Example sentences of "we live in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We lived in a three-bedroomed council house , one of the bedrooms being little more than a boxroom , and by this time there were seven of us in the family . |
| 2 | But we lived in a middle-class neighbourhood and I met with a lot of disapproval . |
| 3 | And , if the positions were reversed and we lived in a black-dominated society … |
| 4 | Let me put it another way , if we lived in a magic world , and were n't having things like essays and package deals together , and any officer was being asked to forecast the money that would be needed for the sensible and , and virile implementation of five B , would you arrive at a figure of about thirty thousand pounds or not ? |
| 5 | We lived in a rented cottage in a remote Welsh valley with no luxuries . |
| 6 | We owned no property , as we lived in a rented flat and in any case needed a home in London for at least two more years . |
| 7 | We lived in a large farmhouse , that belonged to the farm my father worked for . |
| 8 | We lived in a high-rise apartment , so I wo n't miss that , and the only garden I ever get to see is my mum 's when we go down there on Sundays sometimes . |
| 9 | We live in a violent society . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , since we live in a capitalist society , the argument is an important one for those who would take up a correctionalist stance under it . |
| 11 | However , the content through which these mathematical skills are taught has a set of messages all of its own and because we live in a capitalist society we can easily be unaware of these messages — about the exploitation of labour , the sexism , the inequalities based on racism and social class — that are all a part of the ideology of capitalism . |
| 12 | I thought : we live in a multicultural society , but everything we see is white and stereotyped . |
| 13 | To prevent the spread of infection ( and because we live in a throw-away society ) disposable needles are often used , although if your dog requires prolonged treatment your vet may keep a ‘ permanent ’ set especially for that purpose . |
| 14 | Meanwhile we should stop pretending that we live in a golden age of literary biography , an art form that all too frequently seems to be founded not so much on spite , as on a fundamental lack of interest in its subject . ’ |
| 15 | We live in a technological age , and there are going to be major changes without a doubt , we 've all seen them over the past few decades , and into the future there are going to be many major changes . |
| 16 | ‘ We live in a good country , ’ he said . |
| 17 | er erm , well I mean we , we live in a strange world |
| 18 | We live in a fallen culture and can not be completely exempted from it . |
| 19 | We live in a fallen world . |
| 20 | If that is what getting engaged does to him , the pity is that we live in a monogamous society ! |
| 21 | But I believe we live in a representative democracy , not one where we 're delegates of our constituents . |
| 22 | I think that we look very favourably on schemes whereby an education process is involved erm where there are workshops and performance , but it becomes a total package in itself — it 's not just a performance for an ethnic minority , but it 's one that represents the fact that we live in a multi-cultural society itself . |
| 23 | There are still no signs of multi-culturalism to be found which is disappointing and worrying — surely the publishers realise we live in a multi-racial society ? |
| 24 | Truly , we live in a dark time . |
| 25 | Truly , we live in a dark time . |
| 26 | We live in a hi-tech society , so why is it few people can pass a fountain or a well without dropping in a coin ? |
| 27 | If we live in a free society we can not carry out experiments on the real world so it would not be possible to go ahead and build the road just to see what would happen . |
| 28 | We live in a free market economy which has prospered considerably over the last ten or so years . |
| 29 | The Government has argued for some time now that we live in a parliamentary democracy and that all decisions on behalf of the people will be made by Parliament . |
| 30 | In 1974 , Fidel Castro said , in his closing speech to the Second Congress of the FMC , ‘ We live in a socialist country , we made our revolution sixteen years ago , but can we really say that Cuban women have in practice gained equal rights with men and that they are fully integrated into Cuban society ? ’ |