Example sentences of "caring for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this sort of situation the local Social Services Department may be able to help you with many practical problems , such as caring for a dependent relative . |
| 2 | This might be the case with provocation , for example : there may be objections to some of the distinctions now drawn by the law of provocation , but a broader defence of extreme emotional disturbance might provide for reduction of the offence in cases of loss of self-control when caring for a baby or when arrested by a police-officer known to be acting lawfully , and some might feel that there are strong arguments against this . |
| 3 | Joseph Gill , John Pinney 's hard-drinking cousin , lived as near by as caretaker ; Peggy Marsh , described by Dorothy as ‘ one of the nicest girls I ever saw ’ , arrived after a month to help in running the enormous house ; and from the beginning Wordsworth and Dorothy were preoccupied with caring for a child not yet three years old called Basil Montagu . |
| 4 | Comparison between studies is therefore difficult ; although all make it clear that caring for a dementia sufferer can be extremely stressful . |
| 5 | For some who have been caring for a dependent relative for many years the problems involved are only too familiar . |
| 6 | Years of caring for a sick , disabled or elderly relative , or months of waiting to hear whether a job is to end , cause stress to accumulate in our lives . |
| 7 | Statistics show that three out of four carers are women — and most of the remaining twenty-five per cent who are men are caring for a wife rather than a parent . |
| 8 | Yet caring for a parent coincides with some of the busiest years of life . |
| 9 | Many adult children gain great happiness from caring for a much-loved parent in the closing years of their life . |
| 10 | In caring for a doll or in constructing conversations between soft toys or puppets , children explore how it feels to be a parent rather than a child , a nurse rather than a patient , a teacher rather than a pupil . |
| 11 | In this sort of situation the local Social Services Department may be able to help with many practical problems , such as caring for a dependent relative . |
| 12 | CARING FOR A WIRE-HAIRED DACHSHUND |
| 13 | Other topics might include moving from practice into industry , part-time working or going back to work full time while caring for a young family . |
| 14 | Without this sense of enjoyment and experimentation , caring for a household can become merely routine and duty . |
| 15 | Volunteers usually act as ‘ sitters ’ caring for a client while the rest of the family is away , perhaps for a few hours for a weekly shopping trip . |
| 16 | It 's the strain of caring for a parent with Alzheimers disease . |
| 17 | Caring for a partner , family member or friend at home or at work can be emotionally and physically exhausting . |
| 18 | In two instances in her small study , this meant that mothers effectively were caring for a baby instead of their daughter ( Cornwell , 1984 , pp. 86–90 ) . |
| 19 | This was important , because a national study in 1965 showed that one-fifth of women who were working part-time did so because they were caring for a sick or elderly person . |
| 20 | Housework campaign does little to dispel , since their line makes no distinction between the ‘ housework ’ of skivvying for a demanding but fit husband , and the ‘ housework ’ of caring for a dependent baby . |
| 21 | These tend to be those least capable of caring for a child , or those bearing a foetus with malformations for which the diagnosis is time-consuming . |
| 22 | She 's on the B tech first diploma on caring for a year , then she 's gon na go to a two year national . |
| 23 | I think when you 're a carer , caring for a disabled person , in my own case it 's child , you 're not just erm it 's not just a disabled child , you 've got a disabled family , because the whole family 's disabled because of what holds you back with this one child . |
| 24 | Other plans were for the expansion of community care facilities , including support for families caring for a mentally ill relative , and more hostels and day centres . |
| 25 | The strain of caring for a disturbed relative can be considerable and the need for an understanding and reliable friend to talk to and share the anxieties with is often very great . |
| 26 | Caring for a disabled or elderly person is clearly associated with lower rates of labour market participation among women . |
| 27 | Baldwin 's ( 1985 ) study of parents caring for a severely disabled child showed that the mothers , economic activity rates were almost half those of a control group of mothers who did not have a disabled child ( 33 per cent and 59 per cent respectively ) . |
| 28 | ( Married woman caring for a daughter disabled in adulthood ) ( Glendinning , 1992a ) |
| 29 | ( Single woman receiving supplementary benefit , caring for a friend with a severe spinal injury ) |
| 30 | A significant proportion of women with these disabling conditions are also responsible for caring for a male spouse or other relative with a disability . |