Example sentences of "of [det] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | This tendency in their poetry is not far removed from the ‘ incarnational ’ quality of some women 's poetry in the century . |
| 2 | They 're already stars of this children 's zoo … when the otters come out to play , everyone else comes out to watch . |
| 3 | Cilla and Artie were already seasoned folk musicians with a Melody Maker album of the year behind them before the amazing success of this children 's show — ‘ a pantomime without the boring bits ’ , as they describe it . |
| 4 | Her studies were remarkable ; as a young woman Madame had filled eighteen notebooks with summaries of these women 's careers , reading them very literally as sources of practical advice , in much the same way as she had taught herself to understand stock management and how to do her own accounts . |
| 5 | Discontinuous employment was an integral part of these women 's working lives . |
| 6 | The success of these women 's societies , which were not formally recognized by the university until 1910 , depended on voluntary support by dons and their wives : Bertha Johnson made it her life 's work . |
| 7 | We had doubts in our minds about the strength of these children 's attachment to their adoptive parents and though our sample group is very small , we would like to pose the hypothesis that ‘ severing children 's meaningful emotional links with members of their birth families limits their capacity for full attachment to their new families ’ . |
| 8 | The authors are united in their concern for the quality of these children 's early experiences , although they disagree markedly in the solutions they offer . |
| 9 | It must be a condition of all seamen 's canteen licences that food and non-intoxicating drinks are always available while alcoholic liquor is being sold : subs . |
| 10 | Arthur Rackham , ( 1867–1939 ) was possibly the most famous of all children 's book illustrators . |
| 11 | Instead of looking carefully at the specific conditions in which particular women live , we are frequently tempted to appeal to some common denominator of female experience ( domesticity and motherhood are the commonest choices ) that is false to the facts of many women 's experience and — to the degree that we wish to eliminate such common denominators — politically counterproductive as well . |
| 12 | A recent report from the EOC found that ‘ overall the Youth Training Programme does little or nothing to widen girls ’ horizons or to provide ways out of the low-paid and dead-end jobs which are a feature of many women 's lives in Northern Ireland today ’ . |
| 13 | These women 's experiences reflect the disenfranchisement and casualisation of many women 's work . |
| 14 | I must be mad wilfully to deny myself this ultimate creative act , this absolute satisfaction , the most passionate love affair of many women 's lives . |
| 15 | The prospect of such a season of leisure towards the decline of life , is one of the strongest motives to a man to go steadily on year after year with the drudgery of business ; indeed without it , the complete absorption of many men 's minds in the affairs of the world in the early and middle part of life would be hardly justifiable . |
| 16 | ‘ Being the object of many men 's desire , ’ she was saying authoritatively , ‘ makes one feel like a bus . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , you could always try one of those women 's groups , dear . |
| 18 | I think what was in the village news it arose out of those children 's survey down there and what happened was that Mrs did n't think we 'd er put in perhaps as politely as we should . |
| 19 | I look good enough for one of those men 's magazines . |
| 20 | But that 's precisely the achievement of former children 's television presenter Peter Duncan in a brand new stage version of Erik the Viking starting its UK tour at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon . |
| 21 | It has encouraged the formation of several women 's media groups and has established a regional information network through its journal We Can . |
| 22 | Similarly , WACC 's Forum programme of women 's consultations has led to the organisation of several women 's networks and specific women 's projects in the regions . |
| 23 | The arrival of several noblemen 's yachts such as the Black Dwarf belonging to Joseph Garland Esq RN was reported . |
| 24 | There is one event in the life of any children 's marketing director that 's guaranteed to cause such anxiety , consternation and self-doubt that all their other achievements pale into insignificance . |
| 25 | Mary Jones complains in a letter dated 1735 of the tediousness of most women 's verse : |
| 26 | Carol Gilligan , in In a Different Voice : Psychological Theory and Women 's Development ( 1982 ) , examines psychological theories concerning human moral development , and suggests that a male model has been developed which does not fit the experiences of most women 's lives . |
| 27 | As is typical of most women 's paid employment , this work is not considered particularly skilled and wages are low . |