Example sentences of "to [art] parents " in BNC.

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1 The film gives peace of mind to the potentially vulnerable , such as the elderly , and to the parents of young children , and it is also a deterrent to the intending intruder .
2 ‘ Absolute horror , and then recognition that it had gone to the parents at the school for which I was responsible , and that this would inevitably result in the headmaster being approached by some parents objecting to having their child in a school with a warden like this .
3 Thus in a case in 1969 , where the 10-year-old child born in England of Spanish parents had been very unhappy during the seventeen months he had spent with them in Spain , and had then lived happily for several years with foster parents and their six children in England , the court refused to make an order that care and control should be granted to the parents , one of whom was in poor health .
4 The hospital team again responded to this change and now once more talked to the new husband and did not talk to the parents .
5 Overall , the studies suggest that the children 's adjustment following divorce is related first to consistent and on-going relationships with both parents ; and secondly , which is central to our discussion , to the parents ' ability to co-operate in their respective parenting roles , that is , co-operation without rancour or conflict .
6 Although supervision was the most common form of disposal in truancy cases under section 1(2) ( e ) ( and may become even more standard practice under the Children Act 1989 ) , the practice adopted in Leeds magistrates ' court of adjourning such proceedings as a threat to the parents to improve the child 's attendance or else the child might be made the subject of an order , was claimed to be more effective as well as reducing overall levels of local juvenile delinquency .
7 The supervisor will give directions to the parents ( or persons exercising parental responsibility ) , but should take steps to ascertain and , so far as is reasonably practicable , take into account , the wishes and feelings of the child ( as appropriate , having regard to the child 's age and understanding ) and parents .
8 Primary prevention of this type is not really preventive ; it offers no answer to the parents at risk other than they do not proceed with their decision to have a child .
9 In this case , the doctor involved , Dr Robert Dinwiddie , refused to consent to the parents ' decision , and called in the hospital social workers .
10 Parents have traditionally adjusted -to the school and note the school to the parents and the child .
11 The challenge to the parents to find the best teapot will , with any luck , lead to practical work on heat retention , ease of pouring , capacity , weight , etc .
12 The class teacher and the head can use the opportunity to talk to the parents about a particular aspect of school life or single out individual parents to discuss progress and developments and , of course , thank parents for their support .
13 The amount of advance notice given to the parents will also have to be agreed .
14 Unfortunately there have been a number of cases where monies raised by voluntary activities have gone missing and , because the school is linked by name to the parents ' organisation , the schools ' reputation has suffered .
15 ‘ It 's been put to the Parents ' Association , Deirdre .
16 The once-in-a-while reward is often used to deal with disobedience about coming to the parents ' bed in the middle of the night .
17 I suppose when a very young infant is adopted , the temptation to the parents to pretend that the child was born to them must be very great .
18 For instance , he examines the costs and benefits of creching to the ducklings , to the parents who lost offspring to the common pool and to the recipient adults who rear other birds ' young .
19 But to provide security , comfort and a sense of worth to the parents and relatives who belong to us is a job worth doing and worth doing with all the compassion and love that we can give .
20 This appeal does not emanate from the rational and utilitarian purposes parents may satisfy through reading : rather , the child responds to the parents ' emotional absorption in reading .
21 This statement is not expanded to discuss the conflicting duties that face those who serve children — duties to the parents , duties to the school , and so on — but it is a good beginning .
22 He folded up the cloth : the tetua : the length of saffron satin to enwind his own or Chola 's body when they died ; the yards and yards of white muslin funeral cloth ; and finally the phe ā and pachyauro — turban and shawl — ritual gifts that , one day , Sigarup would give to the parents of the girl he 'd marry .
23 This relieves the fishkeeper of the task of despatching them , and recycles the protein back to the parents .
24 The main resistance to the Parents ' Rights Group campaign did not come from the council , where the Labour group effectively factionalized themselves — and their Public Relations Department — into silence .
25 The relief that chamomilla can bring to the parents , to say nothing of the baby , after a succession of sleepless nights and frantic days has encouraged a number of medical practitioners to look further into this system of therapeutics .
26 It is usually left to the parents to finance the shortfall and it can easily cost £10,000 today for a student to attend a three-year higher education course .
27 The director , Mr Lee , she said , had written to the parents , inviting them to come and talk .
28 He also said that talking to the parents was not an objective of the Society , nor should it be .
29 Lord Hope also asked the Scottish Legal Aid Board to act urgently to lessen any hardship to the parents .
30 The families were pressing for information , for assurances ; the department was , if not directly hostile , certainly defensive , according to the parents and the Action Committee which supported them .
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