Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] children 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger Samways , Adviser for English and Drama in Dorset , was very progressive in outlook , holding views about children 's learning which were anathema to most right-wing Conservatives . |
| 2 | Social workers defined their main purpose when investigating referrals of alleged sexual abuse as the evaluation of child care risk ; judgement about children 's well-being was justifiable and necessary even if the reasons which motivated referral were unproven or no longer relevant . |
| 3 | I know it will give as much joy and satisfaction to you as it will to me , to know that we have played our part in this great crusade for children 's health . |
| 4 | On the other hand , a Club with a low rating for children 's facilities , for example , does not necessarily mean it is unsuitable for all families , simply that it is likely to have fewer facilities for children . |
| 5 | ‘ Enthusiasm for children 's books is n't the only thing that 's infectious in Egypt . ’ |
| 6 | We 'll end up today by talking a bit about children 's role play . |
| 7 | The relationship between the library and the subjects on the curriculum is embodied in the principle that all subjects require information skills and must therefore accept responsibility for children 's " learning how to learn " , with the library as the main resource whereby this skill may be applied . |
| 8 | The structural change in England and Wales was accompanied by a change in central government organization , whereby the Home Office 's responsibility for children 's services was passed over to the Department of Health and Social Security , which was already responsible for other welfare services . |
| 9 | These findings offered important support for theoretical proposals about children 's acquisition of the meanings of more and less as well as of other adjective pairs ( e.g. , big/small , tall/short , wide/narrow ) , in that they appeared to show that children first learned the meaning of the unmarked term for a dimension ( e.g. , big , tall ) , and interpreted the marked ( negative ) member ( small , short ) of the pair as if it had the same meaning as the unmarked ( positive ) member ( see H. Clark , 1970 ; Clark , 1973a ) . |
| 10 | Hilary now has a full-time post with Playboard , the Association for Children 's Play and Recreation , and Margaret Charlwood will now represent the Society as Trainer at a week 's Course for Teachers in Brussels in December . |
| 11 | Not all of these demands are quantifiable and measurable or will rest easily within a neat job description : some will stem from anxieties about children 's academic progress , some will centre upon their social and emotional welfare . |
| 12 | A 10-point programme for children 's rights adopted at the summit included ( i ) the reduction of infant and under-five mortality by one-third to 50 and 70 per 1,000 respectively by the year 2000 ; ( ii ) the reduction by half of severe malnutrition in children under five ; and ( iii ) basic and primary education for at least 80 per cent of children . |
| 13 | The first World Summit on Children sponsored by UNICEF in September adopted a 10-point programme for children 's rights [ see p. 37732 ] based on a series of recommendations contained in the State of the World 's Children 1988 report . |
| 14 | This gap between children 's knowledge about what endangers their health and how they use this knowledge is largely uncharted territory . |
| 15 | The wide-ranging designs include a teddy bear switch for children 's bedrooms . |
| 16 | Most of the discussion in the media was trivial , with much attention given to the list of authors for children 's reading , which excluded Enid Blyton and Captain W. E. Johns ( see chapter 6 on literature ) . |
| 17 | That was Phillis Harley 's verdict on an aerobics marathon which raised funds for children 's homes in Aberdeen . |
| 18 | It is disturbing to learn that books for children 's libraries in Edinburgh are selected on the political basis that the stories ‘ reflect the multi-cultural nature of society ’ . |
| 19 | Its specialist , academic , authoritarian elements have been persistently criticized , partly because they ignored progressives ' demands for children 's activity , participation and development through discovery , and partly because of the perceived irrelevance of this education to the lives of working-class children , the majority of whom have failed to benefit from it . |
| 20 | One boxing scribbler of the tabloid persuasion used to recite a Guardian intro which Keating dashed off in a Bavarian hotel room , while struggling to complete a long overdue script for children 's television : ‘ Tonight in Munich , Muhammad Ali of The Universe will defend his world heavyweight title against Richard Dunn of 23 Railway Cuttings , Bradford , West Yorkshire . ’ |
| 21 | Coast to coast for children 's charity |
| 22 | More than 100 delegates at the Association of Children 's Reporters annual study conference at Peebles also heard Prof Chris Turner of Stirling University 's Department of Applied Social Science call for a fresh look at emergency protection for children , not necessarily because the system had worked unsatisfactorily in Scotland . |
| 23 | His announcement at the annual conference of the Association of Children 's Reporters in Peebles received an immediate welcome from childcare agencies . |
| 24 | Indeed , a good deal of children 's play , if otherwise defined , could be held to fall into this category ; and occasionally police or social workers are hard put to it to determine where the line should be drawn . |
| 25 | In many other parts of the country , primary schools followed a curriculum in which formal activities in number and language occupied the bulk of children 's time in school . |
| 26 | Vernage spent his early years in a succession of children 's homes . |
| 27 | Loss of children 's freedom — intimidation of traffic ; |
| 28 | In addition a programme of children 's events takes place every school holiday . |
| 29 | For ten weeks in the summer , Vorarlberg also offers the largest programme of children 's event in Europe ; the little town of Bludenz plays host to a huge Children 's Chocolate Festival , and 1000kg of Suchard chocolate is donated for the occasion . |
| 30 | An experimental study of children 's behaviour outlines a possible answer . |