Example sentences of "life [modal v] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some ways , life must seem to be a very cruel joke to millions of people on this earth . |
| 2 | SINCE life is the entire period until we die , a philosophy of life must apply to every part of a man 's life , not just the productive part . |
| 3 | This extended a nice Martian strain in the script , examining how Hampstead life might look to a spectator who had missed the first two acts . |
| 4 | So the legal and moral aspects of not prolonging life could continue to be discussed notwithstanding Dr. Arthur 's trial , but the prosecution itself could not be the focal point of the discussion . |
| 5 | If only life could return to the ‘ right believing ’ of the church fathers , many Orthodox sigh . |
| 6 | If all sides in the conflict make every effort to co-operate in good faith then new life could come to the area . |
| 7 | He strongly criticised local government for increasing bureaucracy and asked why anyone with an interesting and busy life would want to be involved with it . |
| 8 | Over the centuries all the world 's religions have accumulated vast amounts of scriptures , as generation after generation struggled with the problems of defining an ever-growing variety of gods ; of endeavouring to explain the origins of the earth and the universe , ; of setting out independently the rights and wrongs of almost everything , ; of justifying caste systems and privilege by birth ; of seeking to instil a belief in an afterlife ; of explaining the complexities of simple and compound reincarnation , ; of building an hierarchy , sometimes with well-paid officers , ; of introducing rituals , rules and forms of worship , and combating ever growing scepticism until the whole world and all life would seem to be in existence solely for the purpose of providing space for this monstrous dumping ground for the products of centuries of speculative and ineffective effort . |
| 9 | Silicon-based life would have to be very different from ‘ life as we know it ’ ; to take just a single example , whereas we exhale carbon dioxide , an oxygen-oriented silicon lifeform would perforce have to exhale silicon dioxide ( silica ) — a painful experience ! |
| 10 | Seeing that my daughter Anna has not availed herself of my advice touching the objectionable practice of going about with her arms bare to the elbows , my will is that , should she continue after my death this violation of the modesty of her sex , all goods , chattels , moneys , land , and other that I have devised to her for the maintenance of her future life shall pass to the oldest of the sons of my sister Caroline . |
| 11 | Even assuming complete good will and unimpeachable moral convictions , inefficiency , ignorance and other ordinary facts of life will lead to objectionable laws being passed . |
| 12 | I 'm desperately curious to know what life will bring to me . |
| 13 | When she has , through the process of grieving , faced the reality of her loss , you will need to be very patient with her through the period of depression that will follow , in which she may feel slowed up and extremely lethargic because , for a while , life will appear to her to have no further meaning or purpose . |
| 14 | When this sacrifice is made the drought and famine will cease and life will return to the Earth and our people . ’ |
| 15 | The bear necessities of life will come to you they 'll come to you . |
| 16 | After Sam 's been released , life will revert to normal . ’ |
| 17 | Unfortunately , as is well known , in many instances the lack of strong attachment in early life can lead to significant difficulties later on . |
| 18 | Social life can lead to individuals genuinely working together and to signals that indicate the state of the individual . |
| 19 | In the most complicated animals , social life can lead to transmission of skills by copying . |