Example sentences of "parents ['s] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were warned not to dress in our parents ' clothes and he threatened Frankie with his belt , but nothing more was said about it . |
| 2 | They picked up scores of children who should have been in class , and found that many stay away from school with their parents ' knowledge and consent . |
| 3 | The ultimate in the clean break philosophy was the shipping of thousands of deprived children to Canada and Australia , ‘ not all of them orphans and not always with their parents ' knowledge or consent ’ . |
| 4 | The print , called ‘ Suspense ’ , hung over my parents ' bed and from a very early age I wished that I could have a dog like that — have a look at the picture of my Nip on page 110 . |
| 5 | Pudding can be given once the child has complied with the parents ' wishes and eaten the small portion of main course first . |
| 6 | The state forces children to be educated for a given period , if necessary against the parents ' wishes or indifference . |
| 7 | This kind of cop-out is also likely to undermine the parents ' credibility and the trust put in them . |
| 8 | Because parental involvement is such a key feature , teachers also need to know about parents ' rights and responsibilities under the legislation , in addition to those of the school and LEA . |
| 9 | The parents charter will enhance parental choice and strengthen parents ' rights and it will make far more information available to help parents to exercise those rights . |
| 10 | The governor 's thing is coming about quite useful tonight because we 've been talking about the law as regards governors and parents ' rights and what you 're supposed to ask parents |
| 11 | This section describes the growth of self-help parents ' groups and services for parents developed by several voluntary associations . |
| 12 | They can ensure that the family receives all the practical help available from statutory and voluntary bodies — perhaps the use of a day nursery , better housing and so on — and they can help to reduce the parents ' guilt and anxiety and encourage them to be accepting and relaxed and neither reject nor over-protect their handicapped child . |
| 13 | She was accustomed to her parents ' absences and proud to endure them as a member of a sailor 's family should , without complaint , but now the absence of her mother and father disturbed her . |
| 14 | People belonged to their parents ' jati and automatically followed the occupation of the jati into which they were born . |
| 15 | In many cases this is quite unlike the vernacular of the parents ' country or countries . |
| 16 | John Murphy 's daughter had separated from John Neal and returned to her parents ' home but Mr Neal continued to call , often drunk and at odd hours . |
| 17 | Prior to World War I , a majority of spinsters faced an often lonely and marginal life in their parents ' home or in the households of a male relative . |
| 18 | The place was fairly close to his parents ' home and possibly had been chosen for that reason . |
| 19 | The desire to ensure that the adult child retains an appropriate degree of independence can be particularly tricky in these circumstances , especially if she or he returns to live in the parents ' home and is dependent upon them for accommodation , child care , emotional support and possibly for money as well . |
| 20 | It has also been spurred on by the growing tendency for young adults to seek accommodation away from their parents ' home and , particularly in the 1980s , by the increase in the numbers of young adults resulting from the baby boom . |
| 21 | At the weekend she had visited her parents ' home and spent some time with her sister , Jennifer , but she had found that she had been unable to tell them about David Markham . |
| 22 | She had joined the course at her parents ' insistence and while it was n't her idea of fun at the time it seemed a better alternative than being behind a typewriter . |
| 23 | He was cremated and buried up at Creeting in my parents ' grave and that 's what 's going to happen to me , you see I will be cremated because erm , you know they make a sort of well and take off the top stone and the pebbles and things and er and then the ashes go in the and so in a casket do n't they and you see and so we shall |
| 24 | The letter was at pains to stress the parents ' involvement and their rights : ‘ If it is agreed that the Authority should determine the special educational provision for your child … your further rights under the Education Act 1981 will be explained to you . ’ |
| 25 | Parents ' discos and family discos are always popular particularly when they have a fancy dress theme and ‘ spot prizes ’ . |
| 26 | Schools that operate on assumptions about parents ' beliefs and attitudes face the danger of stick in the mud complacency , become resistant to change and , through the adoption of self-fulfilling prophecies , limit both ambitions and achievements . |
| 27 | She had inherited a substantial sum of money from her parents ' estates and devoted herself to works of charity . |
| 28 | Diana no longer felt so different because of her parents ' divorce but because a voice inside her told her that she would be separate from the herd . |
| 29 | The N.C.M.A. thinks that a minimum of £17 a week per child for full-time care is reasonable , but you could charge more depending on the parents ' earnings and the number of meals provided etc . |
| 30 | The course included information and discussions about discrimination , legal issues , support services , parents ' views and shared care . |