Example sentences of "parents ' [noun] [coord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They picked up scores of children who should have been in class , and found that many stay away from school with their parents ' knowledge and consent . |
| 2 | The ultimate in the clean break philosophy was the shipping of thousands of deprived children to Canada and Australia , ‘ not all of them orphans and not always with their parents ' knowledge or consent ’ . |
| 3 | The state forces children to be educated for a given period , if necessary against the parents ' wishes or indifference . |
| 4 | Because parental involvement is such a key feature , teachers also need to know about parents ' rights and responsibilities under the legislation , in addition to those of the school and LEA . |
| 5 | This section describes the growth of self-help parents ' groups and services for parents developed by several voluntary associations . |
| 6 | They can ensure that the family receives all the practical help available from statutory and voluntary bodies — perhaps the use of a day nursery , better housing and so on — and they can help to reduce the parents ' guilt and anxiety and encourage them to be accepting and relaxed and neither reject nor over-protect their handicapped child . |
| 7 | In many cases this is quite unlike the vernacular of the parents ' country or countries . |
| 8 | John Murphy 's daughter had separated from John Neal and returned to her parents ' home but Mr Neal continued to call , often drunk and at odd hours . |
| 9 | Parents ' discos and family discos are always popular particularly when they have a fancy dress theme and ‘ spot prizes ’ . |
| 10 | Schools that operate on assumptions about parents ' beliefs and attitudes face the danger of stick in the mud complacency , become resistant to change and , through the adoption of self-fulfilling prophecies , limit both ambitions and achievements . |
| 11 | Two of these 56 children are not included in the analyses ; both died in the early 1970s shortly after having non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma diagnosed , and we were unable to verify their parents ' names or dates of birth . |
| 12 | This may well be done through the normal structures of parents ' evenings and reports . |
| 13 | Celebrating together — parents ' evening or consultation meetings ? |
| 14 | Theo must have known in any case : he was always his parents ' confidant and advisor , as well as his brother 's . |
| 15 | Their meeting will probably be nothing more than a courteous request from your boyfriend for your parents ' blessing and approval and it should get their relationship off to a good start ! |
| 16 | For the third period , that after the parents ' death or incapacity , I do accept the reasonableness of employing a nursing agency and therefore on this occasion I do accept Mr figure per year of sixty five thousand five hundred and thirty seven pounds and ninety six pence . |
| 17 | Children whose parents smoke are more likely to smoke themselves and parents ' approval or disapproval of the habit is an even more significant factor [ 1 ] . |
| 18 | Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention . |
| 19 | The advantages of having a formal PTA , parents ' association or friends of the school group are many . |