Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a child " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the attractions of swearing for a child is that it seems a grown-up thing to do . |
| 2 | If the CEMREL Research Project ( 1972 ) is any indication of what is expected it seems American teachers are looking for a child 's skill at ‘ showing ’ , and , in particular , ‘ showing ’ emotion . |
| 3 | Joseph Gill , John Pinney 's hard-drinking cousin , lived as near by as caretaker ; Peggy Marsh , described by Dorothy as ‘ one of the nicest girls I ever saw ’ , arrived after a month to help in running the enormous house ; and from the beginning Wordsworth and Dorothy were preoccupied with caring for a child not yet three years old called Basil Montagu . |
| 4 | These tend to be those least capable of caring for a child , or those bearing a foetus with malformations for which the diagnosis is time-consuming . |
| 5 | The term abandoned is not defined in the Act but it will clearly apply where a person caring for a child has left without indicating his intention to return or making arrangements for the child 's care in his absence . |
| 6 | A parent or person caring for a child may challenge a local authority 's refusal to classify the child as " a child in need " . |
| 7 | In child protection cases the character of a parent , guardian or anyone else caring for a child is nearly always relevant . |
| 8 | A parent , guardian or person caring for a child may seek advice and assistance on his behalf ( Legal Advice and Assistance ( No 2 ) Regulations 1980 ( SI No 1898 ) , reg 8(2) and reg 14(2) ( a ) ) . |
| 9 | Clothing sets up a hierarchical order founded on a father 's liking for a child . |
| 10 | For example , in the infertility clinics , the patient 's yearning for a child meets the drive , satisfaction and status inherent in or accorded to technical brilliance . |
| 11 | Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby . |
| 12 | Article 42 went on to give an almost supplementary right to the state in providing for a child 's education by acknowledging the right of parents to school their children in their own home should they wish it . |
| 13 | I understand they were both hoping for a child , as well as his in-laws . |
| 14 | Mr and Mrs Allen had been trying for a child for 19 years and were overjoyed when Laura was born . |
| 15 | The woman , who is married and lives in Formby , Sefton , said : ‘ I have been trying for a child for 19 years . |
| 16 | Talk to children about plants and trees and animals dying , ask them to draw their impressions of these events , and they will reveal an understanding that can leave many adults longing for a child 's faith and knowledge . |