11.   In Britain, private adoptions are illegal.

12.   It was a private adoption.

13.   Private adoptions are illegal in Britain, but about a hundred children are brought into the country each year without clearing formal adoption procedures.

14.   Private adoption is illegal in Britain, but immigration authorities allow children adopted elsewhere to be brought into the country.

15.   Private adoptions are illegal in Britain.

16.   So they tried first to arrange a private adoption in the United States by placing newspaper ads.

17.   Some countries may also choose to permit private adoptions.