Example sentences of "[verb] to children 's " in BNC.

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1 A few care managers have already gained posts in the SSD 's linked resource centres or moved to children 's services .
2 LEGO : Ole Kirk Christiansen , a jobless carpenter in Denmark , had the idea to make good toys that would appeal to children 's imaginations and stand up to rough handling .
3 Moreover , it tended to present a view of practice as constituted largely of issues to do with the visual appearance of classrooms and matters of organization relating to children 's grouping .
4 He wrote numerous articles in journals relating to children 's health , and was editor and part author of a number of textbooks , including Nursing and Diseases of Sick Children ( 1930 ) .
5 She has a career in legal reform related to children 's defence and legal aid , ‘ stood by ’ her husband in the controversy over his personal behaviour , and has been suggested by him as a possible member of his cabinet .
6 Having said that , it is important to add that interaction rate is also related to children 's age : older children are usually expected to sustain concentration for longer periods than younger children .
7 Some of these discrepancies were related to children 's age , gender and perceived ability .
8 This project investigates whether this ability is related to children 's understanding of social situations which may involve similar knowledge relationships between people .
9 One reason for this is that reading development is normally closely related to children 's knowledge of spoken language .
10 This would provide a much needed flexibility , showing that National Curriculum requirements can be met in a range of ways according to children 's needs and teachers ' preferred ways of working .
11 It is potentially damaging to children 's health and development .
12 First-hand use of media equipment ( e.g. in making videos ) and other technologies ( such as desk top publishing ) can contribute to children 's practical understanding of how meanings are created .
13 A growing number of staffs within and across schools and the specialist services are now engaged in developing such joint approaches , meeting as teams in school-based discussions and workshops , with the explicit aims of pooling their expertise , sharing and increasing their understanding of the factors that may lead or contribute to children 's learning difficulties , and finding their own most appropriate solutions to them .
14 There is purposeful work matched to children 's abilities .
15 At the Third Reading , the UnderSecretary of State for Scotland , Mr Robert Hughes , laid a number of amendments to make it clear that the Bill was intended to apply to children 's hearings .
16 The clear , lively illustrations in full colour add to children 's motivation .
17 We 'd be on very dangerous ground … to use words like ‘ alien ’ or even draw to children 's attention that our society is a racial mix .
18 In these ways English teachers have much to contribute to children 's familiarity with this technology and its uses , alongside the major aim of exploiting it to promote language knowledge and skills in themselves .
19 Foreign language teaching in English secondary schools is expected to contribute to children 's linguistic and social learning .
20 It 's a thingy Oh silly I meant to go to Children 's World and buy nappies have to do it tomorrow now .
21 ‘ Even with the hotel full of children , behaviour will never be a problem if some thought is given to children 's needs . ’
22 It 's off to work for 16 pupils of Kilton Thorpe Special School at Brotton , who are going all over Cleveland gaining work experience in a variety of jobs ranging from police work , superstore and shop workers , dog handling to children 's nurseries .
23 With regard to children 's adjustment when there is a step-parent and a non-custodial visiting parent , the research evidence is less clear and obviously the age of the child can be a crucial factor which has not yet been properly researched .
24 The same arguments apply to children 's spoken language .
25 It has been pointed out that , far from reinforcing grammatically correct speech , adults typically respond to children 's utterances in terms of their perceived communicative value and the intentions which they seem to express .
26 No , but when you go to children 's parties
27 In responding to children 's writing , teachers are well able to distinguish between an embryonic attempt at a story and a more developed example ; indeed , there is substantial research available on the stages of story-writing through which young writers progress .
28 This work is grounded in the view that this kind of awareness on the part of children as writers enables them to gain a degree of control over their imagination ( see Rowland , The Enquiring Classroom , 1984 and ‘ Responding to Children 's Interests ’ , 1986 ) .
29 Its latest report finds that car-exhaust fumes are the greatest single source of the pollutants that contribute to children 's chest infections , breathing problems and asthma .
30 Accordingly , in the speaking and listening profile component , the statements of attainment relate to children 's growing ability to talk explicitly about :
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