Example sentences of "[noun] [art] child [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Her rent would have certainly been paid in advance and the rent man , whoever he was , would likely be the only one who would come down here , except of course the child 's uncles , and they must have been hard put to it to resort to this hole .
2 A loving bond fuels the child 's efforts to learn .
3 In some schools the children 's toilets are included in the conducted tour for potential new parents .
4 After a few months the child 's speech improved but later a specialist advised there was need of a further operation .
5 ( a ) The welfare principle Under s1(1) of the Act the child 's welfare must be the court 's paramount consideration when it determines any question relating to a child 's upbringing .
6 However , the Court of Appeal decided in Burton v Islington Health Authority [ 1992 ] 3 WLR 617 that at common law a child en ventre sa mρere and unborn at the time of the defendant 's negligence has a cause of action for injuries caused by that negligence .
7 Her voice was soft and low ; her complexion a child 's .
8 The idea of entitlement probably represents an attempt , during a much longer debate about the need for a ‘ national ’ curriculum , to bring into focus the child 's individual needs and rights : it is needed to counterbalance any propensity towards the state 's collective needs — totalitarianism if you will — which a move towards a nationally prescribed curriculum might bring with it .
9 Both schools of thought defined here , then , would claim to have as their central focus the child 's welfare , although it appears that the ‘ society-as-parent ’ school more often uses this phrase or phrases like it , while the other group tends to talk about the family .
10 I think television would be as much to blame as any you know the bairns the children 's programmes are all in English and so on you can .
11 At that moment a child 's bone snapped .
12 In this case a child 's shortest distance to school along public thoroughfares was just less than 3 miles .
13 By contrast a child 's bedroom seems safe .
14 ’ Killer Bombs ’ The sirns waled , The sirne ecoed through the streets as the planes ( zoomed ) across the sky Droaned there was a quick burst of ack Ack fire Then a whistling of Bombs all around Suddenly here was silence Then a rumble , Then a boom getting louder like a volcano The sky filled smoke and flames Black Bright orange leeping through the air across the sky in the middle of the noise a child 's crying Then the shouting of people trapped in the rubble House in flames all around The loud ringing of fire engines rushing to the fire More and more voices ( shouting ) for help screaming Body lieing all around .
15 Of course a child 's comments need not always be explored but are of themselves tremendously important in giving an indication of his stage of thinking .
16 The 1956 vintage of the independent left was one of extraordinary potential , numbering many thousands of experienced cadres from the Communist Party crisis , hundreds of Labour lefts bursting from their party prison , contingents of determined and defiant pacifists and , within a short while the Children 's Crusade of teenagers from all classes .
17 Against my nightdress a child 's foot , burning
18 A social worker may , for example , repeat to the court a child 's account of sexual abuse by a parent .
19 Crazily — the most recent think I have done — is start a children 's bookshop in my own home .
20 It is considered that in the past the children 's learning in crucial areas of their lives may have been either insufficient or inappropriate .
21 In a sense the children 's librarian is freer , but also is forced to work in a more oblique and informal way ; the teacher may work directly , can initiate activities and be more directive , for instance in requiring the child to respond with his own written or pictorial work or linking the reading to another activity in the classroom .
22 It is sufficient to stress that during the first hours and days of life the child 's whole interaction with other things consists of reflex adaptation to the circumstances of the moment in so far as these affect biological need — the need , at this stage , of continued existence only .
23 At first sight the children 's sizes look rather small but they are designed to shape not only the front neck , but also a few centimetres at the back .
24 In both of these instances the child 's bad behaviour was ‘ rewarded ’ by allowing him to get his own way .
25 FARM WORLD THE CHILDREN 'S FARM
26 Surely in this fictional consultation the child 's own general practitioner would be able to assess the child and administer inhaled or oral steroid as effectively , if not more effectively , than a busy house officer in a casualty department ?
27 Some requests or demands are reasonable and fair , but others certainly might not be so because they fail to take into account the child 's right to his/her needs and point of view , or because they are inappropriate to his/her level of development .
28 The assessment should take into account the child 's physical , emotional and educational needs according to his age , sex , religion , culture and language .
29 Then the child heard a sentence fragment of the form B because … ( e.g. , The cup falls because … ) and presented with two single pictures of A and C. The child 's task was to choose the appropriate picture and complete the sentence .
30 Subject to any limitation which may be applicable , in the exercise of the inherent jurisdiction the child 's welfare is the court 's paramount consideration .
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