwinners are poorer , the legacy of a wage system based on women 's economic dependence . |
| 11 | The employment opportunities available are also likely to be relevant , and will depend on women 's previous work experience and qualifications , local labour market conditions and employers ' attitudes to older women as employees . |
| 12 | Attention on fashion for most of the public was concentrated on women 's clothes , with mini-skirts and boots emphasising the rapid change in attitudes . |
| 13 | In Europe , advisory groups which concentrate on women 's issues have been set up . |
| 14 | A broad focus on work is necessary because the concentration of policy on access to paid employment is unlikely to overcome the sexual division of labour in the home and the restrictions it imposes on women 's role in paid employment . |
| 15 | Particular emphasis has been placed on women 's health . |
| 16 | ‘ It shows the low value placed on women 's lives . |
| 17 | Particular emphasis has been placed on women 's health . |
| 18 | But if there is a distinctive female verbal culture — and here we need to bear in mind that women themselves are not a homogeneous group — I would argue that it has been shaped by patriarchal conditions , including the restrictions placed on women 's lives and words . |
| 19 | Since it was generally believed that emancipation depended on women 's participation in production , demands were made to free women from domestic slavery by the provision of communal facilities for childcare and cooking . |
| 20 | She was one of five Third World feminist writers the NI had commissioned to visit countries in the rich world and comment on women 's lives there . |
| 21 | The Tribune women who are regarded as certain winners are Joan Lestor , who speaks on overseas aid , Jo Richardson , who speaks on women 's issues , and Margaret Beckett , who speaks on social security . |
| 22 | Recent sociological research has focussed on women 's increased labour participation , the unequal sharing of household tasks and childcare , and the allocation of financial resources between household members . |
| 23 | My interest at the time was in describing the close bonds of friendship women often from , an intimacy rarely found amongst men and about which I spoke on Women 's Hour . |
| 24 | Asked to name the title of the first episode of Monty Python 's Flying Circus on BBCTV , only three readers correctly answered ‘ Whither Canada ’ ; many more correctly completed the Lumberjack Song verse as ‘ he puts on women 's clothing and hangs around in bars ’ . |
| 25 | The philosophy underpinning such schemes is simplistic and patronising , concentrating on women 's deficiencies rather than their strengths , their inadequacies rather than their capacities , their limitations rather than their possibilities . |
| 26 | A series of conferences was arranged to pay homage to women 's spirit of self-sacrifice , a pamphlet was published on women 's legal rights and the year drew to a close . |