Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] a child " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , we do put children off by being rigid because a child , I am sure , does n't see the world in a rigid way . |
| 2 | Yes , we do put children off by being rigid because a child , I am sure , does n't see the world in a rigid way . |
| 3 | Philippa , whose face was normally as radiant and untroubled as a child 's , had not stopped frowning since Lee had started talking to her that afternoon and it annoyed Conrad to see it . |
| 4 | Feeling as uncompleted as a child |
| 5 | Such differences , though they may be less marked when a child is 14 , may yet be considerable . |
| 6 | Assessments are straightforward when a child is subject to a care order and the local authority has sole responsibility for that child 's welfare . |
| 7 | And anyone could see he was as simple as a child , just by the look of him . ’ |
| 8 | ( At the extremes , a child of professional parents was about 20 times more likely than a child of semi-skilled and unskilled workers to enter full-time higher education . ) |
| 9 | It replaced the previous categories of handicap with the concept of special educational needs , defined as existing where a child has significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age , or has a disability that prevents or hinders him or her from using the educational facilities normally available . |
| 10 | This information is important if a child 's test score is to be compared with information from the standardisation sample in order to make judgements about relative severity of a linguistic problem or language delay . |
| 11 | Securing a day care place is often extremely important if a child in need is to remain within the family . |
| 12 | Such a responsibility can prove onerous because a child who comes from an introverted home is likely to be introverted her/himself . |
| 13 | When Aunt Tossie gave , or spent , she was as exuberant as a child , tossing a ball into the air . |
| 14 | His face was open and pleasant , with a skin as pink as a child 's . |
| 15 | He frowned , and the handsome face clouded momentarily , petulant as a child 's . |
| 16 | And then he 'd lock the doors to the reception block , and he 'd retire to his back room and make himself as small as a child on his bunk in the corner . |
| 17 | Bernie 's indiarubber face was as guileless as a child 's . |
| 18 | We would be amazed if a child decided that , since crawling was a perfectly good way of getting around , it would n't risk falling over by trying to walk . |
| 19 | She had never been on a train before and the speed , which must have been twenty miles an hour , made her as excited as a child . |
| 20 | Katherine had been as excited as a child on Christmas morning . |
| 21 | Doctors are not infallible when a child 's peace and happiness are at stake . |
| 22 | Especially is it difficult when a child can remember her own mother , and had in fact seen her again some months before . |
| 23 | Offering a varied diet that includes fresh fruit and vegetables can be difficult when a child is faddy . |
| 24 | Gold bracelets , each as thick as a child 's wrist , if their hair was blonde ; amber , ebony , ivory , white gold , amethysts … |
| 25 | Jack had married the daughter of the Westward family , as unlikely a match as was ever known in the country , but necessary since a child was on the way . |
| 26 | You may remember that Samson was a man of enormous strength and then , following a liaison with Delila and her cutting off his hair , he was reported to have become as weak as a child — and yet there was an occasion , which led to his death , when he brought the whole temple down by pulling the pillars against which he was propped . |
| 27 | It logically follows from this that a fit person should need less sleep than an unfit one , or a man than a woman , or a grown-up than a child . |
| 28 | They are agreeably surprised if a child shows a grasp of a phenomenon , such as how a machine works , which they themselves have only recently mastered . |
| 29 | ‘ said Grazie in a voice as sweet as a child 's |
| 30 | I always had to pay a nurse to look after her ; she wasted away , could n't stand or walk , but her eyes were as bright as a child 's and so was her wit . |