Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of men [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | This is not to belittle the role of the superstructure and the importance of studying that side of men 's relations in commodity economy ; but investigation does not begin with the superstructure . |
2 | Prostitution was the direct result of men 's immorality , creating an outcast class of women tacitly sanctioned by church and state . |
3 | But if they had n't been there , if they had been different kinds of men erm , I do n't think I would have been able to pick someone to be my husband or my partner who could be a decent father to my kids . |
4 | Even after the Equal Pay Act had effected some narrowing of the pay gap , there was an unexplained excess of men 's pay over women 's pay worth about 30 per cent of that received by the average 32-year-old female employee in early 1978 . |
5 | Damp wool and gaberdine in their nostrils , wide dark shoulders of men 's coats looming above them , their noses pressed against foreign backs . |
6 | In 1980 , women earned on average 81% of men 's wages in manufacturing . |
7 | Yes do we have much idea of men 's perception of women in the play . |
8 | But is this the inevitable consequence of men 's continued economic dominance , or the failure of our divorce legislation to give men their due ? |
9 | Well , their pay is three quarters of men 's pay . |
10 | I 'd gone through three packets of tissues from the canteen , and a flunkey had been dispatched to Underwoods to buy me a large box of Men 's Size . |
11 | She used to show you a collection of photographs which she kept in her wallet as if they were family photographs , but in fact these pictures were all pictures of men 's cocks , she used to make them stop on the way home at the photobooth in the entrance to the station , she 'd make them stand on the stool with their trousers down , she never got caught — Greta , on seeing me leave with an especially handsome man : ‘ I hope you 're on the pill . ’ |
12 | The rival powers of men 's tennis — the International Tennis Federation and the Association of Tennis Professionals — have come to an agreement over umpiring at the Australian Open . |
13 | 87 per cent of grooms now choose to wear a wedding ring and with the Beaverbrooks extensive collection of men 's rings including rings to match the bride 's he 'll be spoilt for choice . |
14 | Certainly , yet also a ruthlessly accomplished observer of men 's and women 's foibles . |
15 | Then the silence was broken by the sound of metal on metal at the far end of the Cages and of a gate being opened , followed by the heavy remorseless tread of Men 's feet . |
16 | She seemed quite unfazed by Billingsley 's impertinent question whether we slept together , doubtless translating the policeman 's particular curiosity as a general confirmation of men 's innate tackiness . |
17 | The former , while fitting in with much of popular ideology , is contradicted by current sociological studies of men 's violence ; the latter is more consistent with the evidence of this research . |
18 | over the doughty growth of men 's savings |
19 | If the lodging house was the bottom line of men 's poverty then , what is women 's today ? |
20 | ‘ It was necessary to explore , to the utmost , pain and cruelty and the dark secret yearning of men 's souls , ’ he said . |
21 | There were heads , arms , feet , and other pieces of men 's bodies everywhere . |
22 | And in the library there is a more recent collection of men 's pin-up books dating back to the Fifties . |
23 | The New Survey of London Life and Labour agreed with this assessment and reported that whereas in the 1880s homework had been done primarily to supplement wages , in the 1930s women tended to work in order to buy extras , reflecting the greater regularity of men 's employment , together with a more efficient social security system for the families of the unemployed . |