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

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1 We had examples of other parents won over into trusting school staff and giving truthful instead of cosmetic reasons for the child 's absence — but keeping the child off , nonetheless , for reasons peripheral to the child ( such as ‘ going with granny to collect her pension ’ ) .
2 Given the educational importance of deductive explanations , it is important to consider some possible reasons for the children 's difficulty .
3 The court should approach an application for leave under section 10(9) on the basis that the local authority 's plans for the child 's future are designed to safeguard and promote the child 's welfare and that any departure therefrom might disrupt the child 's life to the extent of harming him ( post , pp. 429H — 430D ) .
4 ‘ Where the person applying for leave to make an application for a section 8 order is not the child concerned , the court shall , in deciding whether or not to grant leave , have particular regard to — ( a ) the nature of the proposed application for the section 8 order ; ( b ) the applicant 's connection with the child ; ( c ) any risk there might be of that proposed application disrupting the child 's life to such an extent that he would be harmed by it ; and ( d ) where the child is being looked after by a local authority — ( i ) the authority 's plans for the child 's future ; and ( ii ) the wishes and feelings of the child 's parents .
5 On the contrary , section 10(9) ( d ) ( i ) provides that the court is to have particular regard to the authority 's plans for the child 's future .
6 Accordingly , the court should approach the application for leave on the basis that the authority 's plans for the child 's future are designed to safeguard and promote the child 's welfare and that any departure from those plans might well disrupt ‘ the child 's life to such an extent that he would be harmed by it . ’
7 In deciding whether to grant leave the court must have regard to : ( i ) the nature of the proposed application ; ( ii ) the applicant 's connection with the child ; ( iii ) the risk of harmful disruption to the child 's life ; and ( iv ) where the child is being looked after by a local authority , the authority 's plans for the child 's future and the wishes and feelings of the parents ( s10(9) ) .
8 It demonstrates that there is a case for arguing that the child care system should no longer reinforce inequities but become a means of redressing them , and like improved health should see education as a proper means of laying foundations for the children 's futures .
9 Screening tests for vision are given on average three times during a child 's life .
10 Christine Pritchard was arrested just 20 minutes after the children 's event ended at 3.30pm .
11 Barnsley managed to raise £31 , sent two petitions , and approached four schools about the Children 's Postcard Art Competition .
12 Spence , 57 , of South Shields , Tyneside , contacted a hospital saying she wanted to raise funds for a children 's unit .
13 Other attractions at the sale , which is to raise funds for the Children 's Society , include a raffle and a painting competition for children .
14 His part in the 1960 British film A French Mistress was also largely unnoticed , but it was significant as his first step into the world of ‘ grown-up ’ films after his starring roles for the Children 's Film Foundation .
15 I am Julias Denton for homes for the children 's charity .
16 Well done to … the Leeds branch of The Guild of Hairdressers who have been raising money over the last twelve months for the Children 's ’ Wing at the Seacroft Hospital .
17 In terms of discourse characteristics , ‘ Motherese ’ contains a high frequency of self-repetitions and imitations of the child 's language .
18 And , more generally , faith in the permanently formative influences of the child 's first encounters with the world persists among both parents and professional workers .
19 The parents ' right to dispose of their child overrode considerations of the child 's own rights : it was accepted that children should be put in care while the parents made up their minds whether to relinquish them or not .
20 The authors also claim that the test measures are closely related to the teacher 's ratings of a child 's language .
21 A different kind of style , and a different kind of rhetoric , is employed in passages where Dickens wants to move us with compassion : notably in Paul 's death scene , where he can afford to use simple syntax and vocabulary ( expressing the simple images of the child 's mind ) in the assurance that understatement will merely intensify the reader 's sympathy : [ 4 ] Paul had never risen from his little bed ( 1 ) .
22 Child welfare legislation therefore potentially addresses all aspects of a child 's development not covered by school legislation .
23 Similarly , the child 's mastery of syntax is seen as a product of the adult 's ability to respond selectively to those aspects of a child 's language which are developmentally progressive .
24 While such tests should ideally sample structural , semantic and pragmatic aspects of language , this is seldom feasible and frequently language screening occurs as part of a more general screening assessment which considers other aspects of a child 's social and psychological functioning .
25 While both LARSP and Developmental Sentence Analysis are well-established procedures for assessing a child 's command of grammar from transcripts of naturalistic recordings , they are both restricted in the extent to which they provide the teacher or clinician with systematic information on other aspects of a child 's linguistic ability .
26 Part II — Orders in family proceedings This introduces four new orders known collectively as s8 orders which provide for different aspects of a child 's care and upbringing .
27 In the meantime , the task for the teacher or therapist is to examine all aspects of the child 's language , using whatever devices are available , with the objective of generating an assessment which reflects both strengths and weaknesses in the three areas , and indicates the extent to which difficulties identified in each of these areas may or may not be interrelated .
28 Of particular importance is the fact that all these procedures impose considerable constraints on the pragmatic and conversational aspects of the child 's language production , and as yet little is known about how this may interact with measures of grammar and meaning .
29 It has been easier in the past to give in to the child 's demands , so learning to set limits across all aspects of the child 's behaviour can be critical for coping with the battles about food .
30 Co-operation between the teachers and therapists involved with the child aims at ensuring the formulation of a programme which takes account of all the physical , sensory and cognitive aspects of the child 's development .
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