Example sentences of "[prep] girls ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The baby book gives us another glimpse into parents ' and societies ' attitudes towards girls ' bodies with the comment that Alison is ‘ prudish ’ about her body at ten , and the noting of her ‘ slight breast development ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Maude Stanley , for example , a founder of girls ' clubs , voiced the wider social anxiety about the role of girls in the alleged deterioration of the race and the threat of over-population among the working class . |
| 4 | They argued that most of girls ' lives were not conducted on the street in any case , and that it was necessary to study them in their homes instead . |
| 5 | No study looks systematically either at the role of girls vis-à-vis masculine delinquency , or at the possible importance of girls ' groups in female deviancy . |
| 6 | A Comparison of Girls ' Comics from 1983 and 1993 |
| 7 | There 's a list of girls ' names in here . |
| 8 | As Walkerdine ( 1987 ) has argued , qualities generally attributed to girls , such as industriousness and diligence , are often cited by teachers and researchers as examples of girls ' weaknesses in education . |
| 9 | She was a governor of University College London , the London School of Medicine , and a number of girls ' schools . |
| 10 | Public schools were defined as those belonging to the Headmasters ' Conference , Governing Bodies Association or Governing Bodies of Girls ' Schools Association . |
| 11 | Girls ' Schools Association ( GSA ) and Governing Bodies of Girls ' Schools Association ( GBGSA ) |
| 12 | She visited Durham to see a friend and fell in love with the city and began to help with girls ' clubs in Durham and Sunderland . |
| 13 | A boy on a girl 's back , boy in girls ' shoes and a girl in boy 's shoes , girl in a boy 's sweater . |
| 14 | For example , in the old 16+ system , despite a gradual improvement in girls ' achievements ( see , for example , the table below ) , each year more boys than girls were entered for O level mathematics , and of those who entered , a higher proportion of boys than girls obtained grade A. At CSE , the entry ( and pass ) rate of girls has in recent years been higher than that of boys — but boys have obtained the most grade I passes . |
| 15 | What power he had , what admiration he extorted , what looks there were in girls ' eyes . |
| 16 | I think in some ways it 's better , because girls are meant to get on better in the sciences in girls ' schools ; they 're meant to be pushed backwards a bit in boys ' schools . |
| 17 | Similar problems arise if we look at ‘ the facts ’ about girls ' experiences as learners of mathematics , where the single/mixed-sex debate , the question of teacher behaviour and the debate on classroom organisation and curriculum materials must be considered . |
| 18 | I read long-forgotten authors of books about girls ' schools in Switzerland or Paris , as well as Angela Brazil , Noel Streatfield , Pamela Brown and , above all , Enid Blyton . |
| 19 | All young women who attend girls ' nights at their youth centre , or who go to girls ' days and weekends , and every woman youthworker involved ( whether in single-sex or mixed settings ) is likely to get labelled a lesbian . |
| 20 | It 's not unusual on girls ' weekends or at women workers ' conferences for them to be demonstrative with each other , or with the young women , while we remain caught in the straight-jacket of frigidity while we are in the public eye . |
| 21 | These examples indicate some of the features of girl friendly science : it builds on girls ' interests , not just boys ' ; it explicitly encourages girls to see themselves as potential scientists , and it includes some of the social and human implications and applications of science . |
| 22 | A SEA-LIFE centre is trying to cure a kinky fish of staring at girls ' breasts . |