Example sentences of "an [noun] for life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your selection to receive this invitation , and the allocation , exclusively to you , of seven numbers that you alone can enter in the draw , means that you could be just one step away from winning the first prize in this £40,000 draw — which would give you the choice that I mentioned between a lump sum and an income for life . |
| 2 | Mrs Wordingham received an income for life ( some £8,000 a year ) as a result of her father 's will . |
| 3 | Such gaiety she had had , such an enthusiasm for life . |
| 4 | Choose the right Koi and it could be an investment for life — choose the wrong one and you could be a very short — or a very long time regretting your mistake . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've made yourself an enemy for life instead of a friend for life — very clever , that . |
| 6 | The brothers were now offering an annuity for life of £150 , ‘ no condition whatsoever being annexed to it ’ . |
| 7 | When the earl died without male issue in 1373 , he was taken on as a king 's knight by Edward III who , in addition to confirming the earl 's grant , awarded him an annuity for life of £50 . |
| 8 | Raymond Blanc has an appetite for life , as Janette Marshall found when they talked about food , home and marriage |
| 9 | But he was also a healthy adult male with an appetite for life , an appetite he was accustomed to feeding , and he 'd been hungry for too long . |
| 10 | An estate for life was less than an estate tail , and both were smaller than a fee simple . |
| 11 | Further , he might by the same instrument grant a present estate , say for life , to A , followed by an estate for life or in tail to B , and , if he wished , as many further particular estates ( for life or in tail ) to other persons successively as he pleased , ending up , if he thought fit , with an estate in fee simple to some person named . |
| 12 | And whether he were not in this dilemma ; that either his estate might enure for life , at his option ; and then according to Lord Coke such an estate would , in legal contemplation , be an estate for life ; which could not be created by parol : or if not for life , being for no assignable period , it must operate as a tenancy from year to year ; in which case it would be inconsistent with , and repugnant to the nature of such an estate , that it should not be determinable at the pleasure of either party giving the regular notice . |
| 13 | ‘ If this interest be not determinable so long as the tenant complies with the terms of the agreement , it would operate as an estate for life ; which can only be created by deed … |