Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice women and men are involved in different ways in giving and receiving support , but much of this is explained not by a cultural definition of what counts as women 's business or men 's business , but by three other factors . |
| 2 | It does not follow that a transvestite , ie , a man who dresses in women 's clothes , is either a pervert or a homosexual . |
| 3 | They try to value denigrated body images positively ( Orbach 1978 ) , and to emphasize the valuable place eating has in women 's relations with others , especially other women ( Chernin 1986 ) . |
| 4 | So there is also a recognition of values in determining the ethos of a school , and of the very powerful effect that has on children 's achievement . ’ |
| 5 | It looks at women 's contribution to family income , and examines pensioner 's incomes , low income families , the costs of children , at how families divide their income , and at patterns of family spending . |
| 6 | Most of what passes for women 's education and which is considered different in kind and emphasis from that which is usually provided in mainstream education for women , is , in my view , a transparent variation on a familiar theme . |
| 7 | Behaviourist approaches to women 's agoraphobia , for instance , often concentrate on getting them to look after their family , and to work , rather than tackling the personal and social reasons for their anxiety . |
| 8 | A flinch of recognition flits across women 's eyes when it comes to men and money . |
| 9 | Orcadian mother pleads for children 's return |
| 10 | In the section devoted to primary education the place of skills was emphasised , as well as the vital part which the teacher plays in children 's conceptual development . |
| 11 | There is in sociolinguistics an implicit assumption that where women 's speech differs from men 's , it is the behaviour of the women rather than the men that requires explanation ; men are the norm from which women deviate . |
| 12 | This is the thesis that women 's morality , which in certain vital respects , particularly in relation to sexual behaviour , often differs from men 's , has been imposed on them by centuries of conditioning by men . |
| 13 | Specialises in children 's clothes . |
| 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 | Paul goes to men 's antenatal class . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But social legislation that directly relates to women 's property rights is not the only way in which social policy regulates women 's lives . |
| 18 | Again , a similar picture emerges regarding children 's explanations . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | All in all , then , claims about women 's conservatism are stereotypical , sexist and in many cases just plain wrong . |
| 21 | Cindy Berman , Assistant Project Officer for Southern Africa , will visit Namibia from May 15 to 31 to meet staff of the Namibia Development Trust , the Council of Churches of Namibia and the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation , an organisation which works with Bushmen 's communities . |
| 22 | Schulz considers a number of explanations for the phenomenon she describes , and concludes that it arises from men 's prejudice against women and their fear of women 's ‘ natural ’ power or biological superiority . |
| 23 | ‘ But if this woman believes in women 's lib , then she 's not exactly doing other women any favours . |
| 24 | He believes a key to the projects ' success lies in the continuity it brings to children 's lives . |
| 25 | In fact the remaining internal traffic certainly impinges on children 's road safety and reduces their freedom to get around outside the immediate vicinity of the house . |
| 26 | ‘ The member for Hertfordshire North East , despite his fascist tendencies , is a notable liberal when it comes to women 's rights . |