Sentence examples for one set of parents from inspiring English sources

He even went on holiday with one set of parents.

One set of parents became so exasperated that they asked their child to prove their identity.

One set of parents, summoned by the principal to pick up their intoxicated son, sent the housekeeper instead.

Other practices may be difficult for one set of parents to adopt if neighbouring parents are raising their children differently.

One set of parents agreed to move to France with their three children to be with the mother's family.

You saw, in your mind's eye, the picture of a child walking alone across a motorway bridge from one set of parents to another.

10 P.M. (ABC) THE BACHELOR Last week Brad Womack visited the families of the remaining four contestants, where he gamely submitted to hair-washing, dabbled in Greek dancing and astrology and engaged in a little less-than-good-natured banter, as one set of professorial parents decided his self-made millions and lack of a college degree just weren't good enough for their daughter.

I love having two moms!" One set of our parents found out, through extremely disrespectful snooping, and pretty much disowned their adult child.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that there may have been a long-standing pattern where couples who are engaged to be married, move in with one set of their parents and then marry only subsequently, when this fits the family economy and other practical circumstances (observation by Kostova 2007).

We could settle it by a controlled manipulative experiment: we'd assign England's 47 counties at random to either of two sets: one set of 24 counties where parents are strictly forbidden to smack children; and another set of 23 where they are ordered to discipline kids by smacking.

In the first flowers, the endosperm ended up with one set of genes from the male parent and another set from the female parent.