Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] men ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heartened by Mr Raymond , we sent a press release to the newsdesks headlined ‘ New Group Formed For Men 's Rights ’ . |
| 2 | Your remarks re childbirth are very pertinent as the aforementioned daughter gave birth to a second little girl on Saturday … so her husband , like mine , will be surrounded by a ‘ monstrous regiment of women ’ as your wife is surrounded by men 's shirts ! |
| 3 | ‘ There 's plenty seen with men 's own eyes that 's never been heard of in heaven , ’ said Davide . |
| 4 | In Slow Motion , that clear-sighted optimism is brought to bear on the advances made in men 's individual attitudes and behaviour , as well as state regulation and definitions of gender positions and possibilities . |
| 5 | The media , for example , are very loath to consider that sex crime may be related to men 's and women 's position in society . |
| 6 | It is easier to judge the impression which the Black Death made on men 's minds , for this is reflected in the chroniclers ' writings , than to measure the scale of its ravages . |
| 7 | There were , as well , jumble sales , and stories are told of men 's silk hats mysteriously and miraculously transformed into stylish ladies ' bonnets , and of feather mattresses disintegrating , to the great discomfort of those transporting them . |
| 8 | Given women 's lesser upper-body strength as compared with men 's , a positive evaluation of violence helps to legitimate male domination . |
| 9 | Not the state they 're in ( although I suspect that would make an interesting piece in itself ) but about how few there are in public places compared with men 's , and certainly compared with the actual need for them . |
| 10 | Women wedded to men 's systems , arguing for resources and significance , have little alternative but to accept the context as given and learn as effectively as possible , to pitch in with the rest . |
| 11 | It shows that domestic violence , sexual harassment , rape , incest and sexual assault are commonplace manifestations of a dynamic based on men 's power and women 's subordination . |
| 12 | As a male student once pointed out to me in a moment of inspiration , it does n't make sense to say both that women 's talk is trivial and that it is ‘ deep ’ compared to men 's . |
| 13 | Let me be desolate and hidden from men 's eyes … ’ |
| 14 | Liberty entered into men 's minds in the struggle against the economic prejudices of the ancien régime , a struggle waged by servants of the crown . |
| 15 | The distinction between the two is linked to men 's belief that women are after emotional closeness as much as physical pleasure , and that women regard the sexual act as something that should be protracted rather than completed as briskly as possible . |
| 16 | Feminist analysis has shown in detail that women 's bodies bear cultural meanings that are quite different from those ascribed to men 's bodies . |
| 17 | If Soviet women choose to ignore men 's dinner-time conversation it is not necessarily because they lack education : it may be that these women too have difficulty getting a word in and risk being verbally assaulted by men 's sexism . |
| 18 | One feminist , Mrs Wolstenholme-Elmy ( who as a young woman determined to follow Mary Wollstonecraft 's example and live with her lover , until on becoming pregnant she took the advice of fellow suffragists and married ) accepted the idea that menstruation was essentially pathological , although she also argued that it was caused by men 's brutality . |
| 19 | Since no outside authority — whether the employers , the journeymen or the union — ever gratified women 's skills with the respect accorded to men 's , women compositors must have found it hard if not impossible to think of themselves as skilled , or to have even a semblance of the mentality of the skilled journeyman and union member . |
| 20 | Jane — downstairs had remarked on men 's capacity for self-deception ; women are n't bad at it either . |
| 21 | Miss Hannah Hauxwell , dressed in men 's trousers and old jacket so torn that it looked as though savaging by wolf packs had once been part of her daily routine , looked at me mildly . |
| 22 | Spender ( 1982 ) believes that women 's thinking takes a special subjective form that can not be formalized in men 's language . |
| 23 | Heriot amateur rider Michael Dun has yet to be headed in men 's opens this season and with his Jedforest winner Run Lieh Run and last Saturday 's Haydon victor Gun Metal Boy to choose from , tomorrow can keep the slate clean . |
| 24 | On the one hand we can cite the experiments of social psychologists such as Malamuth , who state that an empirical correlation can be established between men 's exposure to pornography and propensity to rape . |