Example sentences of "parents ' [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this association may be due not so much to the parents ' socio-economic situation but , since most women in the childbearing ages were economically active at that time in Hungary , as to the occupational conditions of the mothers . |
| 2 | Caused by parents ' low intelligence . |
| 3 | A Middlesbrough schoolboy ran away from home and spent three nights sleeping rough when he opened his parents ' quarterly phone bill and found his conversations had sent it soaring to over six times its usual amount . |
| 4 | After the excitement of the dance , her parents ' small cottage was a depressing sight . |
| 5 | And her parents ' small hotel had always kept them comfortable , rather than wealthy . |
| 6 | An American clinical study ( Anderson and White , 1986 ) also suggests that problems in step families are more likely to relate to parenting issues between adults and children than to the parents ' marital relationship . |
| 7 | DESPERATELY-ILL schoolgirl Wendy Walker has battled back to life to repay her loving parents ' amazing devotion . |
| 8 | This appeal does not emanate from the rational and utilitarian purposes parents may satisfy through reading : rather , the child responds to the parents ' emotional absorption in reading . |
| 9 | His parents ' religious conviction and corresponding belief in the virtue of hard work clearly had a formative influence , but it is notable how much significance is attributed to more formal education , especially learning through books . |
| 10 | This must be settled quite soon after the birth , for the christened child carries for the whole of its life a record of its parents ' religious belief . |
| 11 | POP recluse Morrissey blames his loveless lifestyle on his parents ' unhappy marriage . |
| 12 | My parents ' steadfast refusal to countenance the anti-semitism common among many of the people they knew was my first lesson as a young child against accepting hearsay rather than the evidence of your own experience . |
| 13 | ‘ Billy was extraordinarily generous to his friends ’ , says Henderson , who was a guest at McCarty-Cooper 's $250,000 ball at Miami 's Viscaya for his parents ' Golden Wedding anniversary in 1985 . |
| 14 | Susie Novis of Castlegate , Scarborough , had the photos in a box in the car ready to make a presentation for her parents ' golden wedding anniversary today . |
| 15 | Whether or not it is correct , it quite clearly differs from the parents ' explicit account of their perception of how the decision has been reached and the implications it will have for George . |
| 16 | Because these were predominantly part-time units the parents ' close proximity was very useful in assisting the wives in their daily farm tasks . |
| 17 | She looked around the small front room of the cottage that was now her parents ' only home . |
| 18 | Children are many parents ' only source of security in old age . |
| 19 | It was not comfortable to consider her parents ' intimate life ; she could recall no demonstrations of affection or indeed even of much displayed interest in one another . |
| 20 | Through learning , children acquire not only their parents ' moral code but also a willingness to act in accordance with the rules . |
| 21 | It is expected to be heard on July 6 when the parents ' renewed application for a review is scheduled . |
| 22 | She has always in her thoughts her parents ' mean condition and I shall do nothing for them , at least at present , because I will keep the girl humble . |
| 23 | Parents ' perfect playground |
| 24 | During certain ten-minute intervals in her parents ' front room , while they set out the filthy plates for dinner , I have achieved much … |
| 25 | She got quite enough teasing about her name without letting on about her all-too-appropriate birth-date — and her parents ' hasty marriage was hardly his concern . |
| 26 | She smiled nervously at Sergeant Phyllis Henley , who had been kind to her at the time of their parents ' ungainly departure from life , but uncompromising . |
| 27 | Just before the age of four , William 's first regal wave came from his parents ' horse-drawn carriage during a procession to celebrate the Queen 's 60th birthday . |
| 28 | The main aim of this project is to examine the relationship between parents ' facial expressiveness ( ie how facially expressive they are when feeling emotional ) and their children 's skill in decoding non verbal information ( in this case , their ability to recognise emotions from others ' facial expressions ) . |
| 29 | As sprinter Mike MacFarlane said of his parents ' total lack of encouragement : ‘ It was 'cause they had n't got the time to think about it . ’ |
| 30 | It became the Parents ' National Education Union in 1892 as branches developed in several cities . |