Example sentences of "whose life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having registered , he set about ordering his life as he saw it developing , by giving himself over to the muse , by associating with those whose lives found proper space for literary reflection and endeavour , by getting close to that bohemian existence which he loved and from which all modern art seemed to spring . |
| 2 | Rather fewer are killed at work , a low figure by international comparisons , though the number of those whose lives are abridged by industrially contracted ill-health is not known or included . |
| 3 | Willems in Conrad 's story , is another one of the clerks whose lives so fascinated Eliot . |
| 4 | Taking only the period in which this book has been written , and limiting the location to the UK , there have been numerous similar press-provoked scandals in which the homosexual has kept turning up where he or she should not , especially at the ‘ respectable ’ centre of things : in MI5 , the Houses of Parliament , as parliamentary candidate , schoolteacher , council employee , prison chaplain , vicar , guard to the Queen Mother , film star , circuit judge , to cite only some ( and some whose lives have been destroyed by homophobic media harassment ) . |
| 5 | Refugees are people whose lives have been shattered by intolerance , persecution , torture and fear of death . |
| 6 | He repeatedly met people whose lives were desperate . |
| 7 | She was three women , whose lives were contained in one bewitching , unforgettable gesture |
| 8 | Take such people as Gladys Aylward , D.L. Moody , Mother Teresa and many other ‘ average ’ people whose lives were made remarkable through the grace of God . |
| 9 | This being so , there is a case for casting a backward glance at attitudes of men and women of an earlier generation , whose lives had a limited span — like ours . |
| 10 | As an emancipated woman of the 20th century , much of whose life was spent in New England , Yourcenar feels compassion for those whose lives were thwarted by what she calls the philistinism of 19th-century Catholicism , that of her Belgian ancestors in particular . |
| 11 | The two central characters are middle-class sisters whose lives have reached a crisis . |
| 12 | May we be patient with those people whose lives have been difficult and who feel bitter and resentful . |
| 13 | May we learn to be caring and considerate and come to look upon everyone in the world as our brothers and sisters — people whose lives might be improved through something we can offer . |
| 14 | Since polite elements represented a small segment of the population , the group of poets here being identified is those whose lives most represent the experiences of the great majority of people in eighteenth century England . |
| 15 | Charles did a great deal to assist the lot of the Lombardian peasantry whose lives had fared badly during the conflicts that succeeded the Renaissance . |
| 16 | There were already American tourists visiting Europe whose lives were made easier by the newly-patented American Express ‘ Travelers Cheque ’ . |
| 17 | They 're people whose lives have been shattered by the incest or other sexual abuse that engulfed their childhood and darkened their lives thereafter . |
| 18 | one of the misers whose lives were studied by Boffin . |
| 19 | It is that community of persons whose lives are dedicated to a life of prayer and contemplation . |
| 20 | However , there were other patients whose lives had ended in suicide . |
| 21 | It was the fancy of the good Doctor to bring together , from time to time , a considerable number of men whose lives were devoted to the advancement of science , and to entertain them , not for a day merely , but for several days , so that they might discuss together , without hurry or excitement , those matters of practical and theoretical science which were at the moment engaging the attention of the scientific world . |
| 22 | We can guess that both the lords and the village community found a uniform system , in which all the tenants had land of their own , and all worked to till the lord 's domain , had its advantages ; in particular , that the lords preferred the service of serfs , whose lives they did not have to organize in detail , to that of slaves , who were dependent on them for food and clothing and a roof over their heads . |
| 23 | Bishops , archdeacons , canons , civil servants , monks : these are the men whose lives we may study in the sources , whom we can meet face to face in their own writings , the educated , privileged clergy . |
| 24 | Insects who feed off , pollinate or whose lives are otherwise associated with these particular plants have a corresponding detection system in the structure of their antennae , through which they perceive specific patterning in the infrared , just as we perceive what we call ‘ visible ’ light , through our eyes . |
| 25 | Simultaneously mythic and painstakingly real ( ‘ the giant Exxon sign/That brings this fair city light ’ ) , his cityscape was inhabited by characters whose lives were condensed into their names , a few gestures or scraps of dialogue ( ‘ Hey , Eddie , can you lend me a few bucks … |
| 26 | He 's unpatronising towards the individuals whose lives and circumstances illustrate his subject , but he continually questions his own attitudes and motivation . |
| 27 | The only public services are electricity — not for street lighting , but as power for television , the most important bearer of promises to those whose lives are lived at the limit of endurance ; and of course , buses , to get the people to work . |
| 28 | The testimony of those whose lives have been transformed by his work is very affecting : bonded labourers , now members of the union , some bonded for three generations for the sake of a loan of Rs200 ( £5 ) and a few kilos of padi ; now learning a trade through the ‘ polytechnics ’ established by the Chattisgarh Liberation Front . |
| 29 | That is a very small percentage of the total number whose lives are in danger . |
| 30 | Good reads among the new releases include Dick Francis 's COMEBACK ( Pan , £4.99 ) , his 34th racing thriller and as pacy as ever , Danielle Steel 's NO GREATER LOVE ( Corgi , £4.99 ) about the Winfield family whose lives are changed forever the night the Titanic sinks , and Mary Stewart 's STORMY PETREL ( Coronet , £3.99 ) , an atmospheric suspense story set on a Hebridean island . |