Example sentences of "be [prep] vain [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And father we pray that our hope may not be in vain but may lead us to sharing again in your kingdom . |
| 2 | All our efforts to restore unity among Christians will be in vain if they are not carried out in total fidelity to the faith in Christ … handed on by the Apostles . ’ |
| 3 | Nevertheless , all struggles should have their recompense , and the effort laid out to achieve a satisfactory musical culmination would be in vain if the climax were to disappear before anyone really noticed it . |
| 4 | The eternal quest for immortality will be in vain until we know the answer — unfortunately , we do n't . |
| 5 | It was in vain that she told herself he was a stranger , a man who had probably by now forgotten her . |
| 6 | It was in vain that Nicandra cooed and called . |
| 7 | The Manager joined Andrew Cunningham underground and together they continued the search but it was in vain and they were forced to return to the surface . |
| 8 | The surgeons ' battle was in vain and Tim died but now the Computed Tomograph ( CT ) Scanner is to be named after him . |