Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the children 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also knew what was good for herself , so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children 's food . |
| 2 | ‘ They 've come for the children 's parade , ’ he said softly , motioning her to a seat . |
| 3 | He had looked at the children 's modelling and their puzzling drawings of oversized objects — single , primary colours and minute figures dwarfed by the chaotic world around them . |
| 4 | Some pleaded guilty while others were incriminated by the children 's evidence , and two days later a dozen were hanged before thousands on the hill overlooking Lancaster Castle . |
| 5 | ‘ The truth of the matter is that the children remain in care after all the evidence has been considered by the children 's panel and the courts . ’ |
| 6 | They separated and , on their joint application for divorce , the Family Court of Australia granted a decree nisi and expressed itself satisfied that proper arrangements had been made for the children 's welfare , namely , that they would live with their mother during the week and be supervised by the father at weekends . |
| 7 | Reading section 4 of the Act with the other relevant interpretative sections , it is hardly surprising that a number of people connected with the children 's hearing system saw the Act as a major handicap to their work . |
| 8 | The sad aspect of the Act is that people connected with the children 's hearing system — people certainly not lacking in intelligence or application — have been unable to unravel the mysteries of the statute . |
| 9 | ‘ The repercussion are likely to be felt in the children 's market , ’ observed Mr Lang , ‘ where ‘ visual literacy ’ alternatives to books are more attractive among the 10 to 12 year olds — your book buyers of the future . ’ |
| 10 | The only problem with the kitchen , the operational centre of the house , is that it is separated from the children 's attic playroom by two long flights of stairs . |
| 11 | I think she 'd knitted it herself out of old pieces of string she 'd saved from the children 's birthday presents . ’ |
| 12 | Pressure had been applied to the children 's chests ; they 'd died either from suffocation or a stoppage of blood to their hearts . |
| 13 | The medical records for all cases of pyloric stenosis seen at the Children 's Hospital , Camperdown , during 1974–7 and 1988–91 were reviewed . |
| 14 | The friendship of the M family helped to reinforce the efforts being made by the children 's mother to create a more stable background for her family . |
| 15 | They hoped to collect money to be used for the children 's sports and fancy dress , cakes and biscuits and prizes for a tombola . |
| 16 | He and Elham have worked round-the-clock to raise the $100,000 needed for the children 's fares , accommodation , clothing and food . |
| 17 | Again Chairman , it 's reflected in the children 's services plan up to possible future proposals for Robert Home . |
| 18 | They also produced ‘ LORNA DOONE ’ with Clive Owen , and are now working on a series based on the children 's classic ‘ THE BORROWERS ’ and a major drama series adapted from Armistead Maupin 's cult novels ‘ TALES OF THE CITY ’ . |
| 19 | So where does a curriculum based on the children 's own interests start now , I asked myself . |
| 20 | Afterwards , it was alleged , the victims were placed in the children 's brothels in which Cairo abounded . |
| 21 | The chapter indicates how , in spite of the fact that medical reports are a statutory requirement for children entering care , no systematic collation of information takes place , and little is known about the children 's physical health . |
| 22 | But in this sterner , older world , the iron entered into the children 's soul , and many of them had to learn that being alive ought simply to be enough , a gift that must be ultimately paid for . |
| 23 | Lord Justice Balcombe said it was unlikely that a pending court application by the mother , who is divorced from the children 's father , for access to her children would succeed . |
| 24 | THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS by James Fenimore Cooper Everyman , £5.99 IT IS a great pity that James Fenimore Cooper 's novel of the American Frontier should have been , for the most part , consigned to the children 's shelf . |
| 25 | If a judge has slept badly , has had an indigestible breakfast , tripped over the cat , has been roundly abused by his wife and scolded by his children , or if his mind has been distracted by the children 's school reports , a narrow defeat at a curling match or whatever , he may be temporarily off form . |
| 26 | In June 1940 , Dean Pollard had reported to the committee that an infant , Margaret C. , who had been born at St. Peter 's , and who had a double harelip and cleft palate , had been referred to the Children 's Hospital , Great Ormond Street . |
| 27 | TWO youths who had spiked a social worker 's toast with rat poison were yesterday referred to the Children 's Hearing for sentence . |
| 28 | They were brittle , however , and we had tears as some ‘ wicked mega-whoppers ’ disintegrated in the children 's eager hands . |
| 29 | I should have gone to the children 's matinée but the serial , Spider Man , was too frightening . |
| 30 | Last night Irish Marine Department officials confirmed that the sewage system on the 20-year-old boat had led to the children 's deaths . |