Example sentences of "for their children 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have so many hopes and dreams for their children 's future . |
| 2 | They will wince at the idea of paying for their children 's school books or having their gallstones removed , but think nothing of spending half a year 's income on a car . |
| 3 | Before disappearing to make records , attend rehearsals , lobby ministers — or , just as important , to scrub and peel the vegetables , maybe open a can of organic baked beans , for their children 's supper . |
| 4 | These developments are most likely to affect urban dwellers and those displaced people and migrants in the urban areas who can not afford even small charges for their children 's education . |
| 5 | It certainly seems to be the case that many of those who opt to pay for their children 's education are attracted by the narrow social intake of most private schools . |
| 6 | Moreover , all recent evidence suggests a high level of interest among both Afro-Caribbean and Asian parents in their children 's schooling and records high aspirations for their children 's performance ( Tomlinson , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | The Act aimed to reinforce rather than to diminish parental responsibility by requiring the presence of parents in court and by increasing the courts ' powers to require parents to pay fines for their children 's offences . |
| 8 | A post-imprisonment supervision was to be introduced for those serving more than one year , and wider powers given to the courts to make parents take responsibility for their children 's offences . |
| 9 | The basis of morality and law-abiding behaviour has become the family and it follows that parents must be made responsible for their children 's misdemeanours . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the Secretary of State has the power to draw up regulations about what can be charged for and what can not and the Education Reform Act required local authorities and school governors to draw up policies on charging parents for their children 's out-of-school activities . |
| 11 | Black men and white men who care for the country , and for their children 's future , are working at it . |
| 12 | Parents are being forced to pay more and more out of their own pockets for their children 's education . |
| 13 | Parents have got to be made responsible for their children 's action , ’ she said . |
| 14 | They say that parents who pay for their children 's education expect them to be given homework . |
| 15 | ‘ Self-governing status gives parents and schools direct local accountability for their children 's education , taking into account the needs and priorities of their schools and their area , ’ he said . |
| 16 | But I do n't , not only that Marg , I mean , it 's become like a , but the only thing I do object to is these people marching about , and they do n't want to help pay for their children 's |