Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] a child [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the principal reasons for conducting a detailed assessment of a child 's language is to determine the most effective way of helping that child . |
| 2 | A full enquiry has been launched into how a rapist was able to attack an eleven-year old girl in a children 's ward at a London hospital . |
| 3 | It looks rather like a motorised version of a child 's two-wheeled scooter , with upright handlebars . |
| 4 | Furthermore , for the first time the planned and negotiated sharing of a child 's care , through local authority provision of ‘ accommodation ’ is reframed as a form of support . |
| 5 | Mr Harvey McGregor has said in McGregor on Damages , ( 15th ed Sweet & Maxwell 1988 , para 1588 ) : It may be argued that the benefit of a mother 's personal attention to a child 's upbringing , morals , education and psychology , which the services of a housekeeper , nurse or governess could never provide has , in the long run , a financial value for the child difficult as it is to assess . |
| 6 | One of the surgeons who reported the case , aptly named KC Saw , said they did n't know of any similar cases but the holes in the metal ring with their inward-turning rims were a perfect trap for a child 's fingers . |
| 7 | A crucial aspect of a child 's interests is thus ignored . |
| 8 | When we 've actually given you the full thing in , the minutes , the mights , and where and whatever , you can look at it and say hey , there 's too much of that but what we 're addressing is the moral aspect of a child 's upbringing that perhaps we should be and say well right fine er , it might , I 'm just taking on environmental , right , now the year children to do environment there , but it 's really happening down there , I feel that these children in the past have n't he so can we take that out this year and bring in something totally new , totally different that you feel should go in erm so that it is more rationalised it 's not just my people doing what they want when you see the , the whole thing you can make suggestions and we come back and go back through it again we actually say to the form teachers this is what this will definitely happen for this term but when we 've looked at the whole five year sa side we might change some things . |
| 9 | That crucial time in a child 's life when he has the ability to understand that his parents and teachers are trying to prepare him for his adult life , will not necessarily be related to his age . |
| 10 | These comments suggest that the test is unlikely to be useful as a screening instrument but , when used in conjunction with other tests or with children who have already been identified as having language difficulties , it may assist in the generation of a balanced assessment of a child 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 11 | Could one promote his buried awareness into a skill of giving matter-of-fact recognition to a child 's potential , of giving a child hope about himself , instead of confirming his negative stance by showing surprise at occasional good work or using it to prove that Dave ‘ could do better if he tried ’ ( as we so easily exhort when we are exasperated , and as the group seemed to be doing with Mr E ) ? |
| 12 | Behind the wide , full mouth , the arrogant stare of the eyes , the dark , crimped , Pre-Raphaelite hair streaming in the wind , was a careful delineation of the headland , its objects disposed and painted with the meticulous attention to detail of a sixteenth-century primitive ; the Victorian rectory , the ruined abbey , the half-demolished pillbox , the crippled trees , the small white mill like a child 's toy and , gaunt against a flaming evening sky , the stark outline of the power station . |
| 13 | Alfriston is a very pretty village with a children 's zoo . |
| 14 | When considering whether a parent was unreasonably withholding consent to a child 's adoption , the test was not whether the court agreed with the parent 's reasons for withholding consent but whether a reasonable parent would withhold consent in the circumstances of the case . |
| 15 | But there 's a big difference in my view between the sort of regular abuse and assaults on staff in a Casualty Department and somebody walking into what should have been a locked ward on a children 's unit in a hospital at two o'clock in the morning . |
| 16 | The pension has a large garden with a children 's play area . |
| 17 | This suggests that tantrums have something to do with the normal development of a child 's personality , rather than with the way they have been brought up — although the way they are handled can make things worse . |
| 18 | So all I could do was to prance about waving flashcards and realia like a second-rate conjuror at a children 's party , and try not to glance at my watch more than once a minute . |
| 19 | There is no legal requirement for a child 's evidence to be corroborated in civil proceedings . |
| 20 | Staff and parents need to be strongly motivated to seek an integrated placement in a children 's day centre or nursery school . |
| 21 | There is a fascinating folk-tale about a child 's pre-birth experience which adds weight to this , though it is not reserved to the Kohanim . |
| 22 | Learning how to use " real " dictionaries is a most important part of a child 's reference and research skills . |
| 23 | There was also the French psychologist Michel Gauguelin , who has shown an inconclusive link between a child 's birth date and a future career . |
| 24 | A decentralised model was adopted in the psychiatric department of a children 's hospital in which I worked . |
| 25 | There is often a fatalistic predict-ability about a child 's future achievements in certain structures which , while helping some , can unwittingly limit the progress of others . |
| 26 | There is a private beach , beautiful pool with a children 's section and a bar , and a basement bar and disco during high season . |
| 27 | Under the Children Act agencies have to give due consideration to a child 's race , religion , language , and culture . |
| 28 | Reading for pleasure is an essential part of a child 's development of language skills . |
| 29 | Many beautiful animal portraits have been submitted over the months of the competition , but it usually takes that special ‘ something ’ to create the magic of a prize-winning photograph — perhaps a bird captured in mid-flight , or the moment of sheer wonder on a child 's face as it encounters one of the several animal species now allowed to roam freely in the zoo grounds . |
| 30 | The unambiguous identity of a child 's father is crucial for the child 's own social identity . |