Example sentences of "the [noun] of life " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will revitalise Section 4 of the 1968 Theft Act , i.e. the crime of gaining property and pecuniary advantage by deception , and apply it to the activities of Life Assurance salesmen . |
| 2 | This is another story , but it underlines the contention that ‘ desire ’ could be the ultimate motivation of all the activities of life . |
| 3 | Happiness only comes about when we live within the disciplines of life , given to us by God . |
| 4 | By far the majority of life on Earth , indeed , is underpinned by plants , which have evolved the trick of tapping solar power by photosynthesis ; or at least , have borrowed that trick from bacteria . |
| 5 | Allocating a disproportionate amount of resource on well-studied , high profile species is certainly easy , but may well prove to be inefficient when documenting the majority of life inhabiting our planet , and the attempts at dampening the current rates of extinction . |
| 6 | For some years after the Act of 1967 came into force , the majority of life sentences were reviewed by local review committees seven years after the sentences were imposed . |
| 7 | Until then , income tax relief had been available on the premiums paid on the majority of life assurance policies . |
| 8 | According to Gandhi the unity of life is such that ‘ if one man gains spiritually , the whole world gains with him and , if one man falls , the whole world falls to that extent . ’ |
| 9 | The senselessness of life . |
| 10 | Claudia had concluded that the rituals of life have a social significance : they are what makes us human . |
| 11 | When a voice is heard it either comes from the throat of some growling bluesman , or from some ghostly visitor who is trapped behind the veil of life and death . |
| 12 | When the prince of life our ransom shed for us his precious blood . |
| 13 | Dept. of Geology has worldwide collections of minerals and gemstones and over 100,000 fossils plus displays of animals and plants of Ireland , the Origin , Structure and Evolution of Life and The Variety of Life . |
| 14 | As always , Elizabeth shows herself a thoroughly English writer in her sensitiveness to the vagaries of the weather and to minor class distinctions ; and whatever Dr Johnson may say about the unimportance of the former or contemporary prigs about the latter , they contribute so much to the variety of life and conversation in England . |
| 15 | The variety of life in a particular habitat is due to the number of opportunities available for different plant and animal life to develop . |
| 16 | Taking science as an example , the programme is divided into areas of study , one of which is ‘ The Variety of Life ’ . |
| 17 | There is clearly a self which needs to be repudiated , an ever-changing , superficial , grasping , possessive thing , the stream of feelings , thoughts and desires , which insists on taking over the direction of life . |
| 18 | But if people move on , it 's understandable , in the event that everyone moves on , and I 'm left dangling in the recording studio — then it would seem to confirm everything I 've ever thought about the cruelties of life . ’ |
| 19 | More difficult to practice for women with irregular cycles , after childbirth and at the change of life . |
| 20 | When periods finally stop , she has reached the change of life menopause . |
| 21 | Waiting for the change of life |
| 22 | Waiting for the Change of Life |
| 23 | I thought the change of life would be starting on me as well . |
| 24 | Do you think it 's the change of life that 's me ? |
| 25 | Could you see us you would be astonished and I think pleased at the change of life this visit to lady F. affords me . |
| 26 | flushed and burning with the change of life … |
| 27 | ‘ I talk about contraception , hysterectomies and the change of life . |
| 28 | All that a child has a right to claim from his father is nourishment and education and the things nature furnishes for the support of life but he has no right to demand rule or dominion from him . |
| 29 | In the eighteenth century he would have become prime minister before he was thirty ; as it was he appeared honourably ineligible for the struggle of life . |
| 30 | In a letter , Vincent only said that he wanted to express ‘ the struggle of life in that pale , slender woman 's figure . ’ |