Example sentences of "to the child " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is given to the child at the all-important ceremony of circumcision , which re-enacts the covenant between God and Abraham ‘ the father ’ of the Jewish people , and admits the child into the family of Israel . |
| 2 | And what , he asks , will happen to the child who does not , bureaucratically speaking , have special educational needs but who never manages to get past Level 2 in any given attainment target ? |
| 3 | It might also involve feeding times ; during the daytime , meals would be given more readily in response to the child 's cries than during the night . |
| 4 | Accepting that the rhythms of children in a structured environment appear to develop more quickly , is this advantageous to the child ? |
| 5 | Informal ity in the eyes of English lawyers will be far from informal to the child . |
| 6 | Over other property of an infant , neither parents nor guardians have now — if they ever had — any effective powers , except such as a will or settlement or an order of the court may give them ; they can not , for instance , give a valid receipt for a legacy or money payable to the child . |
| 7 | Doubts arose over the length of time which might elapse before the child ceased to be regarded as ‘ newly born ’ , and the Infanticide Act 1938 extended the definition to the killing of a child within twelve months of its birth by a mother whose mind is disturbed either by reason of her not having fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to the child or by reason of the effect of lactation consequent upon the birth of the child . |
| 8 | They could explain to the child why he feels as though the world has turned upside down and why his remaining parent seems so upset . |
| 9 | ‘ I knew I was just being snooty , ’ says his mother in some embarrassment , ‘ but I wondered why Jonathan was attracted to the child with the most disadvantaged background . |
| 10 | At the very least it would ensure that no further harm is done to the child and at best , that his wellbeing was enhanced in every possible way ( p. 45 ) . |
| 11 | A research approach which regards placement as incidental to the achievement of specified goals for the child puts a different perspective on the social work task and directs attention to a wider range of dimensions related to the child 's current experience , longer-term development and future life-chances . |
| 12 | The report in the Scottish Law Times does not refer to any evidence to support the view that the maintenance of contact between a child and a birth relative to whom he or she has attachments would cause harm to the child 's developing personality . |
| 13 | Later research was to show that whilst it would be most irresponsible to move children unnecessarily from one family to another because separation does cause psychological trauma and harm to the child , nevertheless given optimum conditions children can re-attach themselves and overcome the trauma of early separations ( Kadushin , 1970 ; Clarke and Clarke , 1976 ; Tizzard , 1977 ; Triseliotis and Russell , 1984 ) . |
| 14 | This was confirmed also in a case involving Ewbank J. in Coventry City Council V T ( 1986 ) ELR 299 ‘ that access had to be shown to be beneficial to the child ’ . |
| 15 | What evidence there is , however , suggests that provided the parties involved can handle the situation in a constructive and positive manner and without acrimony and recriminations there is no reason why contact should be harmful to the child . |
| 16 | The same applies to the child ‘ performing ’ the abbot 's function . |
| 17 | But this is , I believe , slightly misleading , for although he is right about the mixture of often contradictory emotions , it is wrong to give the impression that the weeping is of the same order of emotional experience related to the child being a patient in actuality . |
| 18 | The godparent may have a ritual role to the child , such as participating in his wedding ceremony , and taking on certain responsibilities regarding his religious education , but the relationship that is strongest and requires respect , warmth and the obligation to help at all times , is the one between parents and godparents . |
| 19 | But how far have the changes in child care law embodied in the Children Act 1989 , with its focus on the paramountcy of the child 's welfare ( as a means to the child 's better protection ) , and the increasing emphasis which has been placed on parental responsibility rather than rights by the courts in recent years , been mirrored by changes in the balance of power between parent , child and state in education ? |
| 20 | The supervisor will give directions to the parents ( or persons exercising parental responsibility ) , but should take steps to ascertain and , so far as is reasonably practicable , take into account , the wishes and feelings of the child ( as appropriate , having regard to the child 's age and understanding ) and parents . |
| 21 | This advice should relate to the child 's home background and medical history , and to his/her difficulties and the provision required in respect of them . |
| 22 | Moreover , to comply with the request may be a breach of the school 's duty under the curriculum requirements of Chapter I of the ERA 1988 as well as detrimental to the child 's welfare . |
| 23 | Assuming sex education is given to the child by a school , the question of what form it should take must be considered . |
| 24 | when a parent sends his child to school , he delegates to teachers at the school the power to inflict reasonable and moderate punishment as required … and … he delegates to the teacher the taking of such steps as are necessary to maintain discipline with regard to the child committed to the teacher 's care . |
| 25 | He had frankly given no thought whatsoever to the child 's name ; he had not yet thought of him as an identity anyway . |
| 26 | ‘ That you should refer to the child in the neuter . |
| 27 | An example would be cerebral palsy , or spasticity , which normally follows a ‘ trauma ’ or ‘ insult ’ to the child which causes the handicap . |
| 28 | The problem is that it is not just life expectancy that determines whether the child has this ‘ right to live ’ ; often handicaps such as Down 's Syndrome which is one of the primary forms of mental handicap identified by tests , are considered such a burden both to the child and the family that the pregnancy will be terminated . |
| 29 | He thought that preferable to the child 's being in an institution or with foster parents . |
| 30 | Thus , while marrying the father was the most likely outcome of an extra-marital conception in 1970 ; by 1988 , single women were more likely to terminate the pregnancy or give birth to the child without marrying the father ( Figure 2 ) . |