Example sentences of "[be] [prep] vain " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Unless the Government acts to free students from this sort of red fascism , then all the words of the Education Reform Act will have been in vain . ’ |
| 2 | All had been in vain . |
| 3 | Many spoke with respect and admiration for the soldiers of the 6th Army , but took the view that the losses suffered had been in vain . |
| 4 | In April 1765 Collinson wrote , ‘ I have the pleasure to inform my good friend that my repeated solicitations have not been in vain , for this day I received certain intelligence from our gracious King that he has appointed thee his Botanist with a salary of fifty pounds a year . ’ |
| 5 | Wilf Medlam 's labour of love has not been in vain . |
| 6 | If this is not done , a return to pre-civilisation conditions could be mankind-s fate , and all the sufferings of thousands of years would have been in vain . |
| 7 | It took a great deal of courage — and self-love — to admit that all her suffering had been in vain . |
| 8 | The implication was that the slaughter had all been in vain . |
| 9 | the burgeoning suspicion that his commitment has been in vain , must , as Anita Mason depicts , have been an appalling psychological torment . |
| 10 | Everything 's been in vain . ’ |
| 11 | For if only he could fly free then perhaps this life of hers would not have been in vain . |
| 12 | ‘ When I tell you why I have asked you to come here , I think you may feel your journey has not been in vain , ’ he said , and his shoulders heaved , rising and falling with silent mirth . |
| 13 | As fast as he undid them I did them up again , so that when he got to my waist and sighed he recoiled with indignation and astonishment to find that his labour had been in vain . |
| 14 | He found her attractive ; all her efforts had not been in vain , there was no mistaking the sensuous gleam in his eyes , the predatory twist of his smile that told Robyn exactly how he 'd like the evening to end . |
| 15 | If that happens , the sufferings of my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West , of Myra and of his family , whom many of us know and admire , will not have been in vain . |
| 16 | ‘ If at least one young person decides to give up putting a foot into a stolen car ever again , then her son 's death will not have been in vain ; and another mother will not have to experience the heartbreak she is experiencing . |
| 17 | And she had n't got whatever it was he wanted , so it had all been in vain . |
| 18 | If Stuart Graham can find the passion of his final speeches a little sooner in the play , and if Peter O'Meara can keep his enthusiasm on the boil , Ms Johnston 's endeavour will not have been in vain . |
| 19 | He told Mrs Edwards her son had given his life in the service of humanity and his sacrifice had not been in vain . |
| 20 | But press officer for Jet , John Maple , who belongs to the same union as Mr Keeping , says that there are statutory reasons why this morning 's protest may have been in vain . |
| 21 | But if all our hopes are in vain ! |
| 22 | Jeremiah and Isaiah never tire of reminding the people that there is one God who can save his people , and that all other refuges are in vain . |
| 23 | The extent that computerised indexes/records management systems could be of vain e to individual functions within the two departments . |
| 24 | My resolve not to go back into education hardened , if anything , rather than softened , as I became more and more determined that the sacrifice I had made was not going to be in vain . |
| 25 | All our efforts to restore unity among Christians will be in vain if they are not carried out in total fidelity to the faith in Christ … handed on by the Apostles . ’ |
| 26 | Football : Bull 's double may be in vain |
| 27 | These efforts proved to be in vain for the most part . |
| 28 | Baptiste kept him company for a while as he blazed away , but when the ninth wicket fell with the score on 166 and fourteen overs still unused , it seemed that his effort would be in vain . |
| 29 | The following Sunday Pat Muldoon stood in what had formerly been his local church at Gross Pointe , Michigan , and sang to the heavens , ‘ If I can help somebody , as I go along , then my living will not be in vain … . ’ without paying the slightest attention to the meaning of the words . |
| 30 | If the soul 's fate was indeed predetermined , it followed that all human endeavour to bring about its salvation must necessarily be in vain . |