Example sentences of "[prep] children 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was vital to take account of children 's cognitive and emotional responses when evaluating their evidence . |
| 2 | Allan Ahlberg says : ‘ In the past , a lot of children 's books seemed to be the work of talented illustrators whose pictures looked brilliant framed in a gallery , but when you tried to read the book , there was nothing there , because the words started as a coat-hanger to hang pictures on . ’ |
| 3 | Although they are a principled pair — they once turned down the Smarties Award on moral grounds — the Ahlbergs reject the notion of children 's author as moralist . |
| 4 | A Home Office Advisory Working Group , chaired by Judge Pigot , on the question of children 's evidence will report imminently and is expected to recommend that children as young as four or five should be allowed to give evidence if a judge rules that they are competent . |
| 5 | Alison Lurie is Professor of Children 's Literature at Cornell University , New York . |
| 6 | Exhibition of children 's books at the Frankfurt Book Fair |
| 7 | Palmer had spent most of his life in and out of children 's homes and was in care himself when he became stepfather to the baby . |
| 8 | Lulu and the Flying Babies by Posy Simmonds MARY ROBSON ( mother of Leo , 4 ) Matilda by Roald Dahl ( Puffin , £3.50 ; Cape , £8.50 ) Winner of Children 's Book Of The Year award 1989 There 's no mystery why Roald Dahl is a best-selling children 's author . |
| 9 | Arm-chairs and bedroom slippers instead of children 's foods is one extreme instance of the change-over from the requirements of youth to those of old age . |
| 10 | Princess Diana took the top position of children 's favourite royals , and the Corgis polled tenth overall , while Prince Philip did n't even get a mention . |
| 11 | Before writing The First Wives Club , she was an author of children 's books ( and she is not telling who ) ; before that , a marketing executive , a role , she says , which instructed her in the ‘ fear and loathing ’ with which corporate America regards women , and the depths to which it will stoop to deny them equal status . |
| 12 | But the sign is a premature announcement , for a third building boasts fresh white paint , two standing privvies set behind , and a row of children 's swings . |
| 13 | Dr Maureen Cox is the author of Children 's Drawings , published this month by Penguin . |
| 14 | For example , voluntary organizations played , and will continue to play , a central role in the provision of children 's services ; they were also influential in shaping new child care legislation ( for example : The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and the Children Act , 1908 ; Association of British Adoption Agencies and the 1975 Children Act ) . |
| 15 | Fourthly , the growing awareness of the complexity of children 's problems , coupled with an ecological perspective that views them as part of an extended family and local community with its own history and culture , mean that no single person or agency will be able to provide all the necessary services . |
| 16 | The history of children 's theatre and Theatre in Education ( as it is now called ) , with its own nice mixture of educational thinkers as its leaders — Bertha Waddell , Caryl Jenner , Gerald Tyler , Gordon Vallins , Stuart Bennett , Roger Chapman , Cora Williams , John O'Toole ( 1976 ) , David Pammeter , Pam Schweitzer , Geoff Gillham and Tony Jackson ( 1980 ) , to select a few — to a considerable extent reflects the changing conception of drama in the classroom during these two decades . |
| 17 | It has been pointed out that the legal protection of children 's welfare is not the same as the conferment of rights on children , since it presupposes that welfare agencies , judges and even parents would have the right to take decisions on the child 's behalf . |
| 18 | Although it may not necessarily clarify the position , there should nevertheless be greater recognition of children 's autonomy interests in the context of school discipline . |
| 19 | When a supply teacher 's standards of discipline or expectations of children 's performance do n't match those of the school , trouble can develop resulting in strained relationships , unhappy children , disgruntled parents and tales that will damage the school 's reputation taken to other schools by the supply teacher . |
| 20 | Now that we are facing demands to keep the most detailed records of children 's progress it makes sense to involve children in some of this work . |
| 21 | If they were not actively asserting their authority they were taking a role of judge and referee as a consequence of children 's requests . |
| 22 | Are there examples of children 's work or even commercial prints on display to catch attention ? |
| 23 | Are there displays of children 's work placed around the room and is the attention of governors drawn to them in a meaningful way ? |
| 24 | A video camera is almost an essential tool in recording evidence of work undertaken in various subject areas and of children 's development . |
| 25 | Building society offices will often provide a great deal of window space to a display of children 's work as part of their community service . |
| 26 | Supermarkets and libraries too are usually willing to give over part of their foyer for a limited time for exhibitions of children 's work . |
| 27 | The development of children 's spoken language in the English curriculum is concerned with the relations between language , speaker and listener . |
| 28 | Both boys and girls should experience a wide range of children 's literature . |
| 29 | Miscue analysis entails a systematic record and evaluation of children 's ‘ errors ’ when reading aloud from texts which are not well known to them and which are not at their reading frustration level . |
| 30 | For these purposes teachers will need to keep samples of children 's writing in order to monitor its range and development over the course of a key stage ; and they will need systematic means of recording and appraising the ways in which pupils approach writing tasks , including talking about what they are doing and why . |