Example sentences of "child over " 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 Checklists are not appropriate for people who do not have inti-mate knowledge of a child over a period of some weeks .
3 At that time there was a widespread practice of holding the child over a newspaper for passing a motion .
4 ‘ The ruling in Bosnia is you ca n't adopt a child over the age of five .
5 I 've seen him crying like a child over a dead baby he carried in .
6 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 .
7 Birth parents may relinquish their child for adoption at the time of birth or at a subsequent date , possibly having cared for the child over a period of months or years .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Hold a baby by his feet ( left ) or lay a child over your knee ( right ) and strike between the shoulder blades
11 If she was trying to impress Luke with her willingness to play by his rules , acting like a jealous child over what was undoubtedly a business phone call was hardly the way to begin .
12 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 .
13 Turn the child over your knee and slap five times between the shoulder blades .
14 The best place to find the pulse in a child over one-year-old is the carotid artery which passes either side of the windpipe in the neck and can be felt by pressing two forefingers gently at this point .
15 when they are travelling , in the front a child , now one year , must use an approved child restrain design for age and weight , a child over one may wear any approved child restraint on adult seat belt , in the rear a child must be restrained and the appropriate restrain is fitted , the the term appropriate restrain includes the following ; infants under one year old , a carry or cot which is held by straps , children one , two or three years in appropriate child seat or harness or booster cushion with an adult belt , not a household cushion .
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