Example sentences of "[noun sg] of a children [unc] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The seven children are in care as a result of a children 's panel decision .
2 A decentralised model was adopted in the psychiatric department of a children 's hospital in which I worked .
3 The auction — hosted by the Queen 's cousin , the Earl of Harwood — is in aid of a children 's hospital .
4 Peggy Heeks described the function of a children 's librarian in this way :
5 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 .
6 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 …
7 It is also the sponsor of a children 's garden for the show , designed by Gillian Temple .
8 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 .
9 " Conversations with a Gorilla " is not the title of a children 's fairy-tale but of a supposedly scientific contribution to the National Geographic Magazine .
10 The children 's charities are backing our policy of a children 's rights commissioner to whom children can go , wherever they are , and be listened to .
11 But it was generally thought that the disposal of a children 's hearing would not be treated as a conviction .
12 Yes , Chair , erm , the Committee is now required under Department of Health directives to make specific policy statements and identify the resources implications formula , by way of a Children 's Service Plan .
13 In 1955 also the idea of a Children 's Church on Sunday mornings was first suggested ( thought it did not start till November 1960 ) and in December 1955 for the first time there was a Christmas tree in church .
14 Look at this opening section of a children 's book :
15 We were very open to a range of ideas from big to little ; the mother of a mentally-handicapped child wrote in wanting to do something for mentally-handicapped children , and she had got an idea about setting it in the production office of a children 's comic .
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