Example sentences of "woman [unc] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But tossed about by a cruel world , Iris is not the sort of girl who quietly puts up with her destiny — just as the flower beneath which she reads for a moment , while a woman 's revenge wreaks horrible havoc in the final minutes , is not just an ordinary cactus .
2 Also they do not believe that our experience ( as , for example , that a woman 's ministry feels good and appropriate ) is a reliable guide to what God may want for his Church .
3 The other woman 's voice sounded hollow and dull , as though under water .
4 At once the woman 's voice went cold .
5 The reason for Dizzy 's locking of the door behind them became apparent within a minute , when Alina heard a hesitant tap on the other side followed by a young woman 's voice calling Dizzy 's name .
6 An apparent threat to leave the church should the Scottish Episcopal Synod in June vote in favour of woman 's ordination received wide publicity , although he feels he has been misrepresented .
7 And the 6d ( 2 1/2 p ) Woman 's Mirror had FREE ! …
8 ‘ When a woman 's lover says little or nothing between the sheets , she will feel unloved , ’ says Barbara DeAngelis in her book How To Make Love All The Time .
9 The woman 's face became pale , her eyes ever widening pools of anger .
10 Lady Bertram advises Fanny that ‘ it is every woman 's duty to accept such a very exceptional offer ’ and Edmund also thinks that it is ‘ most advantageous and desirable ’ .
11 The older woman 's mouth sagged open and remained open .
12 As the woman 's mouth sagged open Polly walked past her to the door .
13 Josephine Thom creates quiet monuments to uncelebrated moments in women 's history using mundane , domestic materials .
14 This growth in women 's propensity to take paid work probably has both economic and social origins , but our analyses of fertility suggest that it is not an important explanatory factor in the ‘ baby bust ’ .
15 Despite some legal reforms important features of women 's position remained unchanged .
16 ‘ Oh , Mrs Markham , ’ a Mrs Prothero and President of the Women 's Institute said one day , ‘ I happened to be passing and just wanted to extend a welcome on behalf of the whole village . ’
17 The women 's squad look likely to be headed by last year 's bronze medal pair , Fiona Freckleton and Miriam Batten , who return on Tuesday from altitude training in Mexico .
18 That was not so on the men 's tour , which means it would be very much easier for the ITF to set up its own women 's tour linking many of the principal regular events such as Berlin , Eastbourne , Brighton etc , with the Grand Slams , than it would have been had they responded to the many appeals they had at the time to set up a men 's circuit in competition with ATP …
19 Social inequalities are involved with women 's ability to feel safe in their relationship — such as lack of recognition in both social and work settings .
20 This also disadvantages women because , despite equal pay legislation , men and women 's pay remains unequal .
21 The Women 's Fellowship organized various 1- and 2-day shops and the Old Boys ' Choir gave a concert .
22 He believes that B'nai B'rith Women 's determination to remain autonomous works against the trend of creating a new organisation for the 21st century comprising men and women .
23 He believes that B'nai B'rith Women 's determination to remain autonomous works against the trend of creating a new organisation for the 21st century comprising men and women .
24 Sally Gunnell 's women 's team includes 18year-old debutante Katharine Merry , who earned her place with a 200m win over the Olympic champion yesterday , as well as Scotland 's big two Yvonne Murray ( 3,000m ) and Liz McColgan ( 10,000m ) .
25 WACC 's Women 's Programme encourages full and equal participation of women in public communication so that their distinctive insights into , and experiences of , life become part of the public agenda while , at the same time , the oppressive mechanisms of male domination are removed .
26 Ann Clwyd who was not re-elected to her heritage post used her address to the Welsh Labour Women 's Conference to attack macho M Ps .
27 Well , Women 's Group get special
28 But although the impact of women 's liberation remains resilient in the culture , a question remains : given the assumption that the road to liberation lay , among other things , in women 's economic independence , what happens when employment ceases to be an alternative " destiny " ?
29 The Women 's Movement changed all that .
30 One book included a comment that Hitler had a ‘ mystical appeal ’ to women , but fails to discuss why or how , and suggests that Hitler 's views on the home as women 's place seem old-fashioned to us today , something unfortunately far from the case .
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