Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] parents ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consumption of parents ' time in this role as ‘ transport guardians ’ is , as Hillman and Whalley have pointed out , an additional major societal consequence . |
| 2 | Many of the changes of the 1986 and 1988 Acts are new enough for heads to be given the benefit of parents ' earlier trust . |
| 3 | One of the key points of the Children Act being that gone are the days of parents ' rights . |
| 4 | The importance of parents ' participation in decision making is supported by the research , and the distinctions between those who go into social services , health or education resources , are revealed a shaving little to do with the children 's own needs . |
| 5 | She smiled as her father began : he would have been happy being a teacher ; he had often told her that and at one stage — in the nature of parents ' bequeathing unfulfilled ambitions to their children — he had hoped that Mr Fenton might consider her as a pupil teacher ( just for the mornings , of course , he needed her the rest of the day ) . |
| 6 | With government , central or regional , unable to make up the difference between parents ' ability to pay and the needs of schools , sharp differences in quality of education are inevitable . |
| 7 | Marketing deserves its place in the school development plan and the costing of parents ' newsletters , the prospectus , governors ' reports , basic materials for fund raising and curriculum workshops for parents need to be identified . |
| 8 | Whilst most parents ' groups continued to focus on mutual support , these examples of service provision represent a considerable net addition to the facilities available in the County ; they also reflect the powerful moral and practical support given to the development of parents ' groups by the CMHTs . |
| 9 | In another field , that of child care law , the relationship between parents ' , children 's and state interests and rights has been affected by an increasing emphasis on the paramountcy of the child 's welfare . |
| 10 | The main aim of this project is to examine the relationship between parents ' facial expressiveness ( ie how facially expressive they are when feeling emotional ) and their children 's skill in decoding non verbal information ( in this case , their ability to recognise emotions from others ' facial expressions ) . |
| 11 | Not that the Manner — which he intended should be so admired later in the week on Parents ' Evening — was particularly in evidence on the Monday , as he sat at his study desk and went over the plans for that event with his wife . |
| 12 | More formal opportunities for parent-staff contact are provided in the form of Parents ' Evenings , Parent Workshops and at a number of events throughout the year . |
| 13 | She slouched from parent to parent , latching on to those who looked as if they would listen to her woes — not realizing , perhaps , that this was hardly the purpose of Parents ' Evening . |
| 14 | One primary school head teacher in whose school pilot testing of pupils was carried out has expressed a willingness to ‘ break the law unless the tests are drastically changed ’ and another school 's head ( probably illegally ) later suspended the tests in the face of parents ' objections . |