Example sentences of "is [adv] women " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , since it is mostly women who are responsible for running households and caring for dependent members of their families , it is not surprising that they are involved in helping each other in these practical ways , which lend themselves to being organized on a reciprocal basis . |
| 2 | The context makes clear , though , that American refers exclusively to American women , since it is only women and not men for whom this is ‘ the most personal decision an American can make ’ . |
| 3 | As a welcome twist , Warwara Zelenskaja gave the Soviet Union is best-ever women 's result with third place at Morzine behind Kronberger and Bournissen . |
| 4 | For instance , if clitorectomy often known as female circumcision — is a ‘ moral ’ requirement to serve male interests , it is nevertheless women who carry out , maintain and insist upon the practice , and it is women who express their moral offence if it is not carried out . |
| 5 | In other words , the boundaries of the formal labour market are being more tightly drawn , a process associated now as in the past with high rates of male unemployment , and it is largely women , with responsibilities for caring , who are being pushed out . |
| 6 | Thus pornographic representations are to be condemned because they reinforce the desires to treat people , and it is usually women , i n the way I have been arguing they are treated . |
| 7 | It is usually women who have left work , or moved from full time to part time employment , to care for a sick or frail elderly relative . |
| 8 | Thus , not only is the housewife role specifically a feminine role , it is also women 's major occupational role today : the responsibility for running a home is one which is shared by the majority of all adult women . |
| 9 | It is also women who are the targets of the state 's sex stormtroopers , the Special Claims Control squads set up in the 1970s . |
| 10 | ‘ … and , in any case , cooking and looking after children is strictly women 's work , ’ he told her flatly . |
| 11 | Fathers , because ultimately they control financial resources , may be the people who sign cheques or who authorize the payment of money to their children , but it is often women who mediate and negotiate such gifts and loans ( Morris , 1983 ) . |
| 12 | For these reasons , it is often women who provide the impetus for , and who are extremely active in , campaigns against dampness , for central heating , for improved playspaces and other necessary facilities . |
| 13 | For example , it is often women in poor health , living in poor and crowded conditions , on a low income and without private transport , who are trying to bring up and cope with the demands of small children on their own . |
| 14 | They consider that it may be demeaning for a client to be ‘ helped ’ by a volunteer ; they consider that a person working for no pay is being exploited ; and they feel that volunteering confirms a sexist role model because it is mainly women supported by wage-earning husbands who volunteer . |
| 15 | And if you look at this , I mean this is actually women hours , but if you look at that . |