Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] girls ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is some evidence that in mixed-sex classrooms teachers give more attention to boys , to the detriment of girls ' learning . |
| 2 | BRITISH GAS ON THE BALL WITH GIRLS ' SOCCER |
| 3 | Doctors believed that the development of girls ' reproductive systems took place primarily at the time of menstruation and , in keeping with Spencer 's belief in the need to conserve energy in order to ensure healthy reproductive development , advised rest for teenage girls . |
| 4 | Also in this category , but published for the first time in this volume , is the article Jackie And Just Seventeen which not only records changes in the content of girls ' magazines over the 80s ( since McRobbie 's original analysis of the late 70s , also included here ) but registers theoretical developments as well through its attention to the ways in which girls as readers both construct their own meanings and interact with the texts . |
| 5 | She suggests a synthesis between the two approaches which looks at the diversity of girls ' educational experiences , and the ways in which schoolchildren challenge class and gender controls . |
| 6 | It recommended that the pace of girls ' education be slowed , that physical education reflect the need of girls for ‘ smoothness and expressiveness ’ and of boys for ‘ strength and energy ’ , and that allowance be made for the effect of menstruation , which condemned many girls ‘ to a recurring and temporary diminution of general mental efficiency ’ . |
| 7 | I would therefore argue that even if the discrepancy between girls ' and boys ' performance at the top levels of achievement in mathematics was entirely due to differences in ability ( which I do not believe , but nevertheless should stay as a possible hypothesis ) , there is a strong case for saying that we should act to try to alter the situation . |
| 8 | According to this grouping , genetic or innate differences in ability would go into the ‘ cognitive ’ basket , as would another hypothesis , namely , that the reason for girls ' lower achievement in mathematics is their poorer spatial visualisation ability . |
| 9 | When we were first creating the model for girls ' work , those of us who are white , both lesbian and heterosexual , developed work that was racist , that is , based on our ideas about how sexism affected white girls , and what kind of provision white girls might need . |