Example sentences of "child over the age " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under Bosnian law it is illegal to adopt a child over the age of five but the Nicholsons are hoping that , with the aunt 's blessing , this obstacle can be overcome . |
| 2 | ‘ The ruling in Bosnia is you ca n't adopt a child over the age of five . |
| 3 | Random Century have produced a beautiful ‘ gift pack ’ of the book ( hardback ) , lavishly and handsomely illustrated by the author , together with this cassette , making a highly desirable present for any child over the age of three . |
| 4 | I also accept that if a ‘ Gillick competent ’ child under 16 has a right to refuse treatment , so too has a child over the age of 16 . |
| 5 | If he did so intend then , in the case of a child over the age of 16 , his interpretation of the law was inconsistent with the express words of section 8(3) of the Act of 1969 . |
| 6 | Certainly a child over the age of 16 may give valid consent to medical treatment ( Family Law Reform Act 1969 , s8 ) and may be presumed to have the capacity to withhold consent to treatment and examination unless mentally incapacitated in some way . |
| 7 | Children start in the beginners group and when they prove to have good contact with parents , the ability to understand instructions and to move from one position to another they move on to the advanced group which is for children over the age of two , still with parents accompanying . |
| 8 | In theory children over the age of 12 months could just use an adult seat belt . |
| 9 | All children over the age of five are invited to take part . |
| 10 | In general , children over the age of 5 or 6 years are mostly treated by enuresis clinics . |
| 11 | Children over the age of 16 could attend secondary schools , high schools or colleges of further education — another example of piecemeal provision . |
| 12 | The new dietary proved to be an improvement although the youngest children were still wasting a great deal of the milk porridge , and alternation of a diet with tea and bread-and-butter was advised , similar to that given to children over the age of nine . |
| 13 | It was recommended , on the basis of a report from the medical officer , that outside accommodation in cottage homes be provided for children over the age of three years who were not eligible for boarding out . |
| 14 | This is payable for adults and children over the age of 2 . |
| 15 | Reanalysis of data published in the childhood supplement of the registrar general 's decennial supplement on occupational mortality in England and Wales , which compares numerator data for registrations of deaths in children over the age of 1 but below their 16th birthday in 1979 , 1980 , 1982 , and 1983 with data about children aged 1–15 who were enumerated at the 1981 census . |
| 16 | Secondary education , mainly in schools now known as grammar schools , was available nationally for 20% of children over the age of eleven , with pronounced regional variations . |
| 17 | Children over the age of 16 and other members of the family provided with a service may be required to pay any charges themselves . |
| 18 | There is a specific power in s20(5) to accommodate young people between the ages of 16 and 21 years in any community home which takes children over the age of 16 if a local authority considers that this would safeguard and promote the child 's welfare . |