Example sentences of "as [art] child ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it has been suggested that often ‘ parents may legitimately be regarded as the child 's representatives in what is a conflict between the family and the state ’ . |
| 2 | As the child 's mobility increases , accidents are often related to play , and when constant adult surveillance can not be assured , young children can at least be protected by being put in a playpen or securely fastened in a bouncing cradle ( placed on the floor ) , highchair or pram . |
| 3 | As the child 's mental processes become more complex , it becomes increasingly able to absorb and construct for itself the complexities of the external world . |
| 4 | This switch was intended to enable Roshanara to retain her influence by stepping in as the child 's regent . |
| 5 | ‘ The name my mother put on the birth certificate as the child 's father , ’ he explained impatiently as he turned to face her . |
| 6 | A long experience of management problems with a child , for instance , increased the chance that a crisis such as the child 's arrest for a criminal offence would provoke an episode of depression in the mother . |
| 7 | He said he had invited the Official Solicitor , David Venables , to act as the child 's guardian . |
| 8 | An elderly widow who was robbed , attacked , and raped by a gang of youths was moved to sheltered dwellings with the help of the police , visited by policewomen from the unit at least once a week , and taken regularly to visit the family of one of the policewomen , which adopted her as the children 's granny . |
| 9 | They shared a governess , whose task was unenviable as the children 's ages were so different . |
| 10 | Spring leaves of pure sap green silver-haired as a child 's arm . |
| 11 | But the scales down Fenna 's tail grew gradually smaller and smaller , the darker shades of his back and the paler shades of his underside blending together , and at the very tip , small as a child 's thumb , they were minute and a shade that , when she tried to match it to paint sample cards was usually called eau de nil . |
| 12 | He looked hurt when she did n't join him , his emotions transparent as a child 's . |
| 13 | The landscape is as simple , naive and charming as a child 's painting . |
| 14 | A tall and awkward body and yet light as a child 's . |
| 15 | I can only remember listening as a child 's body was carried down the stairs of my husband 's house , and the way the moon came into my kitchen as I listened . |
| 16 | If , however , it were marketed as a child 's toy or the blade were such that when used to peel potatoes it disintegrated into splinters , then it would not be as safe as people generally were entitled to expect . |
| 17 | The little man nodded his bald head , his eyes simple as a child 's . |
| 18 | It is reserved for use as a children 's play area . |
| 19 | There is one aspect to Home Alone 2 which calls into question its appeal as a children 's movie . |
| 20 | This list is not intended to be exhaustive , and certainly does not include areas where your nursing qualification is used indirectly , such as working as a children 's nanny or as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical or product manufacturer . |
| 21 | It starts with the artist 's first major — and arguably finest — graphic work , the illustrated book Die traumenden Knaben produced in 1907 as a children 's book for the Wiener Werkstatte , and includes graphic work from throughout the artist 's career . |
| 22 | Rhos-on-Sea where the new breakwater forms its own natural harbour , has a continental atmosphere , and many amenities , such as a Children 's paddling pool and par putting . |
| 23 | Firstly , piecing together the BBC TV environment of the early Sixties shows why Doctor Who was not devised as a Children 's Series . |
| 24 | And also , as a children 's programme , I was intent upon it containing basic factual information that could be described as educational- — or , at least , mind-opening for them . |
| 25 | His expertise as a children 's bookseller was highly valued by his colleagues , and he made a great contribution over a number of years to the work of the BA 's Children 's Executive , as a member and , more recently , as a vice-chairman . |
| 26 | Instead Rory had found out only when Ken had had his first story published , and now it was as though they were passing each other travelling in opposite directions ; Ken slowly but surely building up a reputation as a children 's story-teller while his own supposed career as a professional recounter of traveller 's tales sank gradually in the west . |
| 27 | Ulster 's Theatre , 1988 , for example , really started off as a children 's playground ’ . |
| 28 | Were you train er trained as a children 's nurse ? |
| 29 | She had worked as a children 's nurse in Wirral hospitals for 20 years before taking a post with the local social services department , assisting young families in need . |