Example sentences of "by the children [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The house , which has 10 beds , is at a secret address and is funded mainly by the Children 's Society , a charity . |
| 2 | He viewed the chances of the children being successfully reintroduced to their mother as nil , and in these circumstances the mother — who was backed in yesterday 's court action by the children 's father — had unreasonably withheld consent for adoption . |
| 3 | Some pleaded guilty while others were incriminated by the children 's evidence , and two days later a dozen were hanged before thousands on the hill overlooking Lancaster Castle . |
| 4 | The friendship of the M family helped to reinforce the efforts being made by the children 's mother to create a more stable background for her family . |
| 5 | Mr M was very impressed by the Children 's Panel system that , he said , seemed to take so much time and trouble to listen to , and about , the children . |
| 6 | On 31 October of that year , 1990 , the annual review of the case of the W family was held by the Children 's Panel . |
| 7 | Some panel members believed that decisions taken by the Children 's Panel were not implemented by the Social Work Department , and therefore threatened the independence and integrity of the Panel . |
| 8 | After last month 's lunch , many pensioners had written to him because they were impressed by the children 's confidence and manners . |
| 9 | One school was so impressed by the children 's positive reactions that they completely revamped the science work in the first two years to include more social and human applications of science . |
| 10 | Families living on income support are being forced to cut back on food and do without basic items , according to a survey by the Children 's Society . |
| 11 | Lucky , too , are children whose path through the complexities of the Old Testament can be made so comparatively straight by The Children 's Bible in 365 Stories , of which the third pack is now available for both Old Testament ( TS379 — two cassettes ; 2 hours 28 minutes ) and New Testament ( TS383 — two cassettes ; 2 hours 11 minutes ) . |
| 12 | In the case of female homosexuals , the difficulty lesbian mothers have in retaining the custody of their children when this is contested by the children 's father is further evidence that lesbian sexuality is not accepted on a par with heterosexuality . |
| 13 | ‘ We were n't liked at all to begin with , especially by the Children 's Department who resented the fact that a programme aimed at 8 to 14-year-olds had been given to the Drama Group , and not to them . ’ |
| 14 | This will be the last selection by Ms Eccleshare ( who is now The Bookseller 's children 's book correspondent ) and the last to be copublished by the Children 's Book Foundation and Andersen Press . |
| 15 | They were also surprised by the children 's appetites . |
| 16 | The paths were thickening as people slowly converged on that part where the machinery was getting into motion , but plenty else was going on far over by the tennis courts , by the children 's playground . |
| 17 | Monday 20 — Friday 24 November Mon 1.30pm Tues — Thurs 10am & 1.30pm , Fri 10am SNAP Theatre Company present adapted from E.B. White 's classic tale Voted " The best American Children 's Book of the Past 200 Years " by the Children 's Literature Association . |
| 18 | This chapter will , therefore , examine evacuation as an historical episode by addressing three issues : first , why the initial evacuation scheme was such a failure — and whether this failure was caused , as many middle-class observers argued , by the children 's behaviour . |
| 19 | She was delighted by the children 's generosity . |
| 20 | Class teacher Jerry Connor said he was surprised by the children 's reaction . |
| 21 | If a judge has slept badly , has had an indigestible breakfast , tripped over the cat , has been roundly abused by his wife and scolded by his children , or if his mind has been distracted by the children 's school reports , a narrow defeat at a curling match or whatever , he may be temporarily off form . |
| 22 | The Government has been criticised for its complacent attitude to the protection of children and young people at work in a joint report by the Children 's Rights Development Unit in Scotland and the Scottish Low Pay Unit . |
| 23 | ‘ The truth of the matter is that the children remain in care after all the evidence has been considered by the children 's panel and the courts . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It may well be that the factors which influenced the sheriff are strongly mitigating and should be given proper consideration by the children 's hearing when they come to consider the future arrangements for L on the footing that the grounds of referral are now held to be established . ’ |