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 ’ .
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