Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [art] child 's " in BNC.

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1 He argued that consideration had to be given to a child 's quality of life .
2 Consideration will have to be given to the child 's potential and limitations , but it must be remembered that the pupil is part of a family with wishes and ambitions for the child .
3 Due weight must be given to the child 's wishes , but the court is not bound by them .
4 Due consideration must then be given to the child 's views having regard to his age and understanding .
5 Transfer may be justified in the child 's interests , for example , where it would enable the case to be heard in a court closer to the child 's home .
6 If what they say is derogatory , then that opinion ( false or unfair as it may be ) will be registered in the child 's subconscious mind and will grow and expand as he approaches adulthood .
7 However , it has been suggested that often ‘ parents may legitimately be regarded as the child 's representatives in what is a conflict between the family and the state ’ .
8 Family pets may be included in the child 's idea of his family .
9 Collections may be made following a child 's interest in say ‘ shiny ’ things or from the teacher 's suggestion , ‘ Let's collect things that are made of wood ’ or ‘ things with lines on ’ .
10 Nevertheless to consider the National Curriculum as a list of subjects runs the danger of expressing it in a way which over-emphasises information and a narrow range of skills at the expense of the development of a full range of socially useful skills , attitudes and ideas , which is usually the concern of interested parents and can even be seen in a child 's view of the purpose of education .
11 This way of putting the question reveals a sound judgement of the school curriculum : it has to be related to a child 's needs , and justified if and only if it satisfies those needs .
12 Such an assumption requires the invocation of additional processes to explain precisely how what a child does or does not do in one setting might be related to the child 's performance in a different setting .
13 There may be few today who are quite so confident about the precision with which children can be shaped , yet with respect to at least one of the above vocations , that of thief , many current theories of delinquency still concur that the roots of the condition are to be sought in the child 's early years .
14 Whatever approach is adopted , much of the work will be based on the child 's own direct experience .
15 The staff of the receiving primary school would be alerted to the child 's particular needs .
16 A balance must be found between the child 's ease of vision and the tension , fatigue and other possible effects of the bad posture .
17 Documents must be served on the child 's solicitor , or the guardian ad litem where the child does not have a solicitor .
18 Where a child is a party to proceedings and required to serve a document , service must be effected by the child 's solicitor or by the guardian ad litem where the child has no solicitor .
19 I was stunned and very angry that five pence could be put on a child 's life .
20 There are inevitably occasions when an interested and sensitive adult may very well be welcomed into the child 's imaginative play , and a ‘ visitor ’ in the role of house guest , window cleaner or plumber , may even serve to extend the play by providing extra stimuli and ideas .
21 Teaching children should always be taken at the child 's pace , answering questions as truthfully and accurately as possible , rather than trying to tell the whole story .
22 An order may be extended on more than one occasion but may not last more than three years in total and can not be extended beyond the child 's eighteenth birthday .
23 They should also know that it is very important that there must be established in the child 's mind at a very early age a dawning awareness of the fact that for all his life he will be required to submit to control from some source or other .
24 This sort of discussion might be prompted by a child 's chance remark , ‘ Look , I 've got one like that ’ — a judgement which might be explored — ‘ Yes , it does look like that one , but is it exactly the same ? ’
25 However , if it is necessary to follow the child around from one room to another , or if it is desirable to record a child with other children or with more than one adult present , then it is advisable to use a radio microphone which can be attached to the child 's clothing .
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