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 . |