Example sentences of "woman and [noun pl] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The typically bi-modal career followed by women in Britain over recent decades ( leaving aside the marriage bar which affected older women ) has meant that married women and mothers of any marital status do not fit into structures of occupational pension provision designed for male breadwinners . |
| 2 | Figures 7.4 and 7.5 show the women and men on each scale as percentages of all the women and of all the men in the teaching profession . |
| 3 | Culture defines status , and fro women and men in many societies achievement or retention of status depends upon the number of children that one has ; for the women , having many children may be the only means of acquiring status within the family and the community . |
| 4 | Women and men in this group carry out different tasks within the home and they pursue different leisure pursuits ( men , for example , are more likely to be tinkering with the car or engaging in DIY ) . |
| 5 | The most significant of these was Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio , which made it the responsibility of an employee to show that an employer used practices adversely affecting women and minorities without any " business necessity " . |
| 6 | Although no differences were found between patients in the two treatment conditions in terms of their subsequent psychological and social adjustment and repetition rates , two categories of patients , women and patients of either sex with dyadic problems , showed significant improvement when given outpatient counselling . |
| 7 | Men , women and children of all ages , wept openly at the going of the blues , and the yellows , the white and the green and the orange , the last of the ‘ Standard Bogies ’ , the Cunarders , the ‘ Coronations ’ and the single-decker from Dalmuir . |
| 8 | Srdjan Matic , secretary-general of the Jewish community in the Croatian capital , Zagreb , said 83 men , women and children of all ages had left for Israel where they would be accommodated in relief centres or temporary housing . |
| 9 | This Lenten time we focus our thoughts on the people of Africa and especially on the women and children of that Continent . |
| 10 | ‘ I have here a petition and I want you all to sign it to show those men in power that the women and children of this country think that slavery is wicked and wrong ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ There are women and children on this ship , ’ shouted Mr Robb . |
| 12 | empathy with men , women and children from all classes , races , religions , and sexualities ; and |
| 13 | Special Skills/Abilities/Aptitudes Quick thinking and perception to understand the arguments put forward Ability to absorb all the strands of information Clear thinking to pick out the important points from the mass of facts Logical thinking to pursue and develop the relevant arguments Authority to control all participants in the case and achieve general acceptance of judgements made Integrity and fairness trusted by all Empathy with men , women and children from all classes , races , religions and sexualities Ability to come to decisions and reach a speedy judgement Courtesy |
| 14 | Quick thinking and perception to understand the arguments put forward Ability to absorb all the strands of information Clear thinking to pick out the important points from the mass of facts Logical thinking to pursue and develop the relevant arguments Empathy with men , women and children from all classes , races , religions and sexualities Ability to come to decisions and reach a speedy judgment . |