Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] of women " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compression of child bearing has had important implications for the participation of women in the formal labour market . |
| 2 | After she retired from the headship of her department in 1920 she gave much time to various women 's groups and to societies for the promotion of women 's interests . |
| 3 | We are also aware that for the majority of women , a visit to a car showroom or Service Department can be a difficult and sometimes downright unpleasant experience due to indifferent attitudes by some Sales/Service staff who are under the misguided impression that because you are female you know little or nothing about the motor car . |
| 4 | However , for the majority of women , planning intercourse to coincide with ovulation and predicting their most fertile time is easier said than done . |
| 5 | Nowadays , too , the suggestion that a woman 's role consists entirely of slaving over the cooker , the kitchen sink and the washing is certain to irritate a significant number of people , though it is still a real enough situation for the majority of women . |
| 6 | However , as the WPGET ventures into a 13th season , it is pleasing to reflect that it has been lucky not just for some , but for the majority of women golfers , both amateur and professional . |
| 7 | The so-called citizenship campaign was launched in 1894 when members were urged to work for the return of women as poor law guardians . |
| 8 | The Womens Artist Slide Library is pleased to announce that it has succeeded in retaining its Arts Council funding for the publication of Women 's Art Magazine and has been offered financial assistance towards the running of the organisation over the next year . |
| 9 | They have made their case for the ordination of women with obvious conviction , backed up with arguable facts ( in my opinion ) — but the whole argument is delivered in a studiously temperate and fair way that will impress even those who disagree with it . |
| 10 | The Revd Cathy Milford , Moderator of the Movement for the Ordination of Women , believes that : |
| 11 | Movement for the Ordination of Women ( MOW ) Napier Hall Hide Place Vincent Street London SW1P 4NJ |
| 12 | BISHOP of Chelmsford the Rt Rev John Waine is to speak on draft legislation for the ordination of women at a meeting of the diocesan synod later this week . |
| 13 | The fact that I should think this , and thought this at the time when I was one of the leaders of the movement campaigning for the ordination of women , brings it home to me how difficult it was for me to work within that movement . |
| 14 | I certainly used to use a golden thread methodology , together with other kinds of considerations , when arguing for the ordination of women . |
| 15 | The golden thread approach , coupled with considerations such as that post-Darwin certain past arguments no longer hold water , together with an element of an a priori ethical stance , seems to me to provide the best concerted argument for the ordination of women . |
| 16 | Those arguing for the ordination of women clutch at verses , or at historical evidence from the past , which seem to support ‘ their ’ side . |
| 17 | Having in Scotland lost the vote for the ordination of women to the priesthood , it seemed profitable to argue that women should be ordained to the diaconate ( that is to say be made deacons , not simply deaconesses ) . |
| 18 | It is because of this historical dimension to the religion that those arguing ( for example ) for the ordination of women apparently find it so difficult to say , in the way in which it has been possible to maintain in the sphere of politics , that we hold these truths to be self-evident , that all human beings are created equal and must not be discriminated against . |
| 19 | At the time that I was contending for the ordination of women to the priesthood of the Anglican Church , I made use of another argument , drawing out the implications of patristic thought . |
| 20 | I have never seen this particular argument put forward in quite this form ; and I believe it to be the best argument for the ordination of women that there is . |
| 21 | ‘ You could go into the Church and fight for the ordination of women . ’ |
| 22 | Well , while the vote has dismayed some , those who 've campaigned for years for the ordination of women into the priesthood are celebrating . |
| 23 | Would anyone stick for the idea of women having the er the being , we , th th the idea of women having the choice to have a child on their own being a good thing ? |
| 24 | Financially it was somewhat shaky , but the will of Eva Maria Marcus created a fund for the support of women artists in need . |
| 25 | In a period when a rigid separation of spheres prevailed between men and women , the physician 's approach to female illness exemplified the strong influence of theories of sexual difference and the nature of their implications for the position of women in society . |
| 26 | Colonialism is responsible for the position of women in developing countries . |
| 27 | We will set goals for the employment of women in professional and managerial posts in the NHS . |
| 28 | But since this proportion is relatively small , the main explanation for the neglect of women in the study of retirement is more likely to be a combination of two particular factors . |
| 29 | Irish Women United formed in the early seventies , a radical counter to the government sop , the Council for the Status of Women . |
| 30 | and what does that say for , what does say for women erm , and for the status of women in this country ? |