Example sentences of "death [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the more successful devices is the Repeater Hand Gun ( the inventor 's name of Von Meinkopt 's Whirling Cavalcade of Death being a bit of a mouthful for everyday usage ) . |
| 2 | Death being a fairly serious matter , a body can not be disposed of until a doctor 's certificate as to cause of death has been received by the registrar . |
| 3 | This morning there were three cars besides myself and that frightened me to death being a trader . |
| 4 | Visit the soul in sleep — that death 's a slumber , |
| 5 | Moreover , death is a time of great stress to those you love most . |
| 6 | Death is a tragedy ( ! ) and whether it strikes at an eight-year-old youngster 3. ) or a senile old man , a scar is always left on one 4. ) of the survivors — a scar that does not heal quickly . |
| 7 | Death is a potent dissuader , to the promiscuous as to the drug abuser , but the least-educated and the most-deprived have less to live for . |
| 8 | His death is a sin offering , he gives his life for us , he dies for us , but , as far as I can tell , the New Testament never answers this question : To whom is the sin offering given ? |
| 9 | But still , Coe says he enjoyed writing this one far more than his previous books , and it shows ; The Dwarves of Death is a light and pacey piece of whimsical London noir . |
| 10 | Talking to children about death is a new thought for many but it can help prevent much anguish and pain if the subject is dealt with sensitively . |
| 11 | Death is a terrible fidelity to maintain . |
| 12 | If human death is a measure of suffering , then David Damiani would surely have agreed that he had suffered less than Shlomo Green . |
| 13 | Cell death is a normal feature of limb development and helps sculpt the form of the limb . |
| 14 | This is needed because the triumph over the fear of death is a fundamental human need and without it there will always be this fear looming in the background of the mind . |
| 15 | By attempting to sustain life at all costs , and by refusing to admit the fact that death is a good and proper part of life , doctors are in error . |
| 16 | Death is a prime example . |
| 17 | If the cause of death is a mystery , a postmortem examination may be required . |
| 18 | The only beneficiary who is entitled to receive sums immediately from the date of death is a life tenant of the residuary estate which is not made clear in the question the reader asks . |
| 19 | Paradise Lost , one might say , exists to tell us that death is a just punishment , and anyway ( see Paradise Regained ) not final . |
| 20 | ‘ Her death is a terrible waste , ’ Mr James told TODAY . |
| 21 | That death is a dream , and love is for aye . |
| 22 | Whether the physical fact of death is a ‘ harm ’ depends upon circumstances . |
| 23 | Where death is a normal occurrence — in a hospital ward , for instance — this constraint on us to behave in ways determined by our interaction with others will extend even to the actual process of dying itself . |
| 24 | Given a society in which death is a familiar occurrence and in which most children will have experienced the loss of a sibling through death ; given , too , a belief in a highly authoritarian God with unlimited powers of reward or punishment through heaven or hell : the logical consequence is to prepare children as carefully for death as for life , to ensure above all else that the child shall be ‘ saved ’ at least spiritually , if not physically , and indeed to avoid tempting the deity by any suggestion that life is preferable to a happy death . |
| 25 | Death is a member of the Guérigny family . |
| 26 | ‘ Every violent death is a pointless death . ’ |
| 27 | Where people have value as group members , our lives are not only our own or our immediate families ' ; in one sense they belong to the whole community , therefore each death is a loss to everyone . |
| 28 | Fetal death is a collective term for all pregnancy wastages , at times accounted for as miscarriages , abortions and/or still births . |
| 29 | Death is a redemption , too , if it saves the innocent from corruption . ’ |
| 30 | Her death is a baby-cry on the moor . |