Example sentences of "mother [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the death of father or mother the guardianship devolves on the surviving spouse ; but either can by deed or will appoint guardians to act with the survivor . |
| 2 | For a working mother the hours can be long , but a trusted nanny takes care of her two toddlers , and Parkin finds both her husband and the firm very supportive : ‘ I 'm still here after two children . ’ |
| 3 | Among these was young George Jefferies , who explained why he had run out of the shop in fear , and had only contacted the police on the advice of his friends and mother the following day . |
| 4 | Between them they give their mother the support she needs since their father has had a stroke . |
| 5 | If she comes from a family where she felt undermined by her own mother the effect upon her is compounded . |
| 6 | And for a loving mother the child would have Katelina , who would cherish him now , and make what she could of her marriage , for the sake of what she had found in Kalopetra . |
| 7 | Partly he was desperate to earn his own living and vindicate his decision to be an artist , and , in spite of everything , to place in front of his father and mother the hard-won gift of his success . |
| 8 | Or perhaps it is that if we try to take on the identity and authority of the Weaving Mother the consequences will be severe ; our own personal weavings are only part of a much greater pattern , which we can not control or take credit for . |
| 9 | She was not prepared to give her mother the satisfaction of knowing that Nicky had deceived her . |
| 10 | He was standing well apart from them as he gave Joe and his mother the details , and as the tears rolled down his cheeks Joe sensed a great loneliness in his cousin that seemed to link up with a similar feeling within himself , and he was drawn to Martin to put his arms about him , and when their faces touched both were wet . |
| 11 | The social worker decided that the only way forward was a family meeting as the sons individually could not tell their mother the situation . |
| 12 | For example : a child who regularly receives from his mother the privilege that his father has refused him learns very quickly to ‘ go behind his father 's back ’ . |
| 13 | For her mother the suffering goes on . |
| 14 | His mother the Lady Morathi had long been a devotee of the cult . |
| 15 | But do the movements ‘ convey information ’ to fellow workers in the hive in any more semantic a fashion than , say , a bruise on a child 's face conveys to his mother the information that he has had a nasty bump ? |
| 16 | His mother the dowager Queen Isabella survived until 1358 and if she could transmit title to Edward III , why could not Jeanne of Navarre , Louis X 's daughter , or any of the daughters of Philip V do likewise ? |
| 17 | Development is not viewed simply as the product of the child-rearing regime adopted by parents ; it is an interactive process , where the child influences the mother 's behaviour as much as the mother the child . |
| 18 | Having lost her mother the moment she was born , the baby needed a nursemaid , so Patrick Milligan had hired the rat-faced Mrs MacDonagh who lived opposite . |
| 19 | The year 1833 was a milestone for Swanage when Princess Victoria , with her mother the Duchess of Kent , spent the night of 7th August at the Manor House Hotel while on their West country tour . |
| 20 | My mother the past , my father the future . |
| 21 | Thus in ordinary custody disputes between father and mother the status quo often dictates the answer which the court has to give , notwithstanding that the status was achieved in circumstances which the court may regard with disfavour . |
| 22 | Before the originating summons was served upon the mother the father had not made her aware of his intention to ‘ go back ’ upon his letter of 23 September 1991 in which he had said that he did not intend to seek to have the children returned to Australia . |
| 23 | She was the eldest , my mother the youngest . |
| 24 | She had forced on her mother the excuse of a visit to a cousin in Whitehaven . |
| 25 | In that small yet significant gesture , the T'ang had given his father and mother the ultimate in compliments . |
| 26 | When the doctor had gone , Bobbie showed Mother the piece of paper . |
| 27 | Instead of simply handing his mother the handkerchief , he held her chin with one hand and wiped the tears from her cheeks . |
| 28 | I mean , I know about your mother the harpist , and your father , and why you 're called Arthur , and about the way you can fall . |
| 29 | I used to give my mother the lot , she used to give me a shilling back . |
| 30 | Alexei found himself recalling events from his childhood — the dimly understood shifts of influence from one family to another , his mother the niece of the Emperor , his father a commoner and always absent on the Imperial service — and almost before he was aware of it his hand had risen to the gold caste mark on his cheek . |