Example sentences of "life [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | To this end , it has produced advertisements suggesting that more lives could be at risk if people switched to smaller cars . |
| 2 | People 's lives could be at stake , or at the very least their futures . |
| 3 | ULSTER 'S biggest civil servant union has demanded changes to election ballot papers , warning that voters ' lives could be at risk . |
| 4 | LIVES could be at risk if a traffic calming scheme goes ahead , it was claimed last night . |
| 5 | Several others , however , including one individual who testified that he had suffered discriminatory treatment from his employers because of views he had expressed in public about the political situation , requested that their names be withheld from the final report , because they felt that their jobs and perhaps even their very lives would be at risk . |
| 6 | Hospital cuts:Doctors fear lives will be at risk . |
| 7 | And what life may be worth when … the honour is gone … |
| 8 | Those whose educational opportunities have been greater in earlier life may be in a stronger position to take advantage of facilities in the community , as will those with a strong local network . |
| 9 | This is what life should be like ; this is what I 'm designed for . |
| 10 | In broad psychological terms , it can be said that the male is achievement-orientated , directing his efforts towards a specific goal , whereas the woman is more concerned that the differing elements in her life should be in harmonious relation to one another , and that the circle of light in which she is centred includes them all . |
| 11 | It 's touching at their core because it helps them to recognize and understand their own experience of oppression , or what life must be like for their own sister , brother , mother or a member of the youth club . |
| 12 | I do n't suppose for one moment she has given a thought to what life might be like if she had to ‘ make do ’ married to someone who was n't too well off . |
| 13 | He had often been on duty at the hospital , and then Comfort and Julia would lie on long cushioned chairs on the terrace , breathing in the lemon scent of the immense magnolia that sprawled up the old red brick of the house and talking about him and about what life might be like when they all left Oxford . |
| 14 | And in so doing a range of choices about what life could be at work — vision , if you will — have to be denied . |
| 15 | ‘ If information on a person 's political allegiance gained from ballot papers fell into the hands of unscrupulous individuals such as paramilitaries , then that person 's life could be at risk . ’ |
| 16 | He is often very callous to Lennie and is constantly reminding him what his life could be like without Lennie . |
| 17 | THE HOME OFFICE is pressing ahead with the deportation of a Kurdish refugee , in spite of protests from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees that his life could be in danger if he returns to Turkey . |
| 18 | A close friend , who said he was too frightened to reveal his name , has told the drinks trade newspaper , the Morning Advertiser : ‘ My life could be in danger if I say too much but I have my own idea what the murder is all about . |
| 19 | Well , imagine how different our life would be for us for a start . |
| 20 | To my mind it 's a pity you did n't take that attitude when you were first made aware of the situation , because when I returned from next door you were still yelling your head off at her and painting a vivid picture of what her life would be with an illegitimate child tacked on to her . |
| 21 | But , he pointed out , no one could possibly conceive what life would be like after the death of images . |
| 22 | The problems are ones of ethics , which in turn come down to public attitudes to what life would be like with a mentally handicapped child . |
| 23 | If you have decided that you want to change things in your life , first you must be able to imagine what your life would be like if it were different . |
| 24 | It 's all part of our great series of free contests to show what life would be like if you landed the jackpot . |
| 25 | We 've been showing you what life would be like if you landed the jackpot . |
| 26 | ( If the expression ‘ form of life ’ is found puzzling , think of what life would be like if we never asked people to do or not to do things , never apologised for doing or not doing things , and so on . ) |
| 27 | Most societies have a prevailing image of what desirable family life would be like ; modern Britain is no exception . |
| 28 | Talk over the way you feel with your husband ; imagine what life would be like with another child and think about the advantages and disadvantages . |
| 29 | Adrian Henri ponders on what life would be like without his loved one — how colourless , dull and ordinary it would seem . |
| 30 | The one relationship that had ever grown to mean anything in D'Arcy 's life would be in dire peril . |