Example sentences of "[subord] at school " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father 's a physicist and my mum 's a science teacher , and although at school I was interested in all things , most subjects , erm I think maths and physics came particularly easily to me . |
| 2 | Leaving aside the possibility of the parental duty being satisfied by the child being efficiently ( and so on ) educated ‘ otherwise ’ than at school , in view of its relative practical insignificance , parents are under a legal obligation to ensure both that the child receives a proper education and , if registered at school , that s/he attends regularly ( Education Act 1944 , section 39 ) . |
| 3 | Conversely , items used around the home , such as perfumes , aerosols and air-fresheners , may make the child more unmanageable than at school . |
| 4 | In fact , by the time they reach the age of 18 , most children have spent more time in front of the TV set than at school . |
| 5 | At his urging she raised a tentative hand as if at school , and Karlinsky smiled down at her . |
| 6 | I had never learnt any Science — or History — because at school we were taught by a savage creature of uncertain temper , who had favourites , of whom I was terrified , so I learnt nothing . |
| 7 | Whereas at school I felt harried , browbeaten and driven to surpass , at home I felt neglected , devalued , and isolated . |
| 8 | Greece also stimulated his interest in Byron , first aroused while at school in Harrow . |
| 9 | Along with other footballers , as I mentioned earlier , he felt a kind of mild predestination , believing himself to be a footballer even while at school ; though one wonders how many others who thought themselves predestined are now in factories or on milk rounds . |
| 10 | This balances out the slowing down evident in the further education ( FE ) sector , which can be ascribed mainly to demographic trends , and to the fact that an increasing number of candidates progressing to FE have already been registered with SCOTVEC while at school . |
| 11 | While at school the following day there was a general rumour being passed around , this was that all pupils were going to be sent home . |
| 12 | The majority of these will have obtained the required 5 " O " levels whilst at school . |
| 13 | In the first place it is necessary to recognize the identity that exists between the interests of students ( whether at school or in places of higher education ) and of society . |
| 14 | It is a very rare pupil , whether at school or university , who will not understand more with the help of examples and analogies than without , and especially if the examples are simple , intelligible , new , and , if possible , funny . |
| 15 | Indeed nearly half our number are employed in the profession that is most flexiblc for married women , whether at school or university level . |
| 16 | When at school , he was bored . |
| 17 | He would have corrected his flattened and crooked nose — broken in an accident when at school — immediately if he had ever had the money . |
| 18 | 4 Extract from the author 's early essay on ‘ The Younger Generation and Politics ’ , submitted to Faber & Faber when at school , inscribed with T.S . |
| 19 | This project will examine the experiences and characteristics in early adulthood of people who had truanted when at school . |
| 20 | By now , though , he was tired of Barbados , particularly its narrowness of spirit ; they expressed their appreciation of his runs by refusing to allow him , as a black man , to practise at Kensington Oval , and he believed there were still those who resented his success and thought him the same ‘ bighead ’ as at school . |