Yes, in the book "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, the matches of marriage need to be monitored for three years before the couple can apply to have children. This is done to ensure that the couple is emotionally and psychologically prepared for parenthood and to assess their suitability for raising children in the community.
One couple cannot have 1.27 children. But if you look at 100 couples, they could have 127 children among them, and the average would be 1.27 children per couple. (127/100)
the husband could take another wife
It literally means children, grand children and great grand children born to a couple, or you could say the family tree.
In American English, the correct answer is "The couple has children." But in British English, they would generally say "the couple have children."
In the book "The Giver," couples had to wait three years before they could apply for children to ensure stability, maturity, and readiness to care for a child. The waiting period allowed the community to assess the couple's emotional and financial preparedness for parenthood, while also ensuring that the decision to have a child was well-considered.
the shuffling of genes that occurs due to chromosomes crossing over makes the production of genetically variable children a couple can practicaly infinite. Sabir
Without children. A childless couple is a couple without children.
apply two forces , known as a couple
Possibly. Or the wife could be infertile. Or they could be taking measures to prevent pregnancy. There's a number of reasons why this might be.
If you have a couple of gray hairs then you could just buy some highlights for hair and apply it. Or you could just buy a box of hair dye and dye your whole head. You can apply your self or go to salon.
Of course, Washington's decedents could not be alive, but neither are his descendants, because he fathered no children. He had a couple of step-children . . .