Example sentences of "with the [noun sg] of children " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Steward 's staff seem to have heard a rumour about his being out of favour with the War Office , but he seemed a most efficient and kindly gentleman to us , with the welfare of children very much at heart . |
| 2 | The majority of the discussion so far has been concerned with the assessment of children 's artistic rather than their aesthetic development . |
| 3 | The comparison with the experience of children left to cry alone without being comforted is obvious . |
| 4 | Point out that in the case of a married couple or a permanent relationship ( especially between a man and woman living together and with the possibility of children , planned or unexpected ) , the joint tenancy is the surest guarantee that on the death of either there will at least be a roof over the heads of the surviving family , particularly if there is to be a mortgage supported by a life endowment policy . |
| 5 | Besides their duties relating to general welfare , these committees ( SCCs ) were specifically instructed ‘ to advise and help parents in connection with the after-employment of children , referring suitable cases to the local apprenticeship committees , and generally to befriend with useful advice and guidance ’ . |
| 6 | Her concern with the development of children 's thinking has been present from the start of her academic career , when she was considerably influenced by the European School , and notably Piaget . |
| 7 | The chapter by Peter Lloyd is concerned with the development of children 's skills in communication during the early school years . |
| 8 | It should be noted that both points of view would claim to be centrally concerned with the well-being of children . |
| 9 | The NCC lines up the National Curriculum with the inclusion of children with severe learning difficulties in the education system in 1970 , with the Warnock Report 's claim that the goals of education are the same for all pupils ( DES 1978 ) and with the 1981 Education Act 's integration clause . |
| 10 | With the exception of children with special educational needs , the approach to needs was uneven and sometimes weak in the vital areas of diagnosis , assessment and provision . |
| 11 | In Parsons ' view , the modern family deals only with the socialization of children and gives stability to adult personalities . |
| 12 | However the modish concept of " proto-industrialisation " ( above pp. 4 – 5 ) has led to a dominant image of women 's work as having been hidden because in rural cottage manufacturing it , as with the work of children , was subsumed in a family unit of production in which it was neither separately waged nor described . |
| 13 | In the , when we dealt with the matter of children and communion , we based the whole case upon the doctrine that nothing must be allowed to stand in the way of the grace of God being available for all and sundry . |
| 14 | How far unions are binding , how far they are exclusive , how long they last , whether they bind men and women equally , whether sexual unions are public or merely private matters , whether the recognition of unions is inevitably linked with the legitimation of children — all these questions and many more are so variable that many anthropologists would argue that is not possible to give a valid universal definition of marriage [ Leach , 1961 ] . |
| 15 | For the widowed or divorced there was no difference between those with and without children nor any significant trend with the number of children . |
| 16 | Until we do , I would suggest , and it 's not just about until we do , then , I do n't think we 're going to make really serious dint with the number of children that we now have in care . |
| 17 | And then the long-term ones are to do with demography , with the birth rate , with the number of children in schools which , as most people are probably aware , have gone down dramatically in the last decade . |
| 18 | The families and the professionals have been concerned with the care of children and with negotiating the criteria that govern state intervention in that care . |
| 19 | In other respects , also , the state became involved more closely with the care of children . |
| 20 | It , again , entails college work , and school work , with the group of children which the students joined in the first term . |
| 21 | Several devices are now being produced commercially at the centre , including a novel mobility aid for children with neuromuscular conditions such as cerebral palsy , a low-pressure air bed to stop patients developing pressure sores , a realistic silicon covering for artificial hands and a special frame to assist plaster room staff with the application of children 's leg and body casts . |
| 22 | The marital relationship always undergoes considerable strain with the arrival of children . |
| 23 | Pressure groups are now campaigning for the law to be extended to cover back seat passengers too , principally with the safety of children in mind but also to protect front seat occupants who can be injured in a crash if an unrestrained person in the back is thrown forward . |