Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] child [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time there was evidence of occupation — the thin , reed-like sound of a young child 's voice and the discernibly laboured breathing of a man in deep slumber . |
| 2 | In the first place , the ‘ making sense ’ that is the foundation of a young child 's acquisition of speech can operate because the language is met in , and relates directly to , experiences in which the child is immersed . |
| 3 | The day glows phosphorescently ; snow is coming down in chunks the size of a young child 's hand . |
| 4 | The Harewood House charity auction , hosted by the Queen 's cousin the Earl of Harewood , is in aid of a new children 's day hospital in Leeds . |
| 5 | She was lolling in bed , her mouth wet and slack like a gormless child 's . |
| 6 | Her poor face was white , I remember , and it seemed thin and small like a dead child 's . |
| 7 | ‘ What — what have you done to Adam ? ’ she whispered , and her voice came whimpering , like a frightened child 's . |
| 8 | Highly suitable for a small children 's collection with modest funds for annual updating of stock . |
| 9 | Willingness is essential for a good child 's pony , and one would think necessary , although perhaps to a lesser degree , for most adults to really enjoy riding too . |
| 10 | EAGLE Pottery workers pedal-powered their way to raising almost £200 for a national children 's charity . |
| 11 | Publicans would have to apply for a special children 's certificate as they have to do in Scotland . |
| 12 | All of this effort was successful and after further work the locomotive may be in steam next weekend , Saturday , September 5 and Sunday September 6 during a special Children 's Weekend . |
| 13 | In February 1991 Allitt applied to be enrolled for training as a sick children 's nurse at Boston Pilgrim hospital . |
| 14 | ( It is interesting that Piaget failed to recognise what Vygotsky ( 1933 , tr. 1976 ) observed about a young child 's play : that it is rule-bound . ) |
| 15 | Opposite is an equally large Menzies , where the books , mostly paperbacks , are at the back of the ground floor , with a small children 's section in a basement . |
| 16 | The large Fiat saloon parked in the piazza looked ridiculous with a yellow child 's cot strapped to the roof , but this had seemingly been stipulated by the gang to make it easier for them to identify the car . |
| 17 | The main competitions will be held on the Sunday together with a free children 's event . |
| 18 | A spokesman for the Eastern Health Board said the attack affected more than 80 of the hospital 's 200 beds , including a new children 's ward which opened on Friday . |
| 19 | He 'd once walked out , in a sixteen-year-old child 's sulk , on a family dinner-party , and his father had always chided him about it — it had become one of those family memories that everyone always laughs at , always shares . |
| 20 | Although school has an important part to play in a young child 's total development , the tensions of life beyond the classroom are likely to be the ones which determine educational failure or educational success . |
| 21 | School press officer Adrea Menzies , said : ‘ The school gained a great deal of experience related to the issues of a general election and into voting procedures as well as taking part in a nationwide children 's election . ’ |
| 22 | I , I think grandparents have a very important part in a , in a growing child 's life . |
| 23 | The EEG unit electro-encephalogram unit is one of the most advanced in a British children 's hospital . |
| 24 | She walked them towards each other , their clawed feet bent stiffly inwards , on the cold slate shelf : " How did you get shot , little brother ? " each asked the other in a high child 's squeak of imitation . |
| 25 | Both parents ordered him to stop calling his sister ‘ Brian ’ , a nickname derived from a slow and rather dull-witted snail who featured in a popular children 's TV show , ‘ The Magic Roundabout ’ . |
| 26 | I shall always be grateful to him for not giving me the usual reply of an adult to a curious child 's questions , ‘ You 're too young to understand . ‘ |
| 27 | So that although reference is made here to a remote children 's colony , its social significance had much wider reverberations , as indeed did the pedagogical theories worked out by Makarenko . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | FAMILIES in receipt of state benefit are forced to go hungry because of lack of money according to a National Children 's Home survey just published . |
| 30 | The families of children with learning difficiulties are getting a raw deal , according to a national children 's charity . |