Example sentences of "[noun pl] for life " in BNC.

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1 Helping parents in this way is an attempt to provide them with child-management skills for life so that they can generate solutions to many of the problems they face without reference to professionals at all .
2 The female is brightly coloured like her mate with whom she frequently pairs for life , but the sexes migrate separately to and from a moulting ground on the Heligoland Bight .
3 Basil 's widowed father , a natural son of the Earl of Sandwich , formed part of Wordsworth 's circle of London friends , and the proposal that Wordsworth and Dorothy should become responsible for the child was from the beginning an important part of their plans for life at Racedown .
4 FOR GUMS FOR TEETH FOR LIFE !
5 You keep your teeth for life and it does n't take much to work towards this goal — just follow the advice given in this leaflet .
6 He is now on tablets for life .
7 Although some lip-service is now being paid to the concept of rehabilitation within prisons , there was little evidence of serious efforts to prepare prisoners for life outside .
8 They prepare prisoners for life back in the community by allowing them to work outside and occasionally take home leave .
9 The safety rules for life on the streets in the United Kingdom ( listed in Chapter Six of this book ) apply equally abroad , and you must be extra vigilant in hotels and other public places about pickpockets and thieves .
10 New rules for life insurers were announced by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ( NAIC ) , the body through which state insurance regulators set nationwide standards , in December 1992 .
11 The damage to your dog 's pancreas is permanent , so it is likely that you will have to continue with the capsules for life , but with the right sort of diet , you may well be able to reduce the number he needs .
12 Nine-year-old fights for life A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl was yesterday fighting for her life after being knocked unconscious in a road smash .
13 They got so much satisfaction from helping the Association , in fact , that as this photo shows , they signed application forms for Life Membership !
14 Kenneth Smith , 46 , who farmed 36ha ( 90 acres ) of land owned by the Forestry Commission , was banned from keeping animals for life after pleading guilty to a total of 14 charges .
15 After a 3 hour hearing Oliffe was jailed for six months , as well as banned from keeping farm animals for life .
16 Welcome back : A father and daughter have been banned from keeping animals for life after admitting cruelty to an Alsatian dog .
17 Magistrates banned Mr Davies and his daughter , who live in Frampton on Severn , from keeping animals for life ; the only exception being that Mr Davies will be allowed to keep racing pigeons he already owns .
18 FOR LIFE : Jonathan Pugh 's is perhaps the biggest challenge so far reported of all the sponsored Walks For Life .
19 Parents find it extremely difficult to provide even the basic necessities for life today , and certainly when you begin to think of the sort of things that most children in this country have on a day-to-day basis — an ice cream , a trip to the swimming baths and so on — these families do n't er it 's a major crisis to provide for example sixty pence as entry to a swimming pool .
20 But Smith said : ‘ It 's a burden that 's going to be on my shoulders for life . ’
21 ‘ We tell our residents that we offer homes for life , and we do not expect people to move on , ’ she explained .
22 The ruthless punishment meted out to senior officials who fell from favour reflected the general lack of legal safeguards for life and property .
23 JASON LIVINGSTON last night was still protesting his innocence after being kicked out of athletics for four years and banned from the Olympics for life .
24 In Russia itself , parliamentary deputies hinted that they might be open to a spot of bribery when , earlier this year , they discussed a bill to guarantee them various privileges for life — a flat in Moscow , a salary , priority booking on aircraft and trains .
25 Polar folk , like other homeotherms , show little evidence of special physiological adaptations for life in cold climates , and the meagre environmental resources have kept their populations small , widely dispersed and nomadic .
26 The main chemical ingredients for life are derived from combinations of carbon , hydrogen , oxygen and nitrogen , which we can abbreviate to CHON .
27 Obliged to ask parliament for funds for these expeditions and for his other expenses , the King found that , instead of voting him the customs duties for life , as was normal on the monarch s accession , it attempted to impeach Buckingham for corruption and incompetence .
28 There he sucks and lives and finds precepts for life , doctrines for knowledge , examples for illustration and promises for comfort . ’
29 Shocked old-guard MPs , who had imagined they were in cushy seats for life , suddenly found Right-Ons dominating their constituency parties with a potent mixture of brow-beating and attrition .
30 The majority of the members of the National Assembly and the Legislative Yuan hold seats for life , having originally been elected in 1947-48 to represent constituencies on the Chinese mainland .
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