Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] of [noun] life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pre-agricultural man as a forest dweller would have left no trace , although , like D'Arcy Thompson , who argued that sacred groves , as revered in many tropical countries today , were the inspiration for columned buildings ( hence the Greek temple and all modern architecture ) , it has been entertainingly argued by Corner that traces of forest life are embedded in modern society . |
| 2 | As discussed earlier , this requires schools to prepare pupils for the ‘ experiences and opportunities of adult life ’ and to promote their spiritual , moral , cultural , mental and physical development . |
| 3 | The grimness was not only a matter of the appalling weather conditions , nor of the remoteness from all comforts and advantages of city life . |
| 4 | Under section 1 of the Act , a duty rests with the Secretary of State , LEAs , governing bodies and head teachers ( of maintained schools ) to ensure provision of ‘ a balanced and broadly based curriculum which — ( a ) promotes the spiritual , moral , cultural , mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society ; and ( b ) prepares such pupils for the opportunities , responsibilities and experiences of adult life ’ . |
| 5 | If a school is going to prepare a pupil for the ‘ opportunities and experiences of adult life ’ as it is required to do by section 1 of the Education Reform Act 1988 , it surely can not ignore his/her sex education . |
| 6 | prepares such pupils for the opportunities , responsibilities and experiences of adult life . |
| 7 | promotes the spiritual , moral , cultural , mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society ; and prepares such pupils for the opportunities , responsibilities and experiences of adult life . |
| 8 | In the urge to achieve coverage those who find little comfort in academic work may be given an arid diet of superficiality which neither ‘ promotes ’ their ‘ spiritual , moral , cultural development ’ nor ‘ prepares ’ them for the opportunities , responsibilities and experiences of adult life . |
| 9 | The National Curriculum aims to " prepare pupils for the opportunities , responsibilities and experiences of adult life " . |
| 10 | The 1988 Education Reform Act states that the National Curriculum should prepare pupils for the opportunities , responsibilities and experiences of adult life " . |
| 11 | The Education Reform Act 1988 states that the National Curriculum should prepare pupils for the opportunities , responsibilities and experiences of adult life " . |
| 12 | For young workers such as H.G. Wells ' Miss Milton and the draper , Hoopdriver , who had money in their pockets and were without as yet the cares and responsibilities of family life , unchaperoned excursions in the countryside provided opportunities for encounters with the opposite sex . |
| 13 | ‘ If you can order your Thoughts and shape them into Art , good : if you can live in the obligations and affections of Daily Life , good . |
| 14 | Her friends plainly felt sorry for her , a little embarrassed at the fact that she did not have a husband to contribute to the conversation , nor children , nor any of the little ups and downs of family life . |
| 15 | Whatever their circumstances and pressures , parents had to strive to raise children to live with the normal ups and downs of family life . |
| 16 | There have certainly been marked changes in Britain during the last few decades in both the ideals and practicalities of family life . |
| 17 | As we noted in Chapter 2 , James Caird , writing in 1878 , drew attention to the differences between the agriculture practised in the predominantly pastoral North and West of England and that in the mainly arable South and East , a division which affected the organization and conditions of village life in the two regions . |
| 18 | The National Curriculum 's aims — to give pupils knowledge , understanding , skills and attitudes to equip them for the responsibilities and challenges of adult life and tomorrow 's world — will be widely supported . |
| 19 | It is little wonder , then , that ostracism and gossip were such powerful ways of enforcing the values and standards of village life , nor that the criteria of status and prestige in the community also tended to be derived from the world of work . |
| 20 | It will look at life histories of family members , the distribution of resources , and the activities and routines of family life in order to illuminate how beliefs , values , attitudes , expectations and patterns of behaviour are transmitted between family members . |
| 21 | As patterns of family life diversify and change , are current definitions of ‘ the family ’ realistic ? |