Example sentences of "the [noun] [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 | There was a loud frightening scream from the direction of the children 's pool , and Shelley was on her feet and making for the source of the scream before Rosie had finished speaking . |
3 | Rodd was the man who brought to Britain 's attention the existence of the Children 's Film Foundation , a body never heard of before or since . |
4 | A social work career was developed in connection with this work , but not so effectively as was the case in the children 's departments . |
5 | The indications were that the Sheriff would uphold the decision of the Children 's Panel , and would support the Place of Safety orders . |
6 | ‘ 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 . |
7 | Peggy Heeks described the function of a children 's librarian in this way : |
8 | The story of a children 's Christmas , climaxing in a party , comes towards the lower end of these two extremes , and we are going to take it as the plot on which can be built an interesting home movie . |
9 | Alan Giles on the future of the children 's book business in the UK |
10 | This book is the result of the children 's looking and experimenting , a continuous inquiry into their environment . ’ |
11 | I would suggest that , leaving aside permanence achieved by return home to the child 's natural parents , relatives or close friends , and permanence in some cases achieved by residential care ( and I think we should look very carefully at the work of the Children 's Family Trust and at the Ockenden Venture , where results are extremely promising ) , there are sixteen different routes to achieving permanent family placement with substitute families . |
12 | Mrs Pat Taylor , of Prestatyn , was one of 100 women nominated to attend the first North Wales Woman of the Year lunch , at the Kinmel Manor Hotel , Abergele , which raised £10,000 for the work of the children 's charity , Barnardos , in Wales . |
13 | He also warned that a future application by the council for the children 's adoption against their mother 's wishes might succeed . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Mr. Tarrant , the minister of the Unitarian church which the Thomas family now attended regularly , had encouraged Edward in his outdoor tastes with much kindness and persuaded the editor of a children 's paper to print his early holiday-task descriptions of country walks : But like all other grown-up people he inspired me with discomfort , strangeness , a desire to escape … |
16 | The county 's schools reorganisation panel chairman , Coun Dafydd Orwig , urged members of the county 's education committee to accept the recommendation , which , he argued , would be for the benefit of the children 's education . |
17 | Both had supported the parents during the Children 's Hearing , and during the Appeal against the Place of Safety warrants . |
18 | It is also the sponsor of a children 's garden for the show , designed by Gillian Temple . |
19 | erm er and the spelling of it , you , you asked , I think , about the , about the Bridgit side of it and so on and , and questioned that and then again later on picked up a bit about the er tt about the spelling of the children 's names so you , you went along with him on , on that . |
20 | Her dream is to be the director of a children 's hospital ; her boyfriend will own his own garage and she hopes that they 'll live happily ever after . |
21 | ‘ I 'm not the slightest bit interested in you — or what you wear ! ’ she hissed at him beneath the sound of the children 's laughter as they jumped off the bed , and scampered about the room . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | He indicated that , without specific application to children 's hearings , the nature of the children 's hearings system ‘ leaves [ it ] outside the benefit of this Bill ’ , and he added : ‘ It would be wrong to deny them the benefit of the Bill when , if they had committed serious offences and appeared before the courts , they would have had its protection . ’ |
24 | In short , it was thought by many that the nature of the children 's hearing system would make it unnecessary to enact rules for ‘ wiping the slate clean ’ . |
25 | Joseph lead the team towards the children 's section and as they were passing through a second explosion was felt . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 ’ . |
28 | ‘ This accident was the result of the failure of the children 's parents and grandparents to keep lighters and matches away from children . ’ |
29 | Luckily , they did n't have to get into the cage for the children 's ward was on the ground floor . |
30 | The disposal of almost all matters concerning children in Scotland is in the remit of the Children 's Hearing system . |