Example sentences of "life [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quality of our lives is not meant to be static . |
| 2 | The shortfalls in the hospital system , combined with skimpy postnatal care in the community , mean that the pressure on new mums to ‘ get back to normal ’ quickly is immense , and that the huge change which has taken place in their lives is n't being given the attention it needs . |
| 3 | They are distinctive , ‘ because they must choose ; responsibility for structuring their lives is uniquely their own ’ . |
| 4 | The point is rather that , even though knowingly taking risks with other people 's lives is usually unjustifiable , taking a slight risk is less serious than intentionally causing death . |
| 5 | This tertiary level of care is the most highly skilled and complex to provide ; residents are very vulnerable when so much of their daily lives is out of their hands ( Richards , M. 1987 , p. 8 ) . |
| 6 | Sixty years on Sheriff 's honest and compassionate play about the last 48 hours of their lives is still compelling and gripping with a relevance for today 's audience . |
| 7 | Well it 's life in n it ? |
| 8 | Ooh great life in n it ? |
| 9 | Good life in n it ? |
| 10 | Well yeah but that 's life in n it ? |
| 11 | It 's an easy life in n it ? |
| 12 | Yet somehow life 's not what I thought it , |
| 13 | Life 's not as simple as you think it is . |
| 14 | Life 's not fair . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I always felt , ’ she said , ‘ that life 's not worth living , that I could only contemplate little bits of it and keep my sanity ; and those bits I selected carefully — the sun on a breakfast-table , girls dressing , flowers … ’ |
| 16 | He sits there looking like John Knox being unimpressed by Mary Stuart , and just as I think he 'll never let me increase my overdraft he says , ‘ Aye , life 's not easy for a woman alone with no head for business . |
| 17 | Life 's not monotonous — but it 's very much the same . |
| 18 | ( Life 's not fair … ) |
| 19 | ‘ Life 's not a bloody race . ’ |
| 20 | Life 's not fair , anyway , is it ? |
| 21 | Life 's not very fair , is it , Shelley ? ’ |
| 22 | Granted , life 's not a continual merry-go-round , but it 's also not all bleakness either . |
| 23 | Life 's not |
| 24 | this is n't fair , I mean life 's not fair . |
| 25 | The thing is you do , you go through life and you think life 's not fair . |
| 26 | If I tell him there 's no-one my life 's even more at risk , but surely he must know from my records ? |
| 27 | Life 's so simple for her . |
| 28 | When everything 's going well for you it 's easy to forget that God 's there with you , because life 's so busy and so much fun . |
| 29 | Cos my life 's so interesting . |
| 30 | I 'm not going to chuck you out and go for vacant possession or anything , life 's too short for that . |