Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [prep] [art] children 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no one about ; the swings in the children 's play area hung motionless and the only sound from the swimming-pool was the hum of the filtration plant . |
| 2 | ‘ I know , ’ he stressed ‘ that within the rules of the Children 's Hearing , that the best interests of the children have been weighed , and on the balance of probabilities , the appropriate action was the right action . |
| 3 | Mrs Law , who ran the shop with a small team of volunteers , sent the proceeds to the Children 's Village in Thandigudi , in Southern India . |
| 4 | Both had supported the parents during the Children 's Hearing , and during the Appeal against the Place of Safety warrants . |
| 5 | And when you sat , trembling forgetfully , on one of the benches in the frosted gardens , with the grass like white hair standing on end , you felt you could hear the ghosts of the children 's cries and shouts — for here they must surely have played in their packs . |
| 6 | The implications for the children 's hearing system of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act , 1974 , appear at first sight to be far-reaching and disastrous . |
| 7 | However , others have been content to accept the message in Problems of Social Policy : for example , Peter Gosden , in his detailed study of education in the war , cites Titmuss as the authoritative source on the social consequences of evacuation ; likewise , Raynes Minns concludes that the revelations of the children 's condition ‘ made headlines , and once again , as in 1914 , when the physical condition of army recruits was found to be so poor , war forced a British government to recognise the extremes of poverty and neglect that survived in our cities , and eventually to act by expanding our welfare services ’ . |
| 8 | The conditions of the children 's home life tended to nullify the efforts of the teacher to instil a little culture … |
| 9 | And this ‘ vague altruism ’ apparently permeated up to the highest levels in government : for example , Neville Chamberlain , who had been a leading figure in the pre-war National Government 's denial of the problem of child malnutrition , was so shocked by the stories of the children 's condition that he commented to his sister , ‘ I never knew that such conditions existed , and I feel ashamed of having been so ignorant of my neighbours . |
| 10 | There are some ministers who eschew the delights of the children 's address . |
| 11 | Thus laden , and with eyes popping and face red , he motioned Jitka to go ahead and open the doors , which she did , and together , they climbed the stairs to the children 's room at the back where Noreen used to sleep . |
| 12 | Beginning to feel like one of the characters from the children 's programme Camberwick Green , she hastily suppressed the little involuntary twitch of her lips . |
| 13 | The windows were like the windows of the children 's ward where Baby used to be , of white glass which you could n't see through . |
| 14 | It is the members of a Children 's Hearing who will decide whether your child can return to live with you . |
| 15 | They began to realise that many procedures had been wrongly carried out in the management of the case , in particular that the Social Work Department were not implementing the decisions of the Children 's Panel . |
| 16 | Mrs Laughton said that one of the reasons for Mrs Kemp 's suspension was that she had objected to the Social Work Department ignoring the decisions of the Children 's panel . |
| 17 | People who have helped could also be invited into the school at the end of the project to see the results of the children 's work . |
| 18 | She walked quickly along the landing to the bathroom , knocking on the doors to the children 's rooms as she went . |
| 19 | If the expenses of the children 's education are more than you can contrive , I will help with that if you inform me by letter . |