Sentence examples for appointing children from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, some Shiites living in Sunni Arab neighborhoods have hastily assembled night watch groups, even appointing children as guards.

At that point the spouse can roll over the IRA into his or her name, appointing children, grandchildren or whomever as beneficiaries.

She trained as a librarian, working in Christchurch until she was appointed children's librarian.

For children, recently appointed Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman introduces her new novel and Judith Kerr, the 90-year-old creator of the Mog series, discusses her life.

Councils will be required to appoint children's directors to take strategic responsibility for local children's education, health and social services.

Light Shining in the Forest tells the story of a newly appointed "children's tsar" in the north-east of England, Norman Stokoe.

In many cases the cutbacks have prompted fierce protests and Blackman, appointed children's laureate in June, has added her voice to the dissent.

Age: 3+ Julia Donaldson, the newly appointed children's laureate, may be best known for The Gruffalo, but her huge output contains a great many other gems besides.

The rapid expansion of 4Children was overseen by Redmond's predecessor, Anne Longfield, who left 18 months ago after being appointed children's commissioner for England by the former education secretary Nicky Morgan.

Riddell, an illustrator and political cartoonist who was appointed children's laureate last year, has sketched a series of what he calls "Sats beasties" in response to warnings by authors and parents that the current system of testing primary school children is detrimental.

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