Example sentences of "of child ['s] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Perhaps it is to be applied to some kind of child 's toy — a gunpowder-propelled kite ! ’
2 VIDEO / Chilling case of child 's play : A critical guide to films available for hire this month by Elkan Allan
3 Song weak , fluty , higher-pitched , slightly reminiscent of child 's trumpet .
4 Contingency theory has not remained entirely deterministic , mainly as a result of Child 's insistence on the significance of ‘ strategic choice ’ .
5 30% Problems of social relationship ( e.g. being denied attention , incomprehension of child 's desires , etc . )
6 Success of child 's bid to obtain legal separation from mother
7 In 1845 Thomas Hartshorne had told a parliamentary enquiry that Thurmaston had about 400 frames , which specialized in the production of children 's socks and a few gloves .
8 Founded by Reg Bolton in nineteen seventy six , he has since established a number of children 's circus groups throughout the country .
9 When a supply teacher 's standards of discipline or expectations of children 's performance do n't match those of the school , trouble can develop resulting in strained relationships , unhappy children , disgruntled parents and tales that will damage the school 's reputation taken to other schools by the supply teacher .
10 Thus , while imitation tasks appear to provide a simple and direct way of assessing a child 's linguistic ability , the interpretation of children 's performance on imitation tasks is far from simple .
11 I fancied I could hear the cold laughter of market traders and the chant of children 's games .
12 Noteworthy are the fine flower and fruit paintings , and the early pictures of children 's games .
13 Players stood signing autographs ; the usual multiplicity of children 's games in the outfield started up immediately .
14 At this juncture the parents take an almost equal responsibility , and a system of co-education is introduced in the form of children 's games .
15 Scottish Action on Dementia have recommended proposals similar to the Scottish system of Children 's Hearings , for those with mental impairment , to improve the situation ( Boyd , 1988 ) .
16 Thus , the Act has no effect in the internal workings of children 's hearings : there is no question of ‘ rehabilitation ’ as that term is understood in the Act applying so as to prevent a later children 's hearing exploring the circumstances of an earlier offence or hearing or disposal .
17 Making an effort , Albert told Bella where they were going , and she sent a pair of children 's ski mitts ahead of them to the pension .
18 For example the toddler needs the rhythm and songs of the parents to develop their early language skills , whereas the seven-to eight-year-old finds the joy of escape into the fantasy world of children 's fiction , of uninhibited and expressive art , of the beginnings of sharp observation , detailed investigation , hypothesis and study .
19 But certain kinds of children 's fiction do contain quoted speech which calls on quite advanced understanding of possibilities in expression , and an acceptance of its remoteness from the way people ordinarily talk .
20 An annotated anthology of children 's fiction , poetry and story grouped under appropriate headings .
21 The three things that I remember most clearly about Basil were , firstly , his great interest in the development of children 's powers of observation , to help them with their aesthetic expression .
22 We less frequently ask ourselves whether what and how we teach and the way in which we organise and manage our schools could themselves be a major cause of children 's difficulties .
23 For example , voluntary organizations played , and will continue to play , a central role in the provision of children 's services ; they were also influential in shaping new child care legislation ( for example : The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and the Children Act , 1908 ; Association of British Adoption Agencies and the 1975 Children Act ) .
24 Developments in the reform of children 's services do not appear to have been influenced by this body of knowledge to the same extent as the reforms of ‘ adult services ’ .
25 Erm , so I would certainly be asking you to keep some contingency provision in that area , because we project some very expensive one-off demands on certain elements of children 's services .
26 However this summer a temporary programme coordinator has visited the region and a short term programme of material support to children 's homes has been provided and we are now working to put other facilities in s to institutions in Serbia and are hoping that through the restructuring of children 's services , when the conflict is over and we believe obviously that may be some off , that we can tri can contribute to meeting the longer term needs of children in that war torn zone .
27 According to documents obtained in California on Thursday from the Department of Children 's Services , the young boy involved in the allegations told a social worker he and Jackson had a four-month relationship .
28 At the same time as this was happening teachers demanded to be treated ‘ as professionals ’ , scornfully ignoring the view , repeatedly expressed , that the disruption of children 's education for so long a period was hardly the behaviour that one might expect from members of a ‘ profession ’ .
29 Once the enhancement is one full-time teacher or more , then a whole range of managerial roles and strategies becomes available because it is possible to combine full-time class responsibility — which many heads see as vital to the integrity and continuity of children 's education — with substantial cross-school management , development and support .
30 We believe that proper steps towards these aims would contribute to securing further improvement in the quality of children 's education . ’
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