Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on [noun pl] '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 Much work has been done on children 's understanding of how a person 's beliefs determine that person 's actions , but less is known about their conception of the role of motivation in action .
4 Shifting the dramatic frame enables us to use the dramatic fictions that are shown on children 's television as starting points for drama .
5 Indeed at this time of year , hundreds of millions of pounds are spent on children 's toys alone .
6 When workers ' minds are focused on children 's emotional well-being it is all too easy to overlook the basics of good child care .
7 On Jan. 15 as part of a three-stage plan of " transition to an efficient market economy " subsidies worth 1,200 million Marks a year were cut on children 's clothes , shoes and some other items .
8 It is written on children 's notebooks and chanted by their youth groups .
9 He shows , without condescension , that Sylvia is inherently decent for all that her culture is founded on women 's magazines and television serials .
10 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 .
11 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 .
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