Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] the [noun sg] of children " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's new guidelines for the welfare of children in hospital aim to ensure that , in future , food for children is not only nutritious but enjoyable , too . |
| 2 | The nightmare of childhood lived daily by orphan children in Romania is another example of a state of dreadful innocence abused by adults which is too painful to comprehend and yet which has become part of the domain of childhood as understood in Britain , just as images of the abuse of children by adults are also part of our daily reference to the violent world of childhood . |
| 3 | We will provide a code of family law that will continue to underpin the institution of marriage , give priority to the welfare of the child , and emphasise the primary responsibility of parents for the welfare of children and the family . |
| 4 | Descendants of the earlier hornbooks for the instruction of children , they were usually printed on coloured card . |
| 5 | When I joined the battle against fluoridation in 1962 , my opposition was wholly on the grounds that it was a treatment of people 's bodies without their consent , or the consent of parents in the case of children — a form of ‘ compulsory mass medication ’ . |
| 6 | In the 1970s and 1980s their work was dominated by statutory duties toward the care of children . |
| 7 | Whilst endowing the local youth department ( Jugendamt ) for the first time with full and central responsibilities for the well-being of children and young people in their area and for the maintenance of high and uniform standards of services , the Act envisages that these responsibilities be discharged through the co-ordination of private and public agencies and organizations . |
| 8 | Specialised buildings for the education of children have a relatively short history in Britain . |
| 9 | Its use of public money to set up a network of city technology colleges in joint ventures with businesses mocked the needs of the majority of children . |
| 10 | The intention was to address the needs of the majority of children through a combination of the ‘ broadly-based curriculum ’ and ‘ flexible teaching strategies ’ , and to use additional programmes and resources to cater for certain specific categories of need . |
| 11 | For children he published Parables in verse in 1768 and Hymns for the Amusement of Children in 1769 . |
| 12 | Here he must have written his final work , Hymns for the Amusement of Children . |
| 13 | Women will no longer accept that they are relegated to the kitchen or are treated as machines for the production of children . |
| 14 | Family has adopted principles for the protection of children and dependent spouses which could apply equally to the unmarried . |
| 15 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what account was taken in the review of the arrangements for income support of homeless families of the need of children of homeless families in bed-and-breakfast accommodation to have a balanced diet ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 16 | Studies of the development of children 's writing and spelling suggest that whilst certain broad principles of development can be discerned , children follow a wide variety of individual developmental paths within these principles ( Bissex 1980 , Read 1986 ) . |
| 17 | We do not , as yet , have enough long-term studies of the minority of children adopted without consent , especially if contact was artificially terminated and if the child was aware of a battle between the two sets of parents . |
| 18 | Rights and privileges do not pose any particular problems in the case of children . |
| 19 | These closures have to be seen in the context of changes in the number of children of primary school age ; this is illustrated in Figure 5.7 , using data for England . |
| 20 | These closures have to be seen in the context of changes in the number of children of secondary school age ; this is illustrated in Figure 5.11 , using data for England . |
| 21 | Mr again about guns , what is the your general policy on and dealing with guns in the presence of children ? |
| 22 | Bird-song and bumble-bees added their sounds to the laughter of children playing in nearby gardens . |
| 23 | Dr. Lynne Michelle , of Edinburgh , has highlighted in her studies on the perception of children of the promotion of cigarettes the grave danger , almost the entrapment of a younger generation by irresponsible elements in the industry and , sadly , the example set by other adults , including parents . |
| 24 | The effect of this Act has been to inspire a greater sense of caution in British film-makers regarding the involvement of children in immodest or suggestive photography , and restrictions on importing such material might well spread these considerations abroad . |
| 25 | It will also be given to delegates at the Federation of Children 's Book Groups conference , at which the Book Room will run a bookshop . |
| 26 | More than 100 delegates at the Association of Children 's Reporters annual study conference at Peebles also heard Prof Chris Turner of Stirling University 's Department of Applied Social Science call for a fresh look at emergency protection for children , not necessarily because the system had worked unsatisfactorily in Scotland . |
| 27 | This approach does little to help teachers cut through the educational rhetoric and sort out those practices which are most productive in terms of the quality of children 's learning . |
| 28 | And the thing just snowballed and we 've managed to accumulate something like £6,000 and about 40 tons of gifts in the form of children 's clothing , children 's toys er medicaments of one sort or another , various creams recommended to us by pediatricians , er shampoos and other things like antibiotics and so on which we 're taking over on behalf of er a medical team from Banbury . |
| 29 | In the lead mines of the northern Pennines the use of young boys underground seems to have decreased after 1750 when mining practice came to favour longer levels , putting the drawing of ores beyond the strength of children . |
| 30 | As a result they went on to argue for sole custody in step-parent situations on the assumption of children having one ‘ psychological parent ’ with whom they maintain a continuous relationship and bond . |