Example sentences of "[prep] man [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The archaeological records of man show these three activities normally co-existing ( Lee and DeVore , 1964 ) . |
| 2 | Clive Kemp was not the kind of man to inspire such respectful , obedient haste . |
| 3 | His work The Descent of Man contains several sections on ‘ the law of battle ’ in different animal groups ; he collected a large number of anecdotal observations , all of active fighting , blood-letting and carnage . |
| 4 | They are simply cases of men accumulating several women who themselves are in the same situation as monogamous wives . |
| 5 | In an unsigned editorial it tried to explain it by saying that there were too many explicit photographs of homosexual acts in the book ( Mapplethorpe takes pictures of oral sex , of a man pissing in the mouth of his partner and of men buggering each other in various ways , including with a fist ) , and that the authors had therefore not left enough space for his more restful images , such as his ‘ superb studies of people and flowers ’ , which the author of the editorial obviously sees as representing Mapplethorpe 's angelic side . |
| 6 | An American report into male sexuality revealed that the following proportions of men found these stimuli ‘ exciting ’ : . |
| 7 | Today these are still of immense import , with men deriding those in another division or section , bragging that their villains are the toughest or their section tasks more numerous and arduous . |
| 8 | It is not in man to hasten this consummation . |
| 9 | Our relatively good results for reduced smoking in men suggest this may be an important conclusion . |
| 10 | From 1986 to 1989 most rectal isolates were from women , but in 1990 and 1991 reports from men outnumbered those from women by more than 2.5 to 1 . |
| 11 | According to Gandhi , if it is at all possible for man to describe this power then it ought to be called Truth ( Satya ) , which is a derivative of Sat , which literally means that which is or exists . |
| 12 | Crucial to women 's desire for successful or careerist men is the desire for men to carry all the ambition and careerism of the family , because women can be extremely ambivalent about their own ambition and aggression at work . |
| 13 | Prescriptions for men cost more than for women aged between 25 and 84 years . |
| 14 | Without developing the emotions , it will be difficult for men to reach such pinnacles of the transcendent as the peak experience . |
| 15 | We have been pestered for men to protect several houses , and as these people have such influence , we can not refuse . ’ |
| 16 | Estimates of the number of deaths among men caused each year by alcohol abuse range from 8,000 to 25,000 |
| 17 | Observers of a mining community in the 1950s noted that ‘ husband and wife live separate and in a sense secret lives … it is a point of honour among men to keep some time for drinking and attending sporting events with their mates ’ . |
| 18 | Men basically feel really erm threatened and intimidated like by women loving each other or by men loving each other , you know . |