Example sentences of "women [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one of these , the Clonard , she found that younger women used more nonstandard forms on certain variables than did young men . |
| 2 | Older women report more illness and long-standing health problems and consult their GPs more frequently than men ( OPCS , 1990 ) . |
| 3 | Er the things that she said were that women used more hedges , such as I think er hedges are sort of things that get put into the conversation if al allegedly if somebody wants to give the impression that they 're not quite sure , and they would n't w You know like I would n't want to say it for sure but I think that . |
| 4 | But as a preview , this was her reply when I asked her whether the problem was , not whether women needed more education , but that men needed educating about women . |
| 5 | Women pay more attention to detail , but are less democratic ; men relish change and are more competitive and ambitious . |
| 6 | When men and women are talking together , for example , it seems that men interrupt more , talk more , swear more and use more imperatives ; whereas women ask more questions and tend to use more polite forms of speech . |
| 7 | Women use more tag questions ( ‘ approval-seeking ’ constructions like ‘ that 'll be all right , wo n't it ? ’ ) , more ‘ uncertain ’ rising intonations , more intensifiers ( so , really , very ) and more qualifiers ( not exactly , a bit ) , more exaggerated politeness and less offensive expletives than men . |
| 8 | Dubois and Crouch , for instance , tested the hypothesis that women use more tag questions than men . |
| 9 | Do some women get more pleasure from sex ? |
| 10 | In theory the government wants women to have more children , but in practice they discourage it because our living conditions are so terrible . |
| 11 | In general older people and women identified more problems than men . |
| 12 | She wants women to pay more attention to their achievement needs , and ends with a celebration of throwing off feminine values , and taking on some masculine ones : giving up ‘ guilt and shame and the tireless self-discipline of women ’ for ‘ magnanimity and generosity and courage ’ ( 1971 : 330 ) . |
| 13 | However , it is generally the case that women do more housework than men . |
| 14 | It is true , of course , that women do more childcare than men . |
| 15 | Since outcome is determined partly during pregnancy , it is logical to expect pregnant women to ask more questions , expect answers and make informed decisions related to their lifestyle . |
| 16 | If the birth-rate is rising , we can discover whether this is due to women bearing more children or having them younger , so that the generations succeed one another more rapidly . |
| 17 | I mean do do yo , do you think women take more drugs than men do , whether recreationally or or or fo for their health or now th , is th is there a particular problem that women have with drugs whether it 's illegal drugs or tranquillizers ? |
| 18 | Women take more time , talk easily and still adhere to the strict rules of manners . |
| 19 | These enable women to spend more time working for gain , increasing the family income . |
| 20 | Data from the US census of 1970 showed that a significant proportion of younger working-class women had more education than their husbands . |
| 21 | In earlier times , the family had often held the key to power and women had more opportunity to influence affairs : thus , in feudal times , the Lady of the Manor supervised a large household , exercised great practical authority over both men and women , and stood in for her husband in his frequent absences from home . |
| 22 | Delegates felt that women had more talent than men for spotting potential sources of trouble and taking action at an earlier stage . |
| 23 | It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that sexual abuse by women invokes more secrecy than that already disclosed . |
| 24 | The women stole more work time in celebration of the marriage with much hilarity and sociability . |
| 25 | But it needs also to engage with those theories which deconstruct the distinction between the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ social ’ , which recognise the power of desire and fantasy and the problems of supposing any ‘ original ’ unity in the self , while at the same time preserving its concern with lived experience and the practical and material struggles of women to achieve more autonomy and control over their lives . |
| 26 | The women wanted more opportunities for part time training in research , but the male establishment was doubtful — arguing that ‘ triple accreditation ’ as a clinician , scientist , and mother was too much . |
| 27 | Women wanted more equality , more social services , fewer weapons and less pollution . |
| 28 | In all classes , however , women see more relatives than men , although the differences , interestingly , are not very great . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , women have more independence than they had and that will influence their decision as to whether or not they wish to leave a marriage . |
| 30 | While the familial basis of women 's oppression remains for all classes , upper class women have more chance for freedom than their working-class sisters who suffer a double oppression . |