Example sentences of "in [noun] children " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arrangement was for Dorli and Lieserl to be looked after by a young Leeds couple , Theo and Tilly Hall , who had offered to take in refugee children . |
| 2 | Why were there no more Jewish families willing to take in refugee children ? |
| 3 | His basic concerns involve the effects computer-use might have in fostering children 's ability to engage in disembedded thinking ; and the possibility that girls might not gain so much benefit from computer-use in school as boys . |
| 4 | The first concern of hon. Members , particularly those representing Leicestershire constituencies , will be to know whether children in Leicestershire children 's homes are now properly protected against abuse . |
| 5 | First , I am directing Leicestershire county council to establish a statutory and legally chaired inquiry whose terms of reference will be to inquire into management responses to complaints or other prima facie evidence of abuse , malpractice or other related matters in Leicestershire children 's homes between 1973 and 1986 ; and any other relevant management and personnel management matters during that period or subsequently . |
| 6 | Borax will also kill them , but do n't sprinkle it in areas children or pets go , as it 's harmful . |
| 7 | In drama children make decisions , and then they see the consequences of those decisions . |
| 8 | Attention must be paid not only to stool frequency and stool consistency , but to painful bowel movements , the degree of straining , and the time it takes to evacuate stools in younr children . |
| 9 | In theory children over the age of 12 months could just use an adult seat belt . |
| 10 | In Britain children still hear biblical stories in schools ; much of American society is steeped in the bible . |
| 11 | In Britain children are looking forward to Christmas and especially to the presents that Father Christmas brings . |
| 12 | There is evidence that very early in life children engage in rudimentary forms of role-taking particularly during play : playing mother or nurse or teacher . |
| 13 | Very early in life children begin to explore their bodies manually and experiment in self-manipulation . |
| 14 | In Bangladesh children under the age of five or six are looked after by the whole family . |
| 15 | In reality children usually start to lose interest after about two weeks once they realize that they can earn them relatively easily . |
| 16 | Parents hope that this huge investment of emotion , time and energy in training children — what we call discipline — will have its dividend , eventually , in the emergence of a young adult with good judgement and a mature , responsible outlook . |
| 17 | The first and most crucial step in training children to be social beings takes place when they develop a willingness to do as they are told . |
| 18 | In the long run , however , the time wasted in nagging exceeds the initial investment in time and effort involved in training children that parents mean what they say . |
| 19 | Throughout this book I have suggested that it is important , in training children , to convey a reasonably coherent idea of the aims and objects that lie behind the training and supervision . |
| 20 | As Price points out , the importance of his finding was that such ‘ high ’ lead levels were common in city children in Britain . |
| 21 | In childhood children run wild , are subject to little or no educative influence and are generally indulged . |
| 22 | The 1841 census reveals 227 " copper miners " , but many of them were in fact children . |
| 23 | During a period in prison children can forget who their father is or never learn who he is . |