Example sentences of "women be [vb pp] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a world in which women are understood to be the equals of men , and in which we must promote the equality of people of different races , such a Christology as that which I was proposing would seem to be fruitful . |
| 2 | There 've been no other attacks on the estate , but women are warned to be on their guard while walking alone . |
| 3 | Women are presumed to be able to cope domestically in circumstances where men are presumed to be unable to manage : they can cook , clean and care for themselves even if they are physically impaired ( Wenger , 1984 ) . |
| 4 | It is interesting that women are said to be conservative only at times and in places where this trait is not valued . |
| 5 | Some women are said to be ‘ dangerous ’ if they act as many men do all the time . |
| 6 | And I think that there is a very strong argument erm for getting women in the cabinet on the basis that if women are seen to be in the cabinet they are seen as competent , they 're seen as excellent politicians , and that 's why I go for a form of positive discrimination , which is that if you 've got two people who are equally well qualified , and if erm Mr Major decided that a man and a women were equally well qualified , then I think he should have chosen the woman erm |
| 7 | One in six women are believed to be victims of domestic violence , yet many are suffering in silence . |
| 8 | Words like ‘ bitch ’ and ‘ shrew ’ imply that women are in some way transgressing their feminine role ; such women are too strong and stroppy , not considerate and attentive in the way women are meant to be . |
| 9 | For to compensate for any increased leisure time which the acquisition of machinery could bring , women are encouraged to be generally more house-proud . |
| 10 | Thus a description of R. & R. Clark 's works in 1896 commented that " for straightforward setting , ordinary stonework , simple imposition and first proof-reading , the women are found to be fully qualified , though of course they do not attain to the all-round excellence of first-class men " , |
| 11 | Women are considered to be ‘ partners in creating life ’ and therefore have a close and intuitive link with God . |
| 12 | Apart from immunisation of young children , pregnant women are considered to be a priority group because certain infectious diseases can cause serious damage to the developing fetus . |
| 13 | In ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ Jane Austen describes a society in which women are considered to be chattels — independent-minded chattels , certainly , but nevertheless objects to be handed from man to man until they are suitably married . |
| 14 | We do not demand a ban on all sterilisation just because some women are forced to be sterilised , we do not even attack the whole concept of a well are state just because of abuses like the cohabitation rule , so why oppose pay for childcare solely because it might be abused ? |
| 15 | If it is the case that we are motivated by nothing more than the need to reproduce , then it makes sense that women are programmed to be broody and men to satisfy that broodiness . |
| 16 | It is frustrating that women are expected to be happy with the traditional women 's jobs . |
| 17 | Other sources say the reason for the massacre was that the women were believed to be Irish whores , armed to fight . |
| 18 | As a result , women were held to be psychologically unstable . |
| 19 | It made clear that married women were expected to be housewives first and foremost ; and that since this did not involve any independent income , wives were to be covered by , and dependent on , their husbands ' insurance : |
| 20 | Pavlova was unusually slender in an era when women were expected to be well rounded . |
| 21 | Women were found to be more likely than men to poison themselves after receiving psychotropics , and patients aged between 15 and 29 years had the highest rates . |
| 22 | These unmarried women were thought to be a good influence on the girls and good role models . |
| 23 | Married women were thought to be particularly likely to abuse the system because of the temptation to stay at home to catch up with housework . |
| 24 | The move was regarded as significant in Japan because verbal harassment of women was known to be particularly widespread , but previously only actual assaults had been legally construed as comprising acts of harassment . |
| 25 | Health for women was held to be synonymous with healthy motherhood . |