Example sentences of "child 's [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example might be the provisions which state that the child 's welfare is to be the first consideration in decisions relating to adoption and children in care ( Sections 3 and 59 ) . |
| 2 | The child 's welfare is to be the paramount consideration : see section 1(1) . |
| 3 | The only exception would be if a child 's life was in danger . |
| 4 | She lived to regret what she regarded as her weakness , for the child 's fate was to be so terrible that his existence had to be denied in her own mind . |
| 5 | • If your child 's clothing is on fire , stop him running about to prevent fanning the flames . |
| 6 | Every child 's dream is to be a pilot . |
| 7 | In particular , use of mental age will indicate the extent to which the child 's language is in step with other aspects of social and cognitive functioning . |
| 8 | The child 's father was on a train . |
| 9 | In Case 1 we saw how the Nuer linked legitimacy to the payment of bridecattle ; in Case 2 Nayar legitimacy was established by the child 's mother being of the proper social age , a " mother " and not a " child " , with the added proviso that the presumed genitor must not be of lower caste than the mother . |
| 10 | That the child 's family is on supplementary benefit . |