Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [art] [adj] child " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the other end of all this research is the sick child , whose life has suddenly altered in a most dramatic way . |
| 2 | This recognition is the first child of Rachel and a function of reason , known by the mystics as the state of discretion . |
| 3 | When the Act was passed , we were told that ‘ abortion means every child is a wanted child ’ , yet child abuse has increased enormously since 1967 , in the single decade 1979–89 the NSPCC reports that physical abuse has doubled . |
| 4 | Bean , writing a year later in 1984 , supported this view by saying that ‘ when the adopted child is an older child who has already acquired a cultural background and a set of cultural responses , these will have to be unlearned if he or she is to acquire a new cultural identity ’ . |
| 5 | In 16 other families the girl compositor was the oldest child . |
| 6 | In another series of images the sun god was a new-born child at dawn , rising from a lotus flower as Nefertum ; he grew to full maturity at midday and became an old and weak man in the evening . |
| 7 | Kathie is the only child and Nell advises her that ‘ Black and White do n't mix … you 'll be neither one thing or the other … |
| 8 | Our attention to the subject is unnerving , particularly when the subject is a naked child . |
| 9 | In this study , in 52% ( 48.6% to 55.3% ) of households the subject was a non-dependent child . |
| 10 | The contrast between this inactivity and the action which would have been taken had the injured individual been a young child , was a stark one . |
| 11 | Ifor was the third child , born in 1906 , and nineteen years Richard 's senior . |
| 12 | Ianthe was the only child of elderly parents , who seemed to be a whole generation removed from those of her contemporaries . |
| 13 | Quite clearly , then , if a child is brought up so that it is exposed constantly to a critical parent , she or he may spend much of the time being an adapted child . |
| 14 | His daughter Marlen is the first child in the group to attend secondary school . |
| 15 | Further , a fundamental aspect of the context is the young child 's construal of the adult 's words and actions . |
| 16 | ‘ Leah is a happy child , even though the attacks hurt her and she ca n't move her right side . |
| 17 | Your brother was a beautiful child , was n't he , but he did n't want to be in the business ? |
| 18 | ‘ My mother was an only child , so my grandfather Probert entailed Gullholm on me , which means I could n't sell the place , even if I wanted to . |
| 19 | McGeechan senior came from a large family ; Ian 's mother was an only child . |