Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the children ['s] " in BNC.

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1 It requires the teacher to demonstrate the significance which she places upon the children 's resources and judgements .
2 Whatever effect this has on the children 's futures as clerks , it maims creative instinct .
3 Erm the same provision applies to the children 's pension .
4 An example of this type in lead , dated 1648 , rests on the children 's shelf in the De La Warr vault , but of greater interest are three wooden versions .
5 Now essentially this also relies on the children 's using their imaginations to find answers — as in the case of the ‘ sewer ’ and the ‘ Lost Valley ’ contexts — but the difference is that ( a ) each ‘ find ’ is given due weight and attention , is publicly shared , evaluated , accepted or rejected , ( b ) the focus within which their imaginations can have free range is defined from the beginning , i.e. the puzzle is clear — ‘ what could be a logical solution ? ’ is the name of the game , and ( c ) the problem-solving does not have to be hurried by action .
6 The self-supporting framework builds on the children 's existing collective resources : their knowledge and experience , their social relationships , their capacity to support and stimulate one another through shared interests and concerns .
7 We also ask you to contribute to a kitty which pays for the children 's food and drinks .
8 Mrs McNee tries to ensure that that coincides with the children 's return from school .
9 The effectiveness of the micro in simulating experiments hinges on the children 's accepting the analogy with the true experimental situation .
10 The next example is an account of a teacher 's observation of children at play whereby she learns of the children 's own discoveries as they experiment for themselves .
11 The sequence in Figure 1 begins with the children 's boisterous behaviour .
12 Olga , his wife , is registered in Estonia but works in the children 's cafe on the Latvian side .
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