Example sentences of "a [adj] woman [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Yet with a frail woman 's tenderness that could surely be touched by the man clever enough to find the way . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But there 's little evidence to suggest that a pregnant woman 's cravings reflect her nutritional needs any more than anyone else 's . |
| 6 | In antenatal diagnosis much effort is directed towards methods of analysing those few fetal cells found circulating in a pregnant woman 's peripheral blood . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He felt slightly awkward , as though he were in a strange woman 's room . |
| 11 | In reality it was also very much a working woman 's disease , but this fact was generally ignored by physicians . |
| 12 | Not a penny : a judge rejects a paralysed woman 's claim for damages . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | It was a typical women 's downhill course : relatively low-speed , but extremely technical with tight corners . |
| 22 | ‘ A Muslim woman 's dress consists of three items — a shift , a veil and a cloak . ’ |
| 23 | A GANG of five teenagers stole a 20-year-old woman 's cash card and then tortured her to give them the pin number . |
| 24 | In July 1984 , a new initiative to form a national women 's organization aligned to the FDR was launched . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Obviously it will not be a conventional women 's magazine . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Wales took victory in the men 's match by 72-65 , but Scotland ran out overall winners by 148-115 thanks to a comfortable women 's victory . |
| 29 | The great majority of refugees are legally recognized and receive basic assistance from the United Nations through the Costa Rican government , The training centre is organized jointly by a group of Costa Rican women and AMES and receives financial assistance from a Swedish women 's organization , the " Swallows " . |
| 30 | In 1988 , I was producing a major women 's conference at the Barbican and we needed a big bank of flowers . |