Example sentences of "life [is] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | De Beauvoir 's life is of course amply documented in her auto-biographical writings . |
| 2 | These greetings are always positive , for with these women all life is of God : whatever trials or disasters are endured , they must be God-sent so all is well . |
| 3 | His standard of life is of a minimal nature , ’ said Mr Francis . |
| 4 | The reality of life is of course that it is the bad news man who should be the most prized . |
| 5 | " We believe that living in harmony with natural forces of life is of the highest importance , " said Tran Van Hieu gently , waving his hand towards the golden-roofed temples and palaces of the Imperial City inside the Hue citadel . |
| 6 | Faith , my friends , is the prospect that all our relationships can be transformed , it 's openness towards a movement of grace , a path to discover just how little life is of our own making and how much of it comes from a gift which is not our own . |
| 7 | ‘ The experience to be gathered from books , though often valuable , is but of the nature of learning ; whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom ; and a small store of the latter is worth vastly more than a stock of the former . ’ |
| 8 | The chances are equal either way but as a matter of calculation it can be shown that the impact of the chance of shorter life is of greater significance than that of longer life , end quote . |
| 9 | Well one of the great lessons of life is of course you ca n't have everything you want all at the same time it took me about sixty years to learn that . |