Example sentences of "boys ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found that in the boys ' peer group , powerful members used direct imperatives like ‘ gim me ’ and ‘ get off ’ . |
| 2 | Why are girls ' and boys ' peer groups so different , and why in these particular ways ? |
| 3 | What about boys ' shoes ? . |
| 4 | Authorities ranging from North Yorkshire to Dorset have been pressing for funds to convert existing boys ' attendance centres into mixed facilities . |
| 5 | Our makeshift seat had consisted of cases of wine while bottles of brandy were distributed liberally amongst the boys ' bedding , none of which had been declared to us , of course . |
| 6 | Boys ' knowledge of measurement units was much higher than that of the girls : their success rates were between 20 and 30 percentage points higher on items probing this knowledge . |
| 7 | The artificiality of so many boys ' adventures is the result of miscalculation in this aspect of story-telling . |
| 8 | I simply could not understand the boys ' sense of humour . |
| 9 | The vehicles will be given to the National Association of Boys ' Clubs and will tour run-down inner-city areas . |
| 10 | There were choir contests , religious retreats , boys ' clubs and cycling clubs . |
| 11 | Now , by a quirk of history , the machinery for carrying out such schemes of training in drama was not to be found in normal educational administration , but in the huge network of social services administered by the National Council of Social Services , a voluntary body financed by Carnegie Trust which since 1919 had co-ordinated the work of various national organisations such as the Village Drama Society , County Rural Community Councils , British Drama League , the Federation of Women 's Institutes , the National Association of Boys ' Clubs , Townswomen 's Guilds , the Workers ' Educational Association , County Youth Committees , the Standing Conference of Drama Associations and Hull University 's Extra-Mural Department , the only university to take interest in Community Drama . |
| 12 | The institutes which began to open in London in the late 1850s appear to have recruited from among the lower-middle class , though Waldo McGillicuddy Eagar , a young Edwardian club worker ( later to be a leading figure in the National Association of Boys ' Clubs ) claimed that ‘ as anxiety about the working classes was intensified , some Youths ’ Institutes reached down from the middle classes to the poor , and increasingly diluted their formal educational programmes with recreational activities . |
| 13 | Before too long heterosexual women had in fact taken over and they began to encourage men into the organization and to instigate the mixing of boys and girls into provision previously available to young women on their own ( but preserving the boys ' clubs ) . |
| 14 | Johnnie buried himself in his work for Northamptonshire County Council , the National Association of Boys ' Clubs and his cattle farm . |
| 15 | Urwick also poured cold water on the idea , believing that boys ' clubs , could only cure Hooligans if there were ‘ a separate club for every one or two , but not otherwise … |
| 16 | With his colleagues Lippitt and White he reported the results of well-known experiments which were carried out in boys ' clubs established for the purposes of their studies . |
| 17 | ‘ We know about the players with senior clubs but there may be those in leagues like the Amateur League or in Boys ' Clubs who would be worth looking at , ’ says Ronnie . |
| 18 | Erm yeah er mm yeah no I 'm quite intrigued myself about this , this idea that erm somehow it 's heterosexuals who trus who are trustworthy and that , you know , once you have a sexuality that 's different from heterosexuality then you ca n't be trusted with children and you , you know you , you ca n't be trusted to er you know I do n't know , run boys ' clubs , you ca n't be trusted in , in a , you know , it 's sort of , it 's almost like , like erm er it , it almost flies in the face of evidence that the vast majority of sexual abuse that goes on of one sort or another is , is heterosexual , it 's |
| 19 | OVER 200 of the North-East 's best young athletes will be battling it out in the Durham Association of Boys ' Clubs cross country championships at Aykley Heads , Durham , tomorrow writes FRANK JOHNSON . |
| 20 | Last year , Durham swept the board at the National Boys ' Clubs championships , winning all four team events and claiming two individual gold medals in a superb performance . |
| 21 | MIDDLESBROUGH and Cleveland Harriers stole the show with all four individual winners and two team gold medals in yesterday 's Durham Association of Boys ' Clubs cross country championships at Aykley Heads , Durham . |
| 22 | The National Association of Boys ' Clubs refutes the allegations attributed to Miles Atkinson , the vice-chairman of the Durham Association of Boys ' Clubs , contained in the article . |
| 23 | The National Association of Boys ' Clubs refutes the allegations attributed to Miles Atkinson , the vice-chairman of the Durham Association of Boys ' Clubs , contained in the article . |
| 24 | I believe the statements alleged to have been made by Mr Atkinson do not reflect the views of the Durham Association of Boys ' Clubs . |
| 25 | HIGH-KICKING Frankie Vaughan presented a video camera to Boys ' Clubs between appearances at Darlington Civic Theatre . |
| 26 | His fan club , Frank and Friends , donated the camera to a mobile unit shared by the Northumberland and Durham Associations of Boys ' Clubs . |
| 27 | Frankie is seen with the Boys ' Clubs ' Nigel Voules and fans Phylis Gumburd , Jackie salmons , Mavis Bates , Hazel Kidwell and Chris Lester . |
| 28 | And the pressure remained at the top : no access to the old boys ' clubs or men 's rooms for deal-making , and the constant reminder that ‘ if a man fails it 's because he 's inadequate , but if a female does it 's because of her sex . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You see , ’ he continued , smiling unpleasantly , ‘ I travel with a young man , a friend of mine , who roasts boys ' hearts and eats them . |
| 30 | Sometimes , as the wind blew round the house , I imagined I heard his voice outside , and I thought with horror of the young man who ate boys ' hearts . |