Example sentences of "on [art] child [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter 's vicious slap on the child 's face explains more than any other gesture Natalia 's selfishness . |
| 2 | You are making a statement about a child and it is going on the child 's record . ’ |
| 3 | Expert evidence was given to the effect that the chances of the child adjusting to a new life in Spain were very slim , and that failure to adjust would have very serious consequences on the child 's development . |
| 4 | Cases are recorded in which a child was crudely exhorted to take a vow over the coffin of a parent to amend his or her childish ways ; but there were also cases in which the death of a parent worked spontaneously on the child 's feelings . |
| 5 | Gilbert would probably have done better to base his case not on the child 's moral sense , which was largely that imposed by adults , but rather on the child 's tendency to invest violence with fantasy . |
| 6 | Gilbert would probably have done better to base his case not on the child 's moral sense , which was largely that imposed by adults , but rather on the child 's tendency to invest violence with fantasy . |
| 7 | Hence , whether a child is placed with a foster family or in residential care may not so much depend on the child 's needs but on where he or she happens to live . |
| 8 | It has been pointed out that the legal protection of children 's welfare is not the same as the conferment of rights on children , since it presupposes that welfare agencies , judges and even parents would have the right to take decisions on the child 's behalf . |
| 9 | The combined effect of these provisions is that the question of whether or not a child has special educational needs depends not so much on the child 's specific needs considered in isolation , but rather on the appropriateness or otherwise of existing provision . |
| 10 | Until recently what was on the child 's school record and whether parent or child could see it was a vexed question . |
| 11 | Confusingly , parents were advised to do X ; then , after perhaps a generation X was out , it was best to do Y. Nowadays we can rely on research studies for at least some evidence about the desirability and effectiveness of this or that approach , and about the influence of certain styles of parenting on the child 's development and wellbeing . |
| 12 | Rather than set formal tests , some researchers prefer to base their inferences on the child 's performance on less formal tasks ; the Goodenough draw-a-man test , for example , scores how sophisticated children 's pictures are . |
| 13 | At every turn the successful teacher strives to capitalise on the child 's exceptionality , to turn difficulty into opportunity . |
| 14 | Disillusion was etched on the child 's face . |
| 15 | Those who write about development in childhood , even those who stress predetermined norms , do not deny the impact of the environment on the child 's social and emotional state . |
| 16 | Third , pre-verbal procedures for joint understanding enable the adult to maintain a constant check on the child 's verbalisations . |
| 17 | This can only be achieved by working prospectively on the child 's future environment and by deciding which new experiences may be introduced to compensate for those which , in the past , have proved to be inadequate for language development . |
| 18 | However , they are likely to appreciate a straightforward summary of the results of the assessment which places equal weight on the child 's abilities as well as on her disabilities . |
| 19 | For example , an assessment of a child 's command of phonology may focus on the child 's use of certain problematic contrasting phonemes , and it may only be necessary to transcribe phonemically those words in which particular contrasts normally occur . |
| 20 | While these items closely reflect developmental research on the child 's mastery of two-word utterances , it seems unlikely that even an experienced therapist or teacher would be able to complete the checklist without spending a considerable amount of time with each individual child being assessed . |
| 21 | Once again , it is necessary that the separate items should be demonstrably reliable and valid , since specific interpretations may well be based not on the accumulation of correct and incorrect responses , but on the child 's pattern of scores . |
| 22 | Keeping an eye on the child 's play while talking to parents can provide a lot of basic information about the child 's developmental level ( Lowe 1975 ) . |
| 23 | In some families with aggressive children the boundaries and limits on the child 's behaviour may not be clear and a struggle for power can take place between the parents and child which rapidly escalates into violence . |
| 24 | Inadequate limits being set on the child 's behaviour , possible reinforcement of the aggression and modelling of aggression , and poor control of emotional reactions were all part of the learning history of these abusing children . |
| 25 | Certain chronic physical problems will have a long-term effect on the child 's appetite and weight , for example renal failure , malabsorption syndromes , metabolic disorders , and immunological problems . |
| 26 | 1984 ; Schmitt 1982b ) but the one most often used in Britain consists of two pads of wire mesh that are placed on the child 's bed with a sheet separating them and another sheet on top for the child to lie on . |
| 27 | The particular needs of children with defective sight call for a report on the child 's eye condition or cause of defective vision from an ophthalmologist , and a report is also requested from the educational advisory service for the visually handicapped . |
| 28 | It is a broad term , with the appropriate emphasis on the child 's potential , but has been used too often previously to contrast with ‘ blind ’ without consideration for the needs of pupils who have to use both tactile and visual methods for learning . |
| 29 | Aggie did not remark on the child 's handiwork ; in stead , she said , ‘ Who taught you to do housework ? ’ |
| 30 | Even in apparently well-integrated families , fathers exert only the smallest of influences on the child 's sports participation . |