Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] women 's " in BNC.

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1 Particular emphasis has been placed on women 's health .
2 Particular emphasis has been placed on women 's health .
3 For example , there was relatively little leisure-time involvement by husbands with their mates but considerable participation in what traditionally has been regarded as women 's work , especially child-rearing .
4 In the data there is some support for the notion that certain matters such as child care and support for elderly people are regarded as women 's business in families , while men 's business is money ; but it would be too crude to assume that this simple division of responsibilities could explain all the gender differences which occur in kin support .
5 Secondly , how far can the low pay of women compared to men be explained by women 's domestic ties ?
6 In this sense , all the themes discussed so far contain ‘ women 's issues ’ and have to be treated from women 's perspectives to arrive at true and complete reality .
7 In Chapter 4 I argue that the concept of women 's ‘ domesticity ’ which is used loosely in sociological writing needs to be broken down into a number of more precise concepts before much sense can be made of women 's similarities/differences on this dimension .
8 Studies which address such complexities tend to be performed in women 's studies rather than within feminist psychology .
9 Support for lranian women is to be raised in women 's trade unions .
10 An awareness of dirt can often be detected in women 's descriptions of their environment .
11 ‘ We do n't know what is happening , but that may yet be allocated to women 's issues . ’
12 Reports suggested that the implementation of the bill would be opposed by women 's groups and non-Moslem minorities .
13 The move , widely regarded as an attempt to appease the government 's right-wing critics unhappy with the slow pace of Islamic reform and with recent Gulf war policy [ see pp. 38007 ; 38102 ] , was expected to be resisted by women 's groups and minorities .
14 More than £5,000 of damage has been caused to women 's clothing since March .
15 It is likely that they will seek this support from other women rather than from men , even their husbands , because the tasks involved have been defined as women 's work .
16 Reports pointed out that though the act had been passed for women 's protection , it seemed it was being used almost exclusively to punish poor women .
17 Such contradictions were highlighted in women 's growing demands for more coercive criminal law legislation .
18 Connections were made between women 's domestic labour and the segregation by sex of jobs in the labour market .
19 Being dressed in women 's clothes at a disco
20 He shows , without condescension , that Sylvia is inherently decent for all that her culture is founded on women 's magazines and television serials .
21 Attention on fashion for most of the public was concentrated on women 's clothes , with mini-skirts and boots emphasising the rapid change in attitudes .
22 Also it could be said that the role of Equality Officer is , by its name , more open to being filled by man or woman than it was when it was known as Women 's Special Representative .
23 A series of conferences was arranged to pay homage to women 's spirit of self-sacrifice , a pamphlet was published on women 's legal rights and the year drew to a close .
24 This was guaranteed by women 's reproductive role , which put them in contact with the great physical and mental powers of the race .
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