Example sentences of "child 's [noun sg] to [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | To take one example : it has frequently been said that a child 's attachment to his mother develops out of his physical dependence on her . |
2 | Another writer , Ward ( 1981 ) , also argued against open adoption , again claiming that it could adversely affect the child 's bonding to its new family . |
3 | She looked at the pictures of the Spitfire , and trembled to think that his survival depended , in part , on such a little plane , almost like a child 's toy to her sophisticated eyes . |
4 | I think it opens up the child 's awareness to what 's available and what 's coming erm moves them on into the next century really . |
5 | Never exaggerate the child 's ill-health to anyone , and resist the temptation to manipulate other people by imposing special diets or other restrictions . |
6 | I saw Michael on a regular basis in the children 's home to which he returned . |
7 | Slightly fewer assisted individuals and related children 's progress to their teacher . |
8 | We had doubts in our minds about the strength of these children 's attachment to their adoptive parents and though our sample group is very small , we would like to pose the hypothesis that ‘ severing children 's meaningful emotional links with members of their birth families limits their capacity for full attachment to their new families ’ . |