Example sentences of "[noun pl] of life " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the force inside the stockade could batter the attackers from behind its stout fence , another detachment of men could steal out and close in on the attackers ' flank on the landward side ; the Rebecca 's guns covered the beach below the settlement , so they would not be able to make their approach from the beach , unless they discounted major losses of life . |
| 2 | So with the gradual release of information about Stalinism and the terrible losses of life in the labour camps , a whole generation of political activists lost their faith , not only in Russia , but in the hope that human beings can radically alter their society in ways that make it more equal and more just . |
| 3 | In addition , the rapid expansion of Christian churches in parts of the Third World ( contrasting very markedly with what sometimes appears to be a steady decline in the west ) has led those churches increasingly to feel the need not merely to copy the styles of life , worship and theology developed in western Christianity , but to develop others appropriate to their own setting . |
| 4 | The establishment of Prohibition laws was a battle in the struggle for status between two divergent styles of life … . |
| 5 | Suburban styles of life are very different from those in the inner city . |
| 6 | ‘ Prestige ’ relates to the amount of esteem or honour associated with social positions , qualities of individuals and styles of life . |
| 7 | Occupations , ethnic and religious groups , and most importantly styles of life are accorded differing degrees of prestige or esteem by members of society . |
| 8 | In the morass of detail Mills brings forward to describe his ‘ power elite ’ , it is easy to ignore this fundamental assumption which precedes his empirical work : ‘ In so far as the power elite is composed of men of similar origin and education , in so far as their careers and their styles of life are similar , there are psychological and social bases for their unity , resting upon the fact that they are of similar social type and leading to the fact of their easy intermingling ’ . |
| 9 | I think it 's a very useful point of contact , because there are areas in which there are obviously differences , different styles of life , different ways of life , different erm time commitments , and it 's very good that this something that tries to bridge the gap . |
| 10 | It is impossible to put figures on this phenomenon , which has to be guessed at from fragmentary glimpses of life after work : excuses for failure to attend a meeting and so on . |
| 11 | The principal compounds of life |
| 12 | This is the process by which these organisms synthesize the compounds of life from water and carbon dioxide , using energy from the Sun , and releasing oxygen ( see p.93 ) . |
| 13 | Cells are the basic units of life . |
| 14 | Things should be made easier ; after all actors come from all walks of life and we should n't keep them out . |
| 15 | The 10 winners will see dramatic displays by working dogs from all walks of life . |
| 16 | ‘ By holding open meetings for children and having the telecottage above the local store , people of all walks of life came in - small-scale entrepreneurs and their spouses , shop assistants , craftspeople and children . |
| 17 | His short visit has given him much information about the courses but , more importantly , he now has an intimate feeling of how these young men and women , drawn from all walks of life , are trained . |
| 18 | But now prison officers are taken from all walks of life . ’ |
| 19 | With anti-Europeanism also rampant over French attitudes to Britain 's EEC application , Little Englanderism — or British isolationism — became fashionable in all walks of life . |
| 20 | In our continuing series , gardeners from all walks of life write about their favourite plants |
| 21 | It can be gathered from every conversation that the people 's comrades from all walks of life want a return to the living standard of the pre-war era as soon as possible , and do n't lay the slightest value on going down in history . ’ |
| 22 | Jews had to experience forms of discrimination in many walks of life . |
| 23 | Among about 400 guests in the Atrium at the Millbank centre , just along the road from the Houses of Parliament , were authors , entertainers , stars from stage , screen and sport — and a smattering of ordinary people from worthy walks of life such as ambulance drivers , nurses , teachers and charity workers . |
| 24 | But one has greater resources of time … and contact with more people of all walks of life and those in the movement too . |
| 25 | In all walks of life wives have to deal with emergencies but in the farming industry these can occur regularly and can assume considerable importance . |
| 26 | I believe that the inspiring and the enlisting of the active citizen in all walks of life is the key . ’ |
| 27 | And let me tell you , if you were to have come into our servants ' hall on any of those evenings , you would not have heard mere gossip ; more likely , you would have witnessed debates over the great affairs preoccupying our employers upstairs , or else over matters of import reported in the newspapers ; and of course , as fellow professionals from all walks of life are wont to do when gathered together , we could be found discussing every aspect of our vocation . |
| 28 | People everywhere , of all ages , from all walks of life . |
| 29 | True , you have politics in all walks of life , however in diving , some seem to thrive off putting organisations and individuals down because of their allegiance or training methods . |
| 30 | Hence , on the one hand , his wide knowledge of books , paintings , music , his interest in the specialist knowledge of people he met from other walks of life , his responsiveness to many artistic influences , and his concern for people . |