Example sentences of "woman 's [noun] be [num] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 You must learn to recognise when a woman 's look is one of despair , not lust . ’
2 Thomas ’ belief that woman 's state is one of subjection derives , as we have seen , from the false biological presuppositions which he took from Aristotle .
3 If , as we have suggested , the working woman 's goal was one of maintaining and protecting her family , abortion could be one means of attaining that end .
4 As Derek Oddy has commented , ‘ essentially the woman 's diet was one of bread and tea , while almost all men consumed a main meal of meat or bacon or fish or potatoes ’ .
5 The young woman 's father was one of the letter-writers .
6 The old woman 's son was one of the many prisoners who have subsequently died in the prison .
7 Finally , Bobo notes that the recent popularity of Black women 's writing is one of those extra-discursive factors which must be taken into account when looking at cultural practices such as The Color Purple .
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