Example sentences of "' wife and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Women 's Corona Society ( see Appendix 4 ) has members throughout the world who both welcome and provide useful information to incoming expatriates ' wives and children . |
| 2 | Structure a conference social programme , including sporting programmes , evening entertainments , and ladies ' programmes , for delegates ' wives and husbands . |
| 3 | By the late 1960s 56 per cent of managerial and 52 per cent of other non-manual workers ' wives then used reliable methods of contraception , while only 45 per cent of skilled manual workers ' wives and 38 per cent of other manual workers ' wives did so . |
| 4 | He used this argument not just to win the passive support of the miners ' wives and other dependants but also to mobilize their active participation . |
| 5 | The photographs were printed in a series of features about celebrities ' wives and who they were and how they coped . |
| 6 | Melling ( 1983 ) has argued that the fight against evictions was not organized by ‘ Red Clydeside ’ political activists , but was a spontaneous upsurge by Glasgow housewives : women munitions workers and soldiers ' wives and mothers who responded to grievance by withholding rent increases . |
| 7 | Pauline Hoare is a founder member of the Prisoners ' Wives and Families Society in north London , a voluntarily run charity which gives advice and support to women with a loved one in prison . |
| 8 | There are also various independent support groups , such as the Prisoners ' Wives and Families Society . |
| 9 | Prisoners ' Wives and Families Society , 254 Caledonian Road , London N1 0NG . |
| 10 | Richard Rau presented the award to and his team at a dinner in the Williston Elks Lodge , which was also attended by the employees ' wives and vice president of operations , James Adams . |
| 11 | The grenades and firebombs used in the attacks in Belfast and Banbridge could have killed or maimed the politicians ' wives and children as well . |
| 12 | The toisechs ' and mormaers ' wives and daughters and sisters who always moved with the court would be waiting , and eager for news . |
| 13 | The University Women 's Club takes a special interest in overseas students ' wives and families . |
| 14 | Her knowledge of Samoa was based upon what a group of adolescent girls thr told her , through an interpreter , and what can only be called , er , chit-chat and gossip that she picked up from missionaries ' wives and people like this . |
| 15 | This seems a bit sad given that footie players ' wives and girlfriends often score high marks on the bimbometer in any case . |
| 16 | The group is made up of miners ' wives and relatives , ably supported by a cross-section of concerned individuals on this particular morning a retired teacher , two people running local businesses , and a lecturer . |