Example sentences of "parents ' time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school will want more of parents ' time , attention and money . |
| 2 | The consumption of parents ' time in this role as ‘ transport guardians ’ is , as Hillman and Whalley have pointed out , an additional major societal consequence . |
| 3 | Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention . |
| 4 | One way of considering broad based beliefs about health was to ask , ‘ Are people more healthy now than in their parents ' time ? ’ |
| 5 | The majority , 78 per cent of males and 75 per cent of females aged 65 + , thought that people were healthier than in their parents ' time . |
| 6 | It might be expected that the percentage thinking that health had improved since their parents ' time would increase with age . |
| 7 | The proportion reporting that they thought people were healthier now than in their parents ' time decreased with age , from 78 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 years to 67 per cent of those aged 85 years and over ( Victor 1990a ) . |
| 8 | Compared with those aged under 65 , the post-retirement age groups are more likely to consider that health has improved since their parents ' time . |