Example sentences of "live [prep] [det] a " in BNC.

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1 Thirdly , it is also possible that the advances in birth control operating within the climate of an ‘ acquisitive society ’ might well have permitted couples to plan their family lives in such a way as to allow them to enjoy the consumer benefits of society .
2 Who lives in such a place ?
3 We have found that volunteers have no difficulty in living in such a unit , either alone or in groups of up to four .
4 Living in such a cloistered world such operations are never looked at objectively but simply as a means of gaining personal kudos for one small group within an agency .
5 Living in such a house would nonetheless have exposed Leapor to a more leisured way of life than she had known before , though as a servant her enjoyments would have been circumscribed .
6 Nor would there be any point in living in such a village unless one were largely prepared to conform to its public mores since otherwise one could not be within the community in any real sense .
7 Brian , how do you feel about living in such a small flat and one that has no bath ?
8 Sean Walsh would never know how often she and Benny bemoaned their fate living in such a small town which had the worst characteristic any town could have : it was actually within striking distance of Dublin .
9 Nearby , in the small village of Sticklepath , the Museum of Rural Industry gives one a clear understanding of the skills and hard work involved in living in such a remote area .
10 Even this underestimates the numbers of children who will , at some time in their lives , experience living in such a family situation .
11 Living in such a rural community ensured that no one escaped the news .
12 Living in such a desirable residential area was the one material achievement of my life .
13 Er how did you manage living in such a small house ?
14 The barn was big and roomy , and they had always been able to play the noisiest games in it without fear of disturbing or upsetting anyone , for there was nobody living within half a mile of it .
15 ‘ I lived in such a jungle once , ’ said Meh'Lindi .
16 ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) .
17 I find it difficult to live with such a regimented approach to the first movement , however .
18 To live in such a castle meant demands on the purse .
19 It looked like hundreds and hundreds of houses all piled dangerously on top of each other and Endill wondered if it was safe to live in such a place .
20 I have to live in such a community .
21 Of what it felt like to live in such a world we are , and must for ever remain , entirely ignorant .
22 I want to live in such a way that I can help people find a faith .
23 How blessed you are to live in such a lovely part of England — It is a source of IMMENSE pleasure to me that JONATHAN is such a keen mountaineer and is to make his home here — it will be nice for John in his old age if he , John , deigns to come back to Britain , the native land of which is so very critical , but to whose change or improvement he does what ? ? ? ?
24 The students hurry about in a state of permanent excitement , as if they were amazed to have been chosen to live in such a sumptuous place , to eat breakfast under chandeliers .
25 The Xingu man fled back to the forest , unable to believe that anyone could wish to live in such a place .
26 ‘ How would you like to live in such a place ? ’
27 Looking round at the elegant dining room , waited on by the unobtrusive Friedrich , Peter Müller wondered what it would be like to live on such a scale , with so much money to make life as smooth as silk .
28 Now , as he grew older and more mature , especially after his hectic and sometimes horrifying war experiences , he realised how lucky he was to be born and live in such a place .
29 I suppose it will be a surprise to you , you live in such a dream-world , but that thousand pounds is not a sum that the firm can afford to lose .
30 What astonishes Howard , though , is why he should be allowed to be who he is , and live in such a perfectly organized society .
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