Example sentences of "parents still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With my black friends , their babies are two years old and the parents still cause so much strife . |
| 2 | ‘ But his parents still lived here then ? ’ |
| 3 | You had told Dr Fenemore that you thought your parents still lived here . |
| 4 | Not all who reach midlife have parents still living , and those who do may not be on such happy terms with them . |
| 5 | The Elleray Park special school pupil can not sit , stand , crawl or walk unaided and his parents still await his first words . |
| 6 | In the face of doubts about the truths of religion , could bereaved parents still take courage and assume that their children 's death meant only a brief separation , the prelude to reunion in happier surroundings ? |
| 7 | Many parents still expected their sons to have a ‘ sound ’ mathematics education and I 'm sure the idea of playing with bits of coloured paper and Sellotape instead of doing ‘ proper ’ maths like they had to , would have horrified some of our parents . |
| 8 | In Robert Roberts 's farming family this seems to have been the accepted practice on both sides : later on , as a young farm servant , he went to work for an uncle where his mother 's parents still lived in the farmhouse . |
| 9 | It might also be argued that despite recent legislation ( some would say because of it ) parent-teacher relations are still too often fraught with fear , suspicion and misunderstanding ; that there is still too much teacher stereotyping of ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ homes and parents ; and that many parents still lack power in relation to their parental rights and responsibilities . |
| 10 | My parents still do n't know what course I am pursuing at a college of education . |
| 11 | Many parents still do n't realise the hidden dangers in household goods . |
| 12 | Although education is theoretically free in Costa Rica , parents still have to pay the increasingly high costs , relative to income , of school clothing , books , materials and transport costs . |
| 13 | ‘ My parents still have a home out there . ’ |
| 14 | This remains one of the strongest reasons why so many parents still want their children to have RE even though they themselves have long since given up having much to do with religion . |
| 15 | He removed his hands , stripped off his gloves and stepped back , only then noticing the stricken parents still standing near the door . |
| 16 | Some parents still give their kids a clip round the ear , some of em send the children to their room or whatever , but when the children are in care you ca n't do any of these things because if you lock the child in the room , if the child gets sent to the room , you 're accused of pindown when there 's a report done . |
| 17 | The poll results suggest that many parents still fail to understand the grant-maintained system . |
| 18 | My parents still live there and my father loves it and shares its faintly ridiculous pride . |
| 19 | Her parents still live in Yorkshire where her mother Betty runs an antique lace shop , simply called The Corner Shop , in the market town of Malton . |
| 20 | Yet apparently many parents still treat their children like that . |
| 21 | Even so , some mammal parents still find it worth while to deposit their babies in a creche . |
| 22 | ‘ Do your parents still live at the farm ? |
| 23 | Secondary education has been extended throughout the rural areas , and though it is expensive ( about Z$300 or US$ ? ? ? per year per child ) , most parents still pay up : the only expanding job sector is teaching . |
| 24 | By our definition these children had recovered , but their parents still reported that 5% of recovered children had stool withholding , 9% had abdominal pain , and 24% occasionally passed large stools . |
| 25 | Can he confirm that there will be no discrimination against state schools , for which the majority of parents still exercise a preference , or in favour of the segregated education system that the Roman Catholic Church and most Catholic parents want to maintain ? |