Example sentences of "a [noun] for life " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he has said ‘ the man who throws a race is a crook for life ’ , it is fair to guess that Melges ' ’ day off ’ was for no other reason than that he wanted no part of any manipulation of points . |
| 2 | Graham , offered a contract for life at Highbury , added : ‘ I 'm very happy at Arsenal . |
| 3 | A fight for life |
| 4 | THE LAW COURTS in the Strand pronounce a terrible judgment on the visitor as soon as he enters : school , they say , really was a preparation for life . |
| 5 | Now , after almost fifty years we look back and the rich variety of our doings in the years between fulfills the concept of university as a preparation for life rather than training for a specific walk of life . |
| 6 | His annuity was first raised to 100 marks ( £66 13s. 4d. ) , assigned on the lordship of Haverford , and then on 20 August 1385 replaced by a grant for life to him of that lordship . |
| 7 | All wrapped up in irresistible humour and a zest for life . |
| 8 | You need adequate oxygen supplied to body tissues in order to feel properly energetic and have a zest for life . |
| 9 | Once you have assured yourself that you are doing your best in this respect , you can go on to look at other possible causes , if you still feel generally unfit or without a zest for life . |
| 10 | If one goes by the ‘ inn and weariness ’ symbolism of Bilbo 's Rivendell song , that means they still have a zest for life . |
| 11 | Swire was very tall and good-looking , had a zest for life , and was a good horseman . |
| 12 | He never patronized the disabled but restored in them a zest for life and work . |
| 13 | If she could not provide a remedy for life 's major troubles , she accepted a way round . |
| 14 | Buy an Aston Martin ; buy a car for life . |
| 15 | It 's a car for life . |
| 16 | ‘ And drama has so much to offer in terms of equipping a child for life after school . |
| 17 | Not that one is offering literature as a substitute religion or as providing a philosophy for life . |
| 18 | A skill for life . |
| 19 | The objectivity of time , space and matter expresses a fear of death , tries to capture a physical immortality for mankind , but Jones argues for a metaphor for life . |
| 20 | I suppose it 's a metaphor for life , because life is n't always a bed of roses , either . ’ |
| 21 | A European director might have made a film explicitly depicting and condemning the chain-gang system and he almost certainly would have suggested that the system was a metaphor for life itself , but Hollywood had made a more accessible and universally popular film by showing an innocent man hounded by a combination of events and social forces of which the chain-gang was the most obviously dramatic . |
| 22 | A place for life to exist must also have liquid water on its surface ; and in this , temperature is only one consideration . |
| 23 | So if we 've er if we 've explored the needs satisfactorily there may be more than one need there may be a need for life insurance , pension planning , some form of PHI , maybe they want to save for their future or |
| 24 | Although Leonard did not have a contract with the company , he was a director for life . |
| 25 | ESSEX are prepared to offer former England captain Keith Fletcher ‘ a job for life ’ in an attempt to persuade him not to become the next England team manager . |
| 26 | ‘ He has his roots here , however , and has a job for life with us . |
| 27 | ‘ You were demonstrating in support of the other lecturers ' right to a job for life ? ’ |
| 28 | During the past decade , it has become increasingly clear that few people can count on having a job for life . |
| 29 | It is unlikely that people training for work today will be prepared for a job for life . |
| 30 | Just as you think you have a job for life , the magazine folds . |