Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had he been in children 's homes ? |
| 2 | What can it be about women 's bodies , apart from their being so incredibly interesting ? |
| 3 | In such a state , driven by the worst fear of all , that of sudden death , and given that they are all approximately equal in power , it would seem to be in men 's interests that they reach some agreement , each to have only as much liberty as he is prepared to allow to others . |
| 4 | He spoke with awe and fear in his voice , and as if he believed that only Minch herself among all of them could know and understand what might be in Men 's minds . |
| 5 | Children will only be in children 's wards and parents will be able to stay with a child throughout treatment . |
| 6 | It may not be to women 's advantage , but it is there , and it acknowledges the power , albeit negative , of women 's cycles of fertility . |
| 7 | From a trade catalogue issued by Turner of Farringdon Street , London , in 1838 we get an overview of the types of coffin used at that time : thirty-three are described , of which fourteen styles were for children 's coffins only . |
| 8 | Legislation was seen as the key to securing reforms that were in women 's interests . |
| 9 | The fact that at least half of the children who waited in long-term care were in children 's homes became the more powerful message . |
| 10 | While they endured the loneliness of the enforced separation , the humiliation of intimate medical examinations , and harrowing interview sessions , their parents were at Children 's Hearings in Kirkwall , starting the bitter fight for their return . |
| 11 | The second point of concern is about children 's services . |
| 12 | ‘ Birth control is n't just about the population problem , it 's about women 's autonomy , ’ she said . |
| 13 | He is after women 's bodies for all the other things too : love , spiritual communion , loss of self , exaltation . |
| 14 | ‘ And she 's into women 's lib , ’ added Finn ill-advisedly . |
| 15 | It is in yachtsmen 's best interests that some flexibility is permitted now , otherwise all the wide and diverse skills that prevail on the Hamble at the present time will gradually disappear . |
| 16 | The temptation for some present-day commentators has been to conclude that it is in women 's ‘ real ’ interests to limit divorce . |
| 17 | Leapor is prepared to fight for her dignity , and , indeed , believes it is in women 's characters to resist a tyranny , even if they are deprived of the hope of success . |
| 18 | The crucial factors are the relative opportunity costs and the ratio of men 's to women 's earnings . |
| 19 | The effect of the sharp rise of the ratio of women 's to men 's wages in 1972 is evident in the graph ( Ermisch 1979 ) . |
| 20 | As with men 's share of unpaid household work , indicators such as the ratio of women 's to men 's rates of pay , plotted in figure 10.2 , and women 's share in household earnings , have shown some changes but still display a gulf between the sexes . |
| 21 | Cultural and social forces are also likely to be important in explaining the fall in fertility , but among economic factors the ratio of women 's to men 's pay emerges as having contributed to falling birth rates during the 1970s . |
| 22 | However , it can be questioned just how central this principle of temporal priority is to children 's understanding of natural causal relations . |
| 23 | The orthodox Jews are the only community in this country where sex is on women 's terms , and where women can truthfully say that they are not used by their husbands . |
| 24 | ‘ That was for Andropulos 's benefit . |
| 25 | The Pill was as much about men 's sexual liberation as it ever was about women 's , because it purged their fear of paternity . |
| 26 | Everywhere the conversation was of children 's books , because of Shona Innes ' popular quiz , of course 550 copies were sold . |
| 27 | However , he was told that the best use of his talents was with children 's work . |
| 28 | Yes , I was in women 's clothing . |
| 29 | At that time the only market for illustrators was in children 's books , the Radio times and realistic stuff for women 's magazines and paperbacks . |
| 30 | I read women authors voraciously , and when you consider this was in pre-Women 's Press and Virago days , it meant I read a strange variety of subjects : history , travel , witchcraft , politics , poetry , theology , philosophy , even Victorian novelettes on the evils of alcohol inspired by the Temperance League . |