Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [art] children " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile Scotland Yard confirmed that officers from the Obscene Publications Squad have been closely monitoring the activities of the Children of God cult in Britain . |
| 2 | ’ And all the activities for the children that one can attend — sports days , Christmas parties , the Mod — you can get involved in them along with the children . |
| 3 | Oh yes , the interesting part there , in those days , was that the majority of the children were in the same boat , we were all poor and er m the Town Council had got this skating ring at Mansfield , roller skating ring , near the Gas Works , where they provided a school meal for all the children that could there during the hour lunch . |
| 4 | I worked for three years as a school counsellor in South Brompton , and the majority of the children who came my way were children who had some degree of behavioural difficulty or emotional disturbance . |
| 5 | Much appears to rest on the attitudes of the children themselves . |
| 6 | There was no one about ; the swings in the children 's play area hung motionless and the only sound from the swimming-pool was the hum of the filtration plant . |
| 7 | There was a loud frightening scream from the direction of the children 's pool , and Shelley was on her feet and making for the source of the scream before Rosie had finished speaking . |
| 8 | But his claim the government had increased the provision for the Children Act in local authorities ' budgets by 14 per cent was greeted with derision from the floor . |
| 9 | I think that the important thing is the provision in the Children Act 1989 to have a named person to whom children in such homes can complain . |
| 10 | Rodd was the man who brought to Britain 's attention the existence of the Children 's Film Foundation , a body never heard of before or since . |
| 11 | By a notice of appeal dated 24 December 1991 the local authority appealed with leave of the judge on the grounds that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law or misdirected himself as to the criteria to be applied to the decision whether leave should be granted in respect of an application by a former foster parent ; ( 2 ) the judge should have applied the test whether ( a ) there were quite exceptional circumstances disclosed necessitating the ousting of the local authority and the consequent discharge of the care order , and ( b ) there was a real likelihood that the applicant could persuade the court to adopt that course and ( c ) such a course was in the interests of the children ; ( 3 ) alternatively , if the judge had adopted the correct test , his exercise of his discretion had been plainly wrong in that he had failed to give any or sufficient weight to ( a ) the disturbing effects on the children of further investigation , ( b ) the fact that if residence orders were made the care order would be discharged , ( c ) the shared responsibility between the foster mother and the mother resulting from section 12(2) of the Act of 1989 , ( d ) the fact that the foster mother 's proper remedy was her application for judicial review , and ( e ) the wishes of the children and the mother . |
| 12 | And , if they maintain their attitude expressed freely to the Official Solicitor 's representative and to their mother , it would be all to no purpose , since no court would make a residence order in favour of the foster mother against the wishes of the children concerned who are of an age to know their own minds . |
| 13 | The court has to consider the child 's welfare as the court 's paramount consideration , and also has to consider the various aspects referred to under section 1(3) , that is they have to consider the wishes of the children , their needs , the likely effects on the children of change , the characteristics of the children , the nature of the harm they have suffered and the capability of the parents or anybody else offering themselves as carers , which would include of course the grandparents in this case . |
| 14 | Michael has always taken a very active part in the upbringing of the children . |
| 15 | A social work career was developed in connection with this work , but not so effectively as was the case in the children 's departments . |
| 16 | For me , their own evaluations and this record book tells more about the progress of the children than any written examination I might have given them . |
| 17 | This gives great emphasis to the contention that it is only through the teaching of the children that there can be any progress towards a better world , and by which the complete breakdown of man 's fragile and very young civilisation can be avoided . |
| 18 | The indications were that the Sheriff would uphold the decision of the Children 's Panel , and would support the Place of Safety orders . |
| 19 | This belief in the interrelationship of life in all its forms may find corroboration from St. Paul who speaks of the whole creation groaning in pain and awaiting deliverance from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God . |
| 20 | The early Church , noting that this miracle took place in the wilderness , ‘ a lonely place ’ , would have seen a parallel with the feeding of the children of Israel with manna in the wilderness of the Sinai desert . |
| 21 | The social workers in Orkney did not go to the children 's teachers before the removal of the children to find out if there were any problems at school . |
| 22 | The voluntary organisation , PAIN — parents Against Injustice — visited Orkney within a fortnight of the removal of the children . |
| 23 | The last two had become prominent spokesmen for the families during the ten days since the removal of the children . |
| 24 | Labour 's John Aberdeen talked to colleagues at the Scottish Labour Party Conference ; the Conservative candidate , Hampshire barrister Dr Paul McCormick , made an immediate and thorough study of the circumstances surrounding the removal of the children , and Frances McKie for the Scottish National Party was quick to express her horror of the Social Work Department 's actions . |
| 25 | The remedies , looking at it in this light , would be , in the main , individualised help or the removal of the children to a ‘ fresh start ’ with more adequate parent figures . |
| 26 | In proceedings under the Convention for the return of the children to Australia , the court ordered that the children be returned but , on appeal , the Court of Appeal held that the father had acquiesced in the removal of the children within the meaning of article 13 ( a ) and remitted the case to the Family Division . |
| 27 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that once the father had acquiesced in the removal of the children within the meaning of article 13 ( a ) , the court in the exercise of its discretion under that article was entitled to take into account the interests of the children even though there was no grave risk to them if they were returned to their place of residence within the meaning of article 13 ( b ) ; but that , under article 13 ( a ) , the children 's interests were not paramount and had to be balanced against the purpose of the Convention , which was the return of children wrongfully removed within the meaning of article 3 ; and that , accordingly , the judge had rightly considered the children 's interests when exercising her discretion under article 13 ( post , pp. 546G — 547E , F–G , 548G — 549A ) . |
| 28 | The mother sought to establish that the father had ‘ subsequently acquiesced ’ in the removal of the children by her to England and their retention in England . |
| 29 | ‘ I know , ’ he stressed ‘ that within the rules of the Children 's Hearing , that the best interests of the children have been weighed , and on the balance of probabilities , the appropriate action was the right action . |
| 30 | Peggy Heeks described the function of a children 's librarian in this way : |