Example sentences of "to a [adj] life [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Labelling theory ’ claims ( and is supported by research studies such as those just mentioned ) that catching and punishing offenders ‘ labels ’ and stigmatizes them as criminals , and that this process can in various ways make it more difficult for them to conform to a law-abiding life in future . |
| 2 | Secondly , many religions have several tiers of membership that represent varying levels of commitment to the beliefs and/or dedication to a religious life of devotion . |
| 3 | One day they 'll make a big killing , quit the rackets and settle down to a respectable life in a new town . |
| 4 | Her decision was extremely painful , for Beatrice believed ( as it happened incorrectly ) that she was committing herself to a celibate life for ever : |
| 5 | Expert evidence was given to the effect that the chances of the child adjusting to a new life in Spain were very slim , and that failure to adjust would have very serious consequences on the child 's development . |
| 6 | Then he organised a coach to bring them to a new life in Britain . |
| 7 | A stray little Hungarian boy , sent away from his strife-torn country by his mother , to a new life in America with adoptive parents who did n't understand him . |
| 8 | They had sold their farm to the Mali Government and were travelling to a new life in France . |
| 9 | But they hope that in a few days forty orphaned children will be on their way to a new life in England … leaving behind them an horror of war which has already killed thousands of innocent youngsters . |
| 10 | and the nurse enjoys her work , could have some value as a little stretch of human relationship , but all that really pertained to it as nursing would be futile , since the point of nursing is normally to return the patient to a healthy life in the world outside . |
| 11 | The example of the Korean church in this regard presents a strong challenge to many Western Christians to renew their commitment to a disciplined life of prayer . |
| 12 | For Youth Allyah , who were now sending over more children on transit visas , foster homes , even orthodox foster homes , could not inspire the full-blooded commitment to a pioneering life in Palestine . |
| 13 | Only one in twenty of them is reduced to a dependent life in a hospital or home : considerably more , in fact , are carers for others . |
| 14 | The bright 21-year-old New York University un-dergraduate turned to a secret life of vice after answering a newspaper advertisement for ‘ Fun-loving Ladies — Beginners Welcome ’ . |
| 15 | The embryo travels to become an adult in an unbroken line , which leads many to say that it is equivalent to a human life in moral status . |