Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [art] child " in BNC.

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1 Under pressure from professional and voluntary organisations during the debates on the Bill , the government was forced to tackle the question of whether every child could indeed follow the National Curriculum .
2 This progress occurs regardless of whether a child shows emotional and behavioural disturbance .
3 This is true regardless of whether the child will be born into poverty .
4 A qualitative analysis of the various subtests can be used to identify specific difficulties with grammar and as an indication of whether the child is progressing in the same way as most normal children , or whether there are signs of deviant patterns .
5 Reduced lung function has been associated with low birth weight regardless of whether the child had respiratory complications at birth .
6 The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours .
7 Everything was white and clinical as if the child were in a hospital .
8 as if the child were sensing her dilemma , she said , ‘ I am going to see Mama today , am I not , Mrs Aggie ? ’
9 She was talking now as if the child were not present , but the child was present , and she spoke up : ‘ An hour a month ?
10 This is at the heart of Wittgenstein 's criticism of St Augustine 's account : it is ‘ as if the child could already think , only not yet speak ’ ( PI 32 ) ; as if it were learning , not its native language , but a subsequent one .
11 as if the child was n't very important . ’
12 I had no time for those who advocated abortions of convenience , as if the child was somehow an invading organism , like gonorrhoea .
13 You can just imagine what it would be like if a child was actually wearing this at the time of ignition .
14 After all , teachers are not generally too concerned with whether a child learns exactly what the average length of a brontosaurus was , or exactly how wide apart railway lines are , but they should be concerned that the child has the skills necessary to find out that information should it be required .
15 The case was concerned with whether a child under the age of 16 years could be given contraceptive advice without the consent of her parents .
16 1973 ) which emphasized the damaging effects of ‘ drift ’ in care , they came to constitute a formidable ‘ Permanence Movement ’ , campaigning for early decision-making over whether a child entering care was to return to parents or be placed in permanent substitute care .
17 If the baby is severely handicapped , they may be involved in a discussion over whether the child should be allowed to die .
18 Therefore , in children under 15 months , a combination of symptoms and signs of illness , together with culture of the virus itself , are a better guide to whether the child has been infected .
19 If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it .
20 If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it .
21 Not surprisingly , the access granted can often depend on whether the child is a girl or boy .
22 But there is no real decision which has to be made about whether a child should live or die , for nobody has the right to make such a decision .
23 As the memorandum was written , serious concerns arose about whether the child 's interests would paramount .
24 There are a lot of herbs for when a child falls ill .
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