Collocations for the word children when used in the House of Representatives during the 1970s

Collocation	Frequency
handicapped children	932
dependent children	475
school children	383
aboriginal children	368
migrant children	310
young children	280
isolated children	213
australian children	154
children attending	121
many children	113
two children	90
children would	74
children ensure	72
children whose	66
student children	62
children assistance	60
children born	56
disadvantaged children	56
children aged	53
three children	50
children living	48
000 children	47
children may	45
age children	42
children attend	42
without children	42
children could	41
subsequent children	39
retarded children	35
country children	34
pre-school children	34
whose children	34
eligible children	31
four children	31
children one	30
deaf children	29
ex-nuptial children	29
children particularly	28
small children	28
children throughout	27
children concerned	26
five children	26
million children	26
children suffer	25
children fund	24
children whether	24
spastic children	24
children away	22
children many	22
white children	22
children however	21
children including	21
children involved	21
children suffering	21
children without	21
children come	20
children need	20
children let	19
illegitimate children	19
little children	19
poor children	19
soldiers children	19
autistic children	18
nations children	18
six children	18
unborn children	18
born children	17
children education	17
children must	17
children receive	17
children received	17
children receiving	17
educating children	17
including children	17
500,000 children	16
children going	16
children within	16
dependant children	16
normal children	16
old children	16
children even	15
crippled children	15
news children	15
sick children	15
unwanted children	15
children enrolled	14
unfortunate children	14
aged children	13
children also	13
school-age children	13
underprivileged children	13
vietnamese children	13
children act	12
children get	12
particularly children	12
sub-normal children	12
100 children	11
children leaving	11
children receives	11
older children	11