Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] children " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BRAVE schoolboy who overcame a devastating illness to return to school and pass his exams is to receive a prestigious Champion Children Award . |
| 2 | As to the amount left for food and clothing after rent and a more flexible sum for heat had been deducted , wives tended to act as the buffer against the needs of husbands and to a lesser extent children . |
| 3 | At a preschool stage children already require certain kinds of educational experiences , and quite a lot is now known as to what these are and how they should be delivered . |
| 4 | In October 1990 the government published a White Paper Children Come First ( DSS , 1990a ) which proposed substantial changes to the arrangements for child maintenance when parents separate . |
| 5 | Ms Dickinson explained that the committee last year placed four advertisements , two of which appeared in a 16-page December children 's book supplement in the Independent on Sunday . |
| 6 | Neither Annabel ( the hostess at a big charity children 's skating party at Rockefeller Center ) nor Clare ( not invited ) was present at Elinor 's 1966 Christmas Day luncheon at Saracen , but Miranda and Adam were there , both arriving with bulging briefcases of work papers . |
| 7 | The puppet pigs with the squeaky voices who captured the imagination of a generation of youngsters are appearing in a new ITV children 's series on puppetry . |
| 8 | The 500-space car park on West Parade will form the basis for a multi-million pound Children 's Village , for which work will start next year . |