Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun pl] 's [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 16-page glossy brochure based on commercial women 's weeklies contained articles on Labour 's policy to help working and stay-at-home mums . |
| 2 | She sat over her sewing , complaining that her eyes were getting old , and the yellow wax from the candle , skewered and hung up above their heads on a thread , dripped on the backs of her hands and made marks like the stains on old women 's hands . |
| 3 | It is based on old men 's ideas , old men 's ideals and frustrations . |
| 4 | Because of its far-reaching effects on individual women 's lives , however , it is difficult not to see it as , on the contrary , a potent example of the weakness of an orthodox relativist view — a view , that is , which attempts , incoherently , to maintain the equal validity of all moral perspectives . |
| 5 | In this way it is different from the bulk colonial films which concentrate on white men 's adventures and dramas . |
| 6 | The exhibition presented by the Irish women 's group focused on Irish women 's lives in Ireland and Scotland in the last century , not on ‘ promoting and peddling pro-Irish Republican publications and propaganda ’ ! |
| 7 | Officials from the Union of Communication Workers say first deliveries on absent postmen 's rounds may be ignored until colleagues can split the workload on second deliveries . |
| 8 | Reductions of between 30 and 40 per cent on selected women 's clothes and accessories . |
| 9 | Later , of course , I saw the same look on other men 's faces — ‘ |
| 10 | Now he had to find work where he could , on other men 's farms . |
| 11 | In the great tempting scene between Angelo and Isabella the deputy hypocritically exclaims on other men 's sins — ‘ Ha , fie , these filthy vices ! ’ |
| 12 | It was here they learnt to trade rides on their ponies for rides on other children 's bikes . |