Example sentences of "a [adj] woman ['s] " in BNC.

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1 To have 32 seeds in a 128 women 's singles draw , would be nothing less than a protection racket .
2 He had gone on to a party at a rich woman 's house , he explained , and seen a display of drinks such as he had never seen on earth before .
3 While there existed a small women 's civil rights organization , the Liga Femenina Salvadorena , whose members were from the impatient middle classes , it could not be described as a broad women 's suffrage movement .
4 Yet with a frail woman 's tenderness that could surely be touched by the man clever enough to find the way .
5 I must admit that we ourselves started out with a strong women 's following , but I think that 's because of society and the way men are brought up not to be so immediately emotional .
6 But there 's little evidence to suggest that a pregnant woman 's cravings reflect her nutritional needs any more than anyone else 's .
7 In antenatal diagnosis much effort is directed towards methods of analysing those few fetal cells found circulating in a pregnant woman 's peripheral blood .
8 On Jan. 30 the Agence France-Presse news agency reported that some 20 Moslem clerics had been arrested in recent weeks and that a 40-year-old preacher had been sacked and condemned to 80 lashes in December after he had used his Friday sermon to insult the leaders of a Saudi women 's association .
9 Among the projects carried out by ERA-WACC during the year were : a colloquium held in Moscow on the MacBride Report , entitled ‘ Europe speaks to Europe ’ ; a conference on communication ethics ( also held in Moscow ) ; a worship workshop for TV producers in western and eastern Europe ; and the setting up of a European Women 's network .
10 The results of a card vote will be announced today on a proposal by the NEC for the creation of a Labour women 's committee .
11 He felt slightly awkward , as though he were in a strange woman 's room .
12 In reality it was also very much a working woman 's disease , but this fact was generally ignored by physicians .
13 A police spokeswoman said they could not confirm reports of a second bag snatch from a another woman 's car just a few minutes later .
14 Not a penny : a judge rejects a paralysed woman 's claim for damages .
15 The point was made that while it was valuable to have a specific workshop to deal with the issue of women , all the other workshops and all the topics discussed should have a clear women 's perspective .
16 OXFORD university students were branded ‘ over-privileged plonkers ’ by the editor of a top women 's magazine yesterday after a debate turned into a drunken farce .
17 A recalcitrant refrigerator , an aching back , an eye stinging with pain , a wailing cat , any of these would have sapped a lesser woman 's determination .
18 FWWG Sports and Social Club versus an Ellon team were to play , with the winners of this game vying with the Spey Valley Rotary Club , and a Scottish Women 's Rural Institute .
19 Why did they not rather try to recruit them into the STA in some way , as a separate women 's branch for instance , as in the past ?
20 In 1897 she supported moves , viewed with dismay by the established women 's societies , to found a separate women 's university to examine students at Oxford , Cambridge , and Royal Holloway College , London .
21 Increasingly , it has been necessary to think in terms of creating our own learning environment in a separate Women 's Education Centre in which men as students , teachers or visiting authorities are unwelcome and in which women act independently for themselves .
22 A workshop introduced by members of the Outwrite Collective put forward a resolution ( endorsed by the final conference plenary ) that ’ noted the failure of the conference to attract a large representation of Black women and women with disabilities ’ and committed Women for Socialism to ’ developing links and discussions with Black women 's organisations , to increasing Black women 's involvement at all levels , to developing links with other women 's and feminist organisations internationally , and to discussing a future women 's federation ’ .
23 It was a typical women 's downhill course : relatively low-speed , but extremely technical with tight corners .
24 A Muslim woman 's dress consists of three items — a shift , a veil and a cloak . ’
25 A GANG of five teenagers stole a 20-year-old woman 's cash card and then tortured her to give them the pin number .
26 In July 1984 , a new initiative to form a national women 's organization aligned to the FDR was launched .
27 Publications which run editorial competitions on a regular basis usually have a set price level , which may vary from as little as £50 or £100 value for a small provincial weekly to around £20,000-£25,000 for a national women 's magazine .
28 ‘ You 're holding it wrong , ’ a younger woman 's voice said .
29 Obviously it will not be a conventional women 's magazine .
30 For the first time Clare learnt what a passionate woman 's kisses were like , on the lips of one she loved with all her heart and soul , as Tess loved him .
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