Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] of life of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Counselling is concerned with maintaining the quality of life of older people for as long as possible . |
| 2 | The restaurant is in the centre of the village , surrounded by residential properties , one of which actually adjoins the function room , and the noise of loud music , particularly disco-type music , would adversely affect the quality of life of nearby residents . |
| 3 | Still less is it intended to mirror the expectation of life of the deceased or his dependants . |
| 4 | The early wool trade is so closely associated with the spinning galleries and those who lived in the farmhouses and cottages that a short explanation of the methods of production may be helpful in understanding the way of life of the producers . |
| 5 | Previously , investigations like this had been done mainly from the outsider 's point of view , and it was men like Evans-Pritchard ( 1902–73 ) , Radcliffe-Brown ( 1881–1955 ) , and , particularly , Malinowski ( 1884–1942 ) , who determined that the only really effective way of understanding the way of life of these peoples was to go and live among them for an extended period of time , learning their language , and becoming accepted as a member of their social groups . |
| 6 | Respondents were asked whether they would describe the quality of life of the person in the year before they died as good , fair , or poor . |
| 7 | Macedo 's line is that of Chico Mendes , for whom saving the rainforest went hand in hand with saving the way of life of its people and improving their lot . |
| 8 | To understand the primitive way of life , or the way of life of a society far removed from our own , it is necessary for us to extend our way of life into the orbit of the form of life of that society , rather than bring the form of life of that society into the orbit of our own . |
| 9 | Attempts by the Iraqi government of President Saddam Hussein to destroy the way of life of the Ma'dan or Marsh Arabs will also obliterate the largest wetland ecosystem in the Middle East , according to western observers . |
| 10 | … our assertion is that adequate preschool provision can improve the quality of life of young children and their families ; this conviction is given further support by the evidence we have presented in this book that pre-school education will in most circumstances aid the child 's development , increase his educational potential and in the long run his overall performance . |
| 11 | We continue to support activities which will improve the quality of life of poor people . |
| 12 | The origins of modern ethnography are to be found in the late nineteenth century , when men like Boas and Rivers studied the ways of life of a variety of tribes by then included in the British Empire . |
| 13 | The centre 's goal has been to enhance the quality of life of people who have cancer , and to possibly allay progression of the disease ; to give people some feeling of control over their lives and their healthcare , and to help them cope better with having cancer . |
| 14 | First , there are services to enhance the quality of life of children living at home with their families . |
| 15 | It affects the quality of life of everybody because nobody can be sure their calls are safe from prying ears . |
| 16 | The statement adds : ‘ Racism and anti-semitism severely affects the quality of life of those who endure it and we therefore wish to support the right for all members of our community to conduct their affairs in Darlington free from the risk of verbal or physical attack . ’ |
| 17 | The man who has a heart like Khidar , who quaffed the water of life of love , to such a one the most limpid fountains are nothing worth . |
| 18 | At its simplest , ethnography involves the researcher in describing the way of life of a group of people . |
| 19 | Most Russian historians have presented the Russian occupation of Siberia as a culturally progressive phenomenon , and have shown the way of life of the native peoples in a negative light . |
| 20 | It is not simply that the former communist societies in Eastern Europe were characterized , to a greater or lesser extent , by relative economic backwardness and political authoritarianism , and consequently had little appeal as models for the future development of any advanced industrial society , but that the democratic socialism of social democratic and labour parties in the capitalist world , despite its real achievements in improving the conditions of life of the working class , has come to be more critically judged as tending to promote an excessive centralization of decision making , growth of bureaucracy and regulation of the lives of individuals , and has lost something of the persuasive character it once had as a movement aiming to create a new civilization . |
| 21 | The paper serves to illustrate some of the fundamental problems that may be encountered by organisations which aim to introduce new technology to developing countries , in spite of the fact that the technology in question is aimed at improving the quality of life of the inhabitants . |
| 22 | It is hoped that the work of this new department will soon be supported by other deaf youth leaders so that a real impact can be made on improving the quality of life of young members of the deaf community . |
| 23 | The National Health Service and Community Care Act ( 1990 ) offers the possibility , but by no means the certainty , that assessment practice will be improved and developed into the comprehensive needs- and risk-led approach which , I have argued , is essential to improving the quality of life of older people . |
| 24 | As we have seen , ethnographic studies aim to describe the way of life of a society or group of people . |
| 25 | Finding a potential wonder drug in the root of some Amazonian plant might easily excite the giant pharmaceutical industry players but there is then the risk that over exploitation would change the way of life of the natives and potentially destroy the very environment one is trying to preserve . |
| 26 | The key question is whether , after decades of exposure to the various ‘ risk factors ’ , it is possible to reduce the frequency of coronary events and the deaths they may cause in men in the highest-risk categories , by altering the way of life of these men , and perhaps also by giving them appropriate drugs . |
| 27 | Our association of dominant ideology with bureaucracy has tempted us to reserve our notions of way of life for our villagers , thereby reducing bureaucrats and other representatives of the wider world beyond the boundaries of community to automatons , ciphers in depersonalised processes which are unintentionally portrayed as existing merely to threaten the way of life of local communities . |
| 28 | It can not be denied that we need more resources to improve the quality of life of very frail older people . |
| 29 | They were much more concerned about efforts to prevent illness , and to improve the quality of life of people incurably ill . |
| 30 | Roy Parker closes the book by reiterating the case for research : stressing that its ultimate purpose must be to help us to improve the quality of life of children generally and of some of the most disadvantaged in particular . |