Example sentences of "woman and [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that every man , woman and child who is killed during this conflict , by bomb , epidemic and starvation , is just as much a casualty of war as a marine or a pilot . |
| 2 | Yeah I 'm , I 'm interested that that so many of you go from love to marriage as er swiftly as the horse and carriage similarly would suggest , I mean it , every one 's experience of love is , is different , every body here is , we 've been talking about love between er men and women , but there 's also love between women and women which we have n't talked about at all . |
| 3 | EVER-MARRIED ( WOMEN ) — The term includes currently married women and women who once married but at the time of the observation were divorced , separated or widowed , and excludes single persons . |
| 4 | There is no doubt that this is a proper way to acknowledge the fine achievements of sportsmen and women and others who have done work for charity . |
| 5 | married women and widows who pay NI contributions at the reduced rate and for whom you hold a valid certificate . |
| 6 | Married women and widows who do not qualify for a basic pension in their own right may be entitled to a basic pension on their husband 's contributions at about 60 per cent of the level to which he is entitled ( see ‘ Pensions for women ’ at the end of the chapter ) . |
| 7 | In one shape or size this was said to me often in writing this book , and always by women and girls themselves . |
| 8 | The women and girls who worked long hours , often by candlelight , to supplement the meagre incomes their menfolk earned as farm labourers , used wheat straw cut by hand by the local farmers , to prevent the stems being broken by machinery . |
| 9 | In Bradford , underground networks of Muslim men try to track down women and girls who have run away from their families , and many Asian taxi drivers carry pictures of missing girls so they can ‘ rescue ’ them if spotted . |
| 10 | The church was full of the women and girls who had attended the morning service and had decided to wait to see the wedding . |
| 11 | Middle-class women and girls who expressed sexual feelings — with men or through masturbation — were often diagnosed as ‘ morally insane ’ and imprisoned in mental asylums . |
| 12 | In reports of assaults on women and girls there was always just one person accused . |
| 13 | In the Conservative manifesto 's section on Women and Opportunity there are cringing pledges to implement the EC Directive on ‘ pregnant workers ’ , expand childcare facilities , maintain child benefit and generally encourage more women to work . |
| 14 | However , it is not the world 's statesmen that we have to thank for even this limited achievement in arms control , but the women and men whose political activity has ensured that some action must be taken . |
| 15 | And , as the old manufacturing heartlands decline , so participation in TUC courses is increasingly drawn from the public sector unions , representing women and men whose labour processes and relationships with employers set quite different constraints to effective struggle from those affecting private-sector workers . |
| 16 | I felt like those women and men who openly sold their favours . |
| 17 | Data from the Labour Force Survey in 1981 show that high proportions of both women and men who are divorced or separated live in the home of their own parents , although there are some differences related to both gender and social class ( as measured by housing tenure ) . |
| 18 | But ( unless one be Christian ) why not hold as one 's vision a community of both women and men who , having essentially left the past behind , live in the present ? |
| 19 | Surprisingly , perhaps , the GHS figures showed little difference between the proportions of women and men who said they were caring ( 15 per cent and 12 per cent respectively ) . |
| 20 | Though the group which dominated the executive board of the National Association tended to be drawn from the secularist , radical circles of the metropolis , the women and men who effectively led the repeal movement came from the same provincial backgrounds which sustained many other mid-century reform groups . |
| 21 | It grew out of the first demonstrations , towards the end of October 1989 , and was composed of women and men who were outraged at the filth and the toxins in the air , water and soil . |
| 22 | I believe that the millions of women and men who choose to work part time will understand very well that the Labour party seeks to destroy their jobs whereas the Government are in the business of protecting them . |
| 23 | Of course , the recommendations from this report are unacceptable to many Black women and men who are involved in various other struggles to overcome oppression in society . |
| 24 | We are deeply concerned for the fate of all those thousands of women and men who remain in prison . |
| 25 | Women and men who provide these services deserve decent pay and decent conditions . |
| 26 | You have to try and improve trading skills and efficiency and it is vital to maintain organized groups of women and men who are committed to fighting locally and at all levels for ordinary decent decency and simple justice in the way people are treated of course , but we have got also to find ways of getting together to face those problems no one knows how to solve . |
| 27 | According to Senator Edward Kennedy it demonstrated " that he is more interested in appeasing extremists in his party than in providing simple justice for the millions of working women and minorities who face bias on the job " . |
| 28 | Women and AIDS Your Guide to Safer Sex and the Condom |
| 29 | This group of ‘ uncounted unemployed ’ is likely to consist largely of women and school-leavers who have not worked before and so are not eligible for unemployment benefit . |
| 30 | She worked untiringly , always patient and kind to the men , women and children whom she helped , eager to learn from her companions , and devout in her prayers . |