Example sentences of "[pron] pupil ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first school to take successful legal action to compel its own LEA to provide sufficient accommodation will gain a deserved reputation for looking after its pupils ' interests . |
| 2 | They agree that a regular comparison of notes with primary schools ( which they have always enjoyed , if at lower intensity than presently ) improves all their pupils ' chances of entering secondary school by the same starting gate . |
| 3 | Mathematics materials need to offer images of a world which pupils recognise and feel part of , not unrealistic , ill-informed views of their pupils ' cultures . |
| 4 | Mainstream teachers and heads of language departments often seem to be lacking in knowledge of their pupils ' languages . |
| 5 | The teachers in the two departments are possessed of a missionary zeal to improve the quality of their pupils ' lives ; they do not want an English education to be useful or vocational , but to enable the pupils to think critically about themselves , about life , and about society . |
| 6 | Local Management of Schools was introduced to allow schools to decide for themselves how best to spend money to meet their pupils ' needs . |
| 7 | Governors , parents , teachers and heads themselves can not now take their eye — for too long — off their pupils ' achievements in the basic curriculum . |
| 8 | He supplemented his income by petty thieving from his pupils ' parents , and also by a touch of blackmail , often finding his benefactors had been slightly compromised with the serving staff . |
| 9 | He [ or she ] has to decide whether it is more in his pupils ' interests for him to accept the existence of the present social structure and to give them help to advance within it , or for him to have rejected it , on their behalf , as stifling , competitive and exploitative and to encourage them to find fulfilment within themselves and their environment . |
| 10 | The Standard Five master Sammy Edwards was a quite volatile character much given to boxing his pupils ' ears — not only a painful but also dangerous practice . |