Example sentences of "with children [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Yet , how possible is it for teachers to take such an educational stance with children towards the immensely depressing social issue of their communities ?
2 Social policy has traditionally recognised the additional costs incurred by families with children through the tax and social security systems , although whether or not this has occurred in practice is the subject of dispute .
3 They point , in particular , to a sharp deterioration in the economic position of households with children through the 1970s and 1980s ( O'Higgins , 1989 ) .
4 The reason may lie in what happens to the teachers themselves when they first encounter it , rather than in the use they make of it directly with children over a long period .
5 Mr and Mrs Ware were in their mid-thirties with children aged thirteen and ten .
6 These are especially attractive to families with children aged 12 years or over .
7 51% of lone mothers with children aged 5 years or over were working compared with 70% of married mothers .
8 They live in a large house with children aged 10 , 14 and 18 .
9 When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders .
10 In the ensuing debate , Alan Shatter , TD of Fine Gael , author of a book on family law , pointed out the better provision being made under the projected divorce law for a first wife than existed at present , and that children of the first marriage would maintain their present rights , though they would have to share with children of the second marriage .
11 Some policemen with children of their own expressed difficulties in remaining detached .
12 In fact , the improvement in their educational abilities is as great as with children of average intelligence , and they react as much , if not more , to the same forms of educational training .
13 Like most officers ' children , Alex and Victoria were educated in Britain and had very little contact with children of any other class but their own .
14 Those with children of their own can also gain enormously from the part that their parents play as grandparents .
15 Piaget ( Piaget , Jean , The Child ' s Conception of Number , Chapter I , Routledge & Kegan Paul , 1952 ) has described many experiments of this type with children of four years upwards and concluded that it was not until about the age of seven that children were able to see that a quantity of liquid remains constant although it appears to change when poured into different shaped containers .
16 Bodiam is a picture book castle and a favourite with children of all ages .
17 Today children are meeting and playing with children of other faiths so it is important for them to have some understanding and knowledge of each other 's traditions .
18 Her patients , whom she is far too much of a professional nurse to regard as anything but patients , married couples with children of Dickie 's age , married G.P.s , and your little boyfriends , Jo .
19 As recently as 1949 some 36% of children of secondary age were sharing school buildings with children of primary age .
20 The clever are not held back by their slower classmates , for the bright child and the less able , working with children of their own level , are able to compete intellectually on equal terms .
21 For example , when selecting a foster home , it often seems a good idea to social workers to choose parents with children of similar age to those being placed , but several research projects have shown that this greatly increases the risk of placement breakdown .
22 Clara , already familiar with children of famous parents , and with children who believed their parents to be famous , could not believe that Clelia 's assumption was ill-founded , yet she could not even locate the field of Mrs Denham 's distinction .
23 My sister , younger than me , with children of her own and perhaps thereby with a clearer measure of what we lacked , reminds me of a mother who never played with us , whose eruptions from irritation into violence were the most terrifying of experiences , and she is there , the figure of nightmares , though I do find it difficult to think about in this way .
24 The educational background and training of chartered librarians in Britain has not been well understood by teachers , and in particular it has been noticeable how reluctant spokesmen of the School Library Association have been to acknowledge that some librarians have received a special training in work with children of school age , with materials for children of school age , and involving more than an acquaintance with the study of educational systems and methods and of child development .
25 Somewhere in the world was a man , a thirty-eight-year-old man , who was probably married with children of his own .
26 Speaking as a single parent who was left with children of twelve and eight , it is very hard and I often think it would be a good thing if social workers were better able to explain to young girls who are left with babies , just what it 's going to be like .
27 ‘ Perhaps it 's a bit more difficult with children of your own .
28 Above : In the Magic Kingdom , Mickey Mouse is a huge favourite with children of all ages .
29 ‘ I would love to write to or to meet anyone with similar interests , or with children of a similar age . ’
30 She was only twenty-eight , but , having been deserted by her husband and left with children of one and two years old , she could earn only 2s 6d ( 12½p ) a week by taking in washing .
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