Example sentences of "[art] parents ' " in BNC.

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1 The N.C.M.A. thinks that a minimum of £17 a week per child for full-time care is reasonable , but you could charge more depending on the parents ' earnings and the number of meals provided etc .
2 This will depend on the parents ' working hours , but it can be a long day , possibly 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.mm. , or even longer .
3 Once it was mooted that there should be a study-period after school , but this was vetoed by the parents ' meeting which protested that it would interfere with after-school sports .
4 The Minnesota law , requiring both parents be told , was upheld by a local federal appeals court , since the parents ' consent was not required .
5 The gist of the parents ' complaints is that children were allowed too much freedom and that there was too little formal instruction in the three Rs .
6 The Court of Appeal dismissed a mother 's appeal from an order of Judge Wroath in the Portsmouth County Court on 11 May 1989 that a girl should be adopted and that the parents ' consents to the adoption be dispensed with on the ground that they were unreasonably withheld .
7 As a mother , she says she sees the parents ' point of view .
8 No male member of the Royal family had ever been directly involved with the hospital before , but she feels strongly that when children are in hospital it is the parents ' problem , not just the mother 's , and so the request was specifically for them both to be patrons .
9 In May 1989 Judge Wroath made an adoption order and ordered that the parents ' consent to the adoption be dispensed with on the ground that it was being unreasonably withheld .
10 The court should not substitute its own decision for that of the parent but had to say whether the parents ' decision was outside the band of reasonableness .
11 ‘ There was the parents ' estate , his father 's estate , the Doors ' estate — and they were all fighting .
12 In mitochondria , where a secondary set of genes exists , war between the parents ' contributions resulted .
13 Because these were predominantly part-time units the parents ' close proximity was very useful in assisting the wives in their daily farm tasks .
14 Some of the studies considered the parents ' perspective , and a few that of the children .
15 Overall , the studies suggest that the children 's adjustment following divorce is related first to consistent and on-going relationships with both parents ; and secondly , which is central to our discussion , to the parents ' ability to co-operate in their respective parenting roles , that is , co-operation without rancour or conflict .
16 The parents ' solicitor said that the Dewsbury parents ' action had ‘ shown the tremendous value of parents fighting for their rights ’ .
17 In one case , noted earlier , an order was made when a child from a good home was kept away from school because of the parents ' opposition to comprehensive schools .
18 Part of the parents ' case had rested on the following argument : within the school which the child attended a decision had been taken to include her in a remedial class ; thus , the special educational provision that should be made for her had already been determined ; so a statement ( under section 7(1) of the Act ) should follow .
19 The House of Lords accepted evidence that the NSPCC relied on anonymous informants for much of its work in child protection and held that the public interest in informants coming forward with information outweighed the parents ' interest in being able to sue a malicious busybody .
20 Similarly , if parents are able to have their views upheld ( as might occur on an appeal against a decision not to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil ) , ‘ it may not be clear whether it is primarily the child 's right or the parents ' rights over upbringing which is being upheld ’ .
21 Other forms of mental handicap may be attributed to genetic factors , where the fusion of the parents ' genes creates an irregularity in the chromosomal mix .
22 In this case , the doctor involved , Dr Robert Dinwiddie , refused to consent to the parents ' decision , and called in the hospital social workers .
23 The parents ' attitude in this case was understandable .
24 Certainly the parents ' ordeal was such that they were under sedation over the incident .
25 If they do so , they are making decisions which they have no right to make , because it is the doctor 's obligation to save life not take it , and the parents ' duty to stand by their children from the day they are born or , if this is not feasible , for society itself to step in and shoulder this ultimate demand upon it .
26 Planning the parents ' evening interview
27 The headteacher who is in the playground in the morning to greet children and parents and also there in the afternoon to see the children safely away is in a strong position to encourage casual chatter about learning , teaching and the parents ' perceptions of the school .
28 The video would show activities undertaken during a typical school day , including lunch times and break times , the routines for meeting children at the end of the day , introduce the staff and the chair of governors and the chair of the parents ' association .
29 Unfortunately there have been a number of cases where monies raised by voluntary activities have gone missing and , because the school is linked by name to the parents ' organisation , the schools ' reputation has suffered .
30 Normally at least one parent remained in the home , or if not , close by ; and in many cases aunts of the parents ' generation were involved in caring .
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