Example sentences of "woman [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The verdict ultimately turned on the test of indecency formulated by Lord Reid in the same case : ‘ indecency includes anything which an ordinary decent man or woman would find to be shocking , disgusting and revolting . ’ |
| 2 | We are indebted to Beumont et al for having grasped the nettle in laying down the grade at which a girl or woman can expect to be respected as a climber and transcend the status defined by ‘ bimbo , ’ i.e. interesting only if she happens to be pretty . |
| 3 | This assumed that women could afford to be economically dependent , which was rarely the case , and offered an individualist solution to what were complex environmental , social and economic problems . |
| 4 | The assumption remains that most women will continue to be satisfied with conventional provision and that the others , the ‘ more liberated ’ perhaps , can choose women 's studies options which now exist amidst the many other courses that go to make up a centre programme . |
| 5 | However , women will have to be more alert in future in view of the growing violence against them and increase in sexual attacks . |