Example sentences of "child [unc] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A parent may interpose in or dominate his or her child 's marriage to satisfy personal need regardless of the child 's feelings . |
| 2 | Mac and mec ( make ) from one child 's work need particular attention . |
| 3 | Before them , at the edge of the cliff , crumbling against the skyline like a child 's sandcastle rendered amorphous by the advancing tide , was the ruined Benedictine abbey . |
| 4 | Indeed the need to know about the earlier and later stages of a child 's education becomes imperative when schools have to plan the next stage of learning on the basis of achievement so far , when teachers have to evaluate and — if appropriate — change their own teaching , when parents have to be told in detail how their children are progressing and when LEAs , parents and governors have to have information which allows the performance of the school as a whole to be evaluated . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most significant achievement of the sensori-motor stage is the child 's ability to let one aspect of experience stand for , or represent , another . |
| 6 | The second requires the child to make a verbal response to either a verbal or a non-verbal stimulus and is used as a measure of the child 's ability to produce spoken language . |
| 7 | Throughout his lifetime he had been regarded as an excellently scientific psychologist who had shown that the level of a child 's intelligence has little to do with the child 's home environment ; instead it is a product of the intelligences of the child 's parents . |
| 8 | And then the child 's voice came loud and clear : |
| 9 | The editor of the monthly The Child 's Companion concluded one of her homilies , entitled ‘ Do Not Mock ’ , with these minatory words : |
| 10 | Inevitably , the very fact that someone has decided to try to record the child 's language makes this ideal unattainable . |
| 11 | While some described it as an important strengthening of the rights of children , others saw it as a willingness to overturn natural family links in order to pander to a child 's desire to acquire richer parents . |
| 12 | By contrast a child 's bedroom seems safe . |
| 13 | In some families , the question of the child 's health becomes entangled with other problems — a tense relationship between husband and wife , for example , or friction with grandparents or other relatives . |
| 14 | ‘ Remember , the new Children 's Act gives them rights too and a court will usually consider that it is in the child 's interest to know both parents where possible and reasonable . ’ |
| 15 | The charge for preparing a Change Of Name Deed can range from £25 to £75 and it is legal for the child 's mother to do this . |
| 16 | The child 's face turns blank , or closes . |
| 17 | The latter 's vicious slap on the child 's face explains more than any other gesture Natalia 's selfishness . |
| 18 | The child 's mind demands strong lines and colours in the picture presented to it , while its moral sense is not satisfied short of the extremest sentence of the law . ’ |
| 19 | In the meantime , Carol hopes it wo n't take another child 's death to convince other local authorities of the need to start running similar courses of their own . |
| 20 | Success of child 's bid to obtain legal separation from mother |
| 21 | An examination of visually impaired children 's ability to use tactile maps |
| 22 | Morag Donaldson ( 1986 ) carried out a study which assessed five and eight-year-old children 's ability to handle intentional mode explanations in an experimental setting . |
| 23 | How do they develop children 's ability to make effective use of the opportunities for collaboration which the environment provides ? |
| 24 | The National Children 's Home says many ca n't even afford basic necessities like food and clothing , It 's calling for immediate government action to help what it calls The Lost Generation |
| 25 | ‘ It was very drab in comparison with Scott 's school , where the children 's artwork makes colourful displays . ’ |
| 26 | Her conclusions destroy the credibility of Goldman 's research based upon Piaget 's work with regard to his denial of children 's capacity to handle such concepts before the age of 11 or 12 . |
| 27 | Margaret Kennedy , coordinator of the National Deaf Children 's Society Keep Deaf Children Safe campaign , said : ‘ There are 360 000 children with disabilities in the UK . |
| 28 | JOINING top children 's TV show Blue Peter proved far from kids ' stuff for new girl Anthea Turner . |
| 29 | This is why we are able to report that THE WORLD OF TWIST were involved in a horrifying car crash whilst travelling to a children 's TV Show this very weekend . |
| 30 | The children 's panel met four months ago to consider the termination of William 's home supervision order . |