Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] a child " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course a child 's comments need not always be explored but are of themselves tremendously important in giving an indication of his stage of thinking . |
| 2 | That is of course a child for the purpose of claiming a benefit . |
| 3 | Of course a child like you could n't damage anything . |
| 4 | It must not rely on the measurement of subjective impressions such as the number of times a child annoyed a parent ; it must be concerned with observable behaviour . |
| 5 | Not every piece of work a child undertakes needs to proceed through successive stages of drafting . |
| 6 | It was the kind of thing a child might say . |
| 7 | The quality and quantity of language a child hears from adults may result in variations in speed of acquisition ( Clarke-Stewart 1973 ) and knowledge of the ways in which language can be used ( Heath 1983 ) . |
| 8 | In a class buzzing with activity a child with severely defective vision can get left behind or left out because he can not see clearly how to perform the tasks involved . |
| 9 | Discussing the patient 's ‘ auditory environment ’ Gough ( 1986 ) provides vignettes showing how noise means different things to different people and reminds nurses that it is possible to be upset by silence , for example a child in an isolation unit — a salutary reminder of the importance of individualising nursing according to the circumstances . |
| 10 | At the Republican Convention last month George Bush expressed his concern about the whole question of liability in the US , and particularly about the amount of money trial lawyers make from suits that lead to doctors refusing to practise certain areas of medicine , and even to parents refusing to umpire childrens ' baseball games in case a child is injured and they are sued . |
| 11 | In Germany a child proceeds to the next year only when he has achieved a satisfactory standard in every subject of the curriculum . |
| 12 | In Alphaville a child is unlikely to see its father . |
| 13 | In the State of Victoria ( Australia ) the Adoption Law gives rights of access to birth parents and in fact a child can not be taken abroad by the adoptive parents without the consent of the birth parent(s) . |
| 14 | At birth a child enters the condition of infancy — a condition which ceases at the age of 18 years , or rather , at the first moment of the day preceding the eighteenth birthday . |
| 15 | By contrast a child 's bedroom seems safe . |