Example sentences of "in most [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | And being a wife/partner is a much higher priority in most women 's lives ( 81% ) than being a mother ( 69% ) or a wage earner ( 47% ) . |
| 2 | envy , not pity , in most women 's eyes . |
| 3 | The exhibition , curated by Joan Solomon and Sue Isherwood , highlights the first and most significant relationship in most women 's lives ( until 22 Mar ) . |
| 4 | GREASY burgers , fatty chips and sticky sweets all get the thumbs down in most children 's diets these days . |
| 5 | The fact that his father behaved towards him for most of the time with mild , if somewhat unthinking kindness , did not rule out this possibility which is present at some time or other in most children 's minds : after all , if you were going to kill someone you would naturally go on being kind to them for the time being , giving them money for sweets and generally keeping up appearances . |
| 6 | As in most Children 's Film Foundation productions , there was an established ‘ grown-up ’ character actor . |
| 7 | If a distinction between laws — the law of the State and the law of the Church — was blurred in most men 's minds , the distinction between the clergy and the laity was not . |
| 8 | Secondly , and far more important , the main factor in most men 's standard of living was not what they could earn but what they could produce , and here conditions were dominated not by economic relationships with other men but by something far more basic , the annual and unpredictable variations in the weather and the effects which this would have on the harvest . |
| 9 | The hopes , since they involve imagination and courage , are less vivid in most men 's minds . |