Example sentences of "a parents ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Republic , as in the North , a parents ' movement to set up integrated schools was started around the same time . |
| 2 | All right , they say , a wife is a wife after all , but when it comes to a parents ' decision … |
| 3 | Her mother was so concerned that she rang a parents ' help-line . |
| 4 | There are parallels for schools ; if it pleases the customers then revamp the reading record card , add a parents ' race on Sports Day — making accommodations at the margins is equally easy for us too . |
| 5 | At one school during a parents ' coffee morning the conversation drifted around to the subject to school uniform . |
| 6 | Is there a parents ' room ? |
| 7 | If there is spare accommodation available during the school day then turning some space over to use as a parents ' room is well worth while . |
| 8 | Weeks before a parents ' evening is held the staff need to get together to discuss and plan the whole event . |
| 9 | Traditionally parents , through direct appeals or through a parents ' organisation have provided additional funds for ‘ extras ’ for the children and the school . |
| 10 | Profits made by a parents ' association are liable to taxation , registration with the Charity Commissioners enables the association to escape tax liability . |
| 11 | A useful example is the erection in a prominent place of a parents ' notice board where details of sales , wants , baby sitters , child minders , community activities , thank you letters , etc are displayed . |
| 12 | She led a battle to keep local nursery schools open ( and won ) , campaigned for a skateboarding bowl for neighbourhood children ( now up for a community award ) and produced a Parents ' Guide to Oxford Pubs . |
| 13 | Lesley-Anne Cull , who is writing a parents ' handbook on the subject , would like to hear from you . |
| 14 | WE have had a Children 's Charter , which gave the go-ahead for every type of mischief available , so what about a Parents ' Charter ? |
| 15 | Last week I gave a talk to a parents ' committee in one of our schools on how to make a constitution — I felt I was contributing to the growth of grass roots democracy in South Africa . |
| 16 | Mrs Williams , 54 , is the former headmistress of St Paul 's Girls ' school in London who was forced to quit by a parents ' rebellion over an attempt to limit the number of GCSEs her girls sat . |
| 17 | As far as the school was concerned , the fact that so many parents attended a parents ' evening was ‘ an indication of the kind of area we are dealing with … where parents are interested in their children 's education and want to play as full a part as possible . ’ |
| 18 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 19 | A STRABANE mum organising a parents ' boycott of the new 11-plus exam has been threatened with legal action by the Department of Education . |
| 20 | This time it is a parents ' guide to assessment at Key Stage 3 . |
| 21 | We shall be running a parents ' night , to explain issues of parity of esteem and articulation . |
| 22 | The Region also recently sponsored a parents ' evening at Broughton High School , which provided information to around 150 parents on provision including general SVQs and National Certificate Module Clusters . |
| 23 | well we had a parents ' meeting on Monday night , but I did n't realize there was one |