Example sentences of "a [noun] for the child " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not clear whether this motivation arises from a pragmatic desire to influence other people in order to achieve common objectives , or whether social interactions act as a catalyst for the child 's intrinsic curiosity about language as a system for communicating with other people . |
| 2 | With a prayer for the child corrupted . |
| 3 | Geoff is erm oh he 's raising money for a playing , a field for the children |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a present for the children . |
| 5 | But the LEA refused to offer the applicant 's mother a grant for the child to be educated at that school . |
| 6 | In the United States a lawyer for the child making the allegations levelled fresh attacks . |
| 7 | The parents at the school all get together and do a pantomime for the children . |
| 8 | Such an order may be made so as to ensure that there is a home for the children of the marriage . |
| 9 | There 's a shop selling these products and a playground for the children . |
| 10 | The local authority must formulate a plan for the child after consultation with all those concerned ( Guidance , vol 2 , para 3.32 ) . |
| 11 | A court can include a requirement for the child to be medically or psychiatrically examined on one occasion or from time to time as directed by the supervisor ( para 4(2) ) . |
| 12 | He served on the BA 's Children 's bookselling committee , took part in the meetings of the book trade 's children 's books committee , and last year served as a judge for the children 's book section of the Whitbread Prize . |
| 13 | And secretary Marie Daimier , 25 , said : ‘ They are just like the rest of us — but it 's a shame for the children . ’ |
| 14 | We argue out the whys and wherefores of putting our aged relatives in geriatric homes , taking early retirement , buying a pet for the children , or taking them to the circus . |
| 15 | In others , it will come as something of a surprise , and there may then be a need for the child to undergo further diagnostic tests to establish the extent of the problem . |
| 16 | I was told that the local authority were still maintaining an open mind about the possibility of placing the children with the father and that the choice of foster parents made in October was intended to cover the possibility of the children being returned to the father , but also to cover the possibility of a need for the children to be with foster parents for some longer time , in the event of the assessment of the father proving unsatisfactory . |
| 17 | Because she had no garden , she improvised a sandpit for the children to play in . |
| 18 | She did not expect letters but on hearing from her the news of Hal 's birth , they had at once despatched an enormous bearskin : a gift for the child . |
| 19 | • Special family rates ( and a crèche for the children ) . |
| 20 | A distaste for the child within us — and particularly within Spielberg — is the unattractive undertone which can be detected beneath virtually every hostile review of Hook . |
| 21 | What sort of twisted thoughts went through my father 's brain at the time to make him choose such a name for the child I can not start to imagine , but that was the name Angus chose for his new son . |
| 22 | The testator also appoints a curator for the child , and directs that he and the two nurses should enjoy the income from certain land . |
| 23 | But December was a day for the children . |
| 24 | ‘ The maypole gala is primarily a day for the children . |
| 25 | Tina herself was not a risk in this area because the man she had lived with longer than any other was paying her £50 a week for the children 's keep . |
| 26 | We host one evening meal a week for the children , spoiling them rotten with chicken and chips and looking after them from 7.30 to 9.30 pm . |
| 27 | Playing the game takes over the drama session and becomes a means for the children ( and sometimes the teacher ) to avoid the drama . |
| 28 | The ingredients of a combined system are variable according to the needs of the child — it is essentially a method for the child according to his or her needs , aptitudes and abilities . |
| 29 | With no casualties to deal with , but with new staff and better equipment our doctors settled down to work with a will for the children from ‘ Peabody buildings ’ at the back of the hospital who had either come back from evacuation , or who would not go anyway . |
| 30 | Concert parties started attending again , and the seasonal flow of gifts of flowers , eggs , vegetables and toys ( including a rocking-horse for the children ) was resumed . |