Example sentences of "[prep] [art] parents ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since there is evidence that at least some quarrels are attempts to attract attention or are bids for the parents ' favour , make it clear from the outset that while you are not interested in hearing the details of arguments , or the telling of tales , you will not tolerate any hitting . |
| 2 | He and Tasker were chosen by Bonington to be members of the 1982 British Everest Expedition , and shortly before he left Leysin he wrote for the Parents ' Association Newsletter an account of his schooldays , affectionately remembered : |
| 3 | These ideas became the basis for the Parents ' Educational Union , which was established in 1887 in Bradford . |
| 4 | So parents actually welcomed the possibility of a large family : an extra pair of hands could soon pay for itself by working in the fields as well as ensuring security for the parents ' old age . |
| 5 | yeah and like learning my Romeo and Ju I think I might actually sit down on Sunday and learn that cos I 'm gon na be at home but I , it 's quite good I 'll , I 'll see Foxy when I get back in the evening because parents have got ta come back for the parents ' meeting . |
| 6 | In mitochondria , where a secondary set of genes exists , war between the parents ' contributions resulted . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah well , ’ said Septimus Coffin , on the Monday after the Parents ' Evening , ‘ it 's four o'clock . |
| 8 | For the third period , that after the parents ' death or incapacity , I do accept the reasonableness of employing a nursing agency and therefore on this occasion I do accept Mr figure per year of sixty five thousand five hundred and thirty seven pounds and ninety six pence . |
| 9 | The gist of the parents ' complaints is that children were allowed too much freedom and that there was too little formal instruction in the three Rs . |
| 10 | In one case , noted earlier , an order was made when a child from a good home was kept away from school because of the parents ' opposition to comprehensive schools . |
| 11 | Part of the parents ' case had rested on the following argument : within the school which the child attended a decision had been taken to include her in a remedial class ; thus , the special educational provision that should be made for her had already been determined ; so a statement ( under section 7(1) of the Act ) should follow . |
| 12 | Other forms of mental handicap may be attributed to genetic factors , where the fusion of the parents ' genes creates an irregularity in the chromosomal mix . |
| 13 | The video would show activities undertaken during a typical school day , including lunch times and break times , the routines for meeting children at the end of the day , introduce the staff and the chair of governors and the chair of the parents ' association . |
| 14 | Normally at least one parent remained in the home , or if not , close by ; and in many cases aunts of the parents ' generation were involved in caring . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr O'Malley of the Parents ' Association . |
| 16 | Mr O'Malley , of the Parents ' Association , having arrived to see what they had got for their money , stood with the rest of the interested parties , Mr Sylvester and Mrs Bean and Mr and Mrs Singh and quite a lot of the Sports Committee . |
| 17 | Or , as is much more likely to be the truth of the matter , evidence of the parents ' fear that they might be depriving the child of some advantage if the ritual is omitted . |
| 18 | These models from the ‘ me ’ generation are frequently set up in opposition to the ‘ they ’ models of the parents ' generation . |
| 19 | The departure of a ‘ special ’ child may be particularly problematic because he or she may have invoked part of the parents ' own history , or because the child performed a vital role in the family such as ‘ go-between ’ or communicator . |
| 20 | None of these articles referred to the activities of the Parents ' Rights Group , to the joblessness and homelessness that had caused lesbians and gays to seek support from councils in the first place , to the findings of the Gay Teenage Group survey about the intimidation and isolation of lesbian and gay teenagers in state schools , to the menace of fundamentalism — or to any other feature of our oppression . |
| 21 | All over Orkney during the time the children were away from their homes , prayers were said for them in churches of all denominations and at prayer meetings , and despite the torment they went through , none of the parents ' faiths wavered . |
| 22 | He offered Helen Martini , as Chairman of the Parents ' Action Committee , whatever help he could in the campaign to get the children home , and to ensure that a full judicial inquiry was held . |
| 23 | In captivity or in the wild , the first two clutches of barn owl chicks often die because of the parents ' inexperience . |
| 24 | One drop of Methylene Blue to each pint of jar water helps to prevent fungus attacking the eggs or fry , and strong aeration keeps them clean and healthy , simulating the fanning of the parents ' fins . |
| 25 | If I am correct — and the statement is also seen in some measure as a form of protection of the parents ' and child 's rights in this matter — it is surely anomalous that this statement appears largely to have become a passport to special schooling . |
| 26 | The fees for sending a child to school can come to a quarter of the parents ' cash income . |
| 27 | The playgroup leader will usually offer her observations as part of the parents ' contribution to the Statement . |
| 28 | It was , sadly , to be the first and last major impact of the parents ' movement during the initial phase of responses . |
| 29 | Mother , in other words , is thought to be always the same mother , parental influences are regarded as invariable throughout childhood , and an assessment of the parents ' psychological characteristics at one point is thought sufficient to typecast them for good . |
| 30 | He became the first editor of the Parents ' Association Newsletter , a valuable complement to the School Magazine . |