Collocations for the word children when used in the Senate during the 1970s

Collocation	Frequency
handicapped children	355
school children	319
dependent children	255
aboriginal children	241
isolated children	188
young children	179
australian children	138
migrant children	106
many children	73
children would	72
children attending	68
two children	64
eligible children	56
student children	56
children living	47
children whose	47
children aged	42
retarded children	40
without children	39
age children	38
subsequent children	37
three children	36
children born	35
whose children	33
four children	31
children could	29
children may	28
children particularly	28
small children	28
children assistance	27
million children	25
children throughout	23
pre-school children	23
little children	20
000 children	19
children involved	19
disadvantaged children	19
five children	19
outback children	19
children education	18
children whether	18
children need	17
children one	17
children receive	17
deaf children	17
children attend	16
children without	16
including children	16
children going	15
children however	15
country children	15
refugee children	15
soldiers children	15
children 100	14
children fund	13
children including	13
disabled children	13
illegitimate children	13
children children	12
children parents	12
pensioners children	12
six children	12
autistic children	11
children receiving	11
children suffering	11
international children	11
particularly children	11
school-age children	11
territory children	11
children leave	10
children per	10
children scheme	10
children senator	10
educating children	10
like children	10
nations children	10
younger children	10
children concerned	9
children many	9
children must	9
ex-nuptial children	9
older children	9
spastic children	9
assist children	8
children dependent	8
children get	8
children outside	8
children perhaps	8
children received	8
children still	8
children watch	8
european children	8
injured children	8
quality children	8
royal children	8
sick children	8
adopted children	7
aged children	7
battered children	7
certain children	7