Example sentences of "[noun sg] about [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social workers defined their main purpose when investigating referrals of alleged sexual abuse as the evaluation of child care risk ; judgement about children 's well-being was justifiable and necessary even if the reasons which motivated referral were unproven or no longer relevant . |
| 2 | We 'll end up today by talking a bit about children 's role play . |
| 3 | ( Gladstone was not the only public figure to join the chorus about women 's " nimble fingers " being particularly suited to the trade ; " and fifty years earlier , Napoleon on being shown round a printing office had growled that it was " women 's work " . ) |
| 4 | Initially , as many men have recounted , there was a great deal of prejudice about women 's military capacities : |
| 5 | Lynne Segal 's previous Virago book Is the Future Female ? was a spirited discussion of the nature and function of ‘ femininities ’ , especially in recent decades ; published in 1987 , at the most politically depressing period of Thatcherism when the socialist-feminist vision seemed a distant memory or hopeless pipedream , Segal defended her optimism about women 's astonishing progress since the 1960s , and about the fracturing of gender identities which she saw as irreversible . |
| 6 | When we were doing Today 's History at six , for example , Juliet Gardiner did a particular programme about women 's history . |
| 7 | Well , when we were doing the long-running series , Today 's History , it seemed perfectly sensible to do a programme about women 's history , along with a number of other things which were n't adequately covered . |
| 8 | Pauline is also in the middle of writing for a new BBC programme about women 's health to be screened around next April . |
| 9 | Women sailors who might not have their sights set on such lofty goals — or , for that matter , those who have — will be interested in a seminar about women 's sailing to be held in February . |
| 10 | As a result , knowledge about women 's experiences is often derived indirectly from studies which describe household patterns of income , expenditure and consumption . |
| 11 | Take A League Of Their Own , Penny Marshall 's comedy about women 's baseball during WWII , which stars Madonna and Geena Davis and has coined it in America . |
| 12 | It will be apparent that much of this discussion has concerned emotional support given to women rather than men , because there is far more empirical evidence about women 's close relationships , largely leaving invisible the question of where men derive their emotional support . |
| 13 | The argument about women 's choices over their bodies is largely a red herring . |
| 14 | But this whole account depends on the argument about children 's single-sex peer groups , an argument which just pushes the problem back a stage . |
| 15 | Parents ' evenings are opportunities to share good news about children 's progress . |
| 16 | The Dundee deaconess , who helped us with advice about children 's books an her own delightful design for a Chalet School sampler , said that she hoped our efforts together would bring ‘ help , food and life to many . ’ |
| 17 | Women 's participation in the movement has developed a great awareness about women 's particular needs , in terms of nurseries , the socialization of domestic work , etc . |
| 18 | and I 've re I have quite a high awareness about women 's position in society , but because of that I feel that I 've now come to reject the term feminism because erm I think it 's also harming the people who , you know , it 's harming the women that are holding on to that er , label because it is label and that is erm because it 's , because it 's a label it then it 's blocking er forms progress for women . |
| 19 | PNP policy was embedded in the broader framework of Authority-thinking about children 's needs , the curriculum , teaching strategies , classroom practice , school management and home-school relationships . |
| 20 | Information and resource centre about women 's health issues , providing lists of clinics offering donor insemination services . |
| 21 | I still add to subjects that are particularly in my line — playground games like marbles , tops and balls — as at the moment I am working on a book about children 's play . |
| 22 | I mean you c you ca n't really read wh a book on this list about women 's and men , s language without finding the reference to Lakehoff in the back somewhere . |
| 23 | A technical flaw in her papers invalidated her nomination , but the fact that the returning officer was prepared to accept her candidature ended the controversy about women 's eligibility . |
| 24 | In 1977 , when I joined the organization , it was more than apparent that the other women did not have the remotest idea about women 's liberation , felt that doing the cooking for men was their political contribution , etc . |
| 25 | Sadly , the current infighting about children 's reading will do little to encourage publishers or booksellers to engage seriously in children 's literature . |