Example sentences of "life is to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the word fits singer and composer Slim Gaillard , whose extraordinary life is to be celebrated in a four-part Arena series , Slim Gaillard 's Civilisation . |
| 2 | Its basis is that all life is to be valued and treated with respect ; that the rhythm of life is something implanted by the Creator ; that the different ecosystems have to be treasured , even when we regard them as hostile to human life itself . |
| 3 | They are told by the media , and everything else , that their main function in life is to be attractive . |
| 4 | It is impossible to imagine that there is any purpose to life that makes any sense at all other than that life is to be enjoyed . |
| 5 | This can be construed as being in accord with the important premise of this book that life is to be enjoyed . |
| 6 | In the final analysis , there can be only one conclusion to be drawn , and that is that the Christian promise of happiness in the ‘ hereafter ’ was in reality an appeal to ‘ selfishness ’ , which is also the appeal of the teaching of one of the basic premises of this book , namely , that life is to be enjoyed here on earth . |
| 7 | Life is to be enjoyed . |
| 8 | ‘ Life is to be enjoyed to the full . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The only thing I want in life is to be a doctor . ’ |
| 10 | For if a particular form of social life is to be maintained , the practices of a society must not undermine the legitimating scheme embodied in the dominant instance . |
| 11 | This raises the fundamental issue of how , ultimately , the value of life is to be determined . |
| 12 | All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off . |
| 13 | Since the significance of life is to be found outside the claims of the usual world , the " ordinary " characters who inhabit that world are bound to seem unreal or flimsy . |
| 14 | Where the problem arises is in the comparatively rare situation in which an adult patient declines to consent to treatment which in the clinical judgment of those attending him is necessary if irreparable damage is not to be done to his health or , in some cases , if his life is to be saved . |
| 15 | If used as total flooding agents , however , they can be extremely effective , but the toxicity of bulk carbon dioxide , and to a lesser extent , the halons , is such as to demand a gas-tight enclosure for the storage , if danger to adjacent life is to be avoided . |
| 16 | It is unfair to the citizen , who is entitled in a democratic society to have the rules by which his life is to be regulated properly debated and scrutinized by his elected representatives . |
| 17 | My one dream in life is to be able to travel . |
| 18 | All of our economic life is to be decided by an unelected , unaccountable single central bank . |
| 19 | The culture-ideology of consumerism proclaims , literally , that the meaning of life is to be found in the things that we possess . |