Example sentences of "[art] child [unc] [noun] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Although upon return to Canada for what might prove to be no more than a temporary visit the mother 's situation might be unsatisfactory and she might suffer discomfort or perhaps even hardship , there is no evidence that there is a risk , let alone a great one , that the child 's return would place him in a situation which is intolerable .
2 ( 2 ) In the case of all normal surgical , medical or dental treatment the child 's decision should determine the matter , whether or not the court thinks this is in the child 's best interests .
3 It will , I think , be apparent from what I have said that even in the case of normal medical treatment I can not accept Mr. Munby 's proposition that the child 's decision should determine the matter .
4 The child 's corpse must have been loaded onto some form of transport that had been waiting beyond the yard .
5 The guess as to the most plausible interpretation of the child 's utterance will guide the adult 's own actions which , in turn , provide the child with feedback regarding how successful she has been in making her needs and intentions explicit .
6 The implications of the medical diagnosis in so far as it is likely to affect the child 's education will need to be considered and attention given to the prognosis , especially if it involves the possibility of progressive deterioration of sight .
7 The skilled teacher who welcomes and values the child 's contribution can do much to enhance the learning environment .
8 The cloak , in this case , represents a last hold upon life , and however disproportionate the child 's grief may appear , it is still explicable in terms of human psychology .
9 The child 's solicitor must serve and accept service of documents on the child 's behalf where there is no guardian .
10 If you decide on avoidance of the food , bear in mind that the child 's sensitivity may disappear in time .
11 As long as a sensible training programme is followed , the child 's body will develop at a pace that will match his/her ambitions .
12 A child 's education may consist largely of the mastery of traditional skills to be done in a traditional way .
13 A child 's welfare must come first : .
14 The idea that a child 's intelligence might depend solely on the intelligences of his or her parents seems commonsensical : all around us we see clever kids born of clever parents .
15 In such a way a child 's promptness might save a soul from the long blankness of Limbo , or a child 's inattention or failure of nerve condemn it to years of the deadliest waiting until the day of Judgement , held still in the amber of the centuries .
16 This indicates the extent to which the language test is able to predict how a child 's language will change over time and is referred to as predictive validity .
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