Example sentences of "child [noun sg] [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The logical basis for uprating child benefit is not prices but average earnings , as the main purpose of the benefit is to reduce inequalities in living standards due to family size . |
| 2 | Where ill-treatment is alleged the similar child test is not appropriate and the court must simply decide on the facts whether the harm is significant . |
| 3 | Sadly , the Venets ' experience of being accused of child abuse is not uncommon . |
| 4 | Thirdly , there is a divergent trend in contemporary social services departments which has implications for preventive work : diversion and minimum interventions for vulnerable families where child abuse is not an issue compared with net-widening and multidisciplinary interventions when child abuse is identified . |
| 5 | It has also been shown that reported child abuse is not distributed randomly , but is far higher among the most socially deprived groups in society ( Creighton , 1984 ; Krugman , 1986 ) . |
| 6 | Societal reaction theory directs research towards the ideas and beliefs that give child abuse meaning in given contexts , but it is also quite clear that child abuse is not reducible to those beliefs . |
| 7 | They conclude : They also suggest , following Gelles and Cornell ( 1985 ) , that child abuse is not a manifestation of something qualitatively different , or resulting from the fundamentally abnormal , but that parents and families are simply experiencing the same problems as others but to a greater degree . |
| 8 | it is not a pursuit for children drinking is not a pursuit for |
| 9 | While there 's undoubted public sympathy for Bosnia 's children opinion is not unanimous |