Example sentences of "life in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Art was subordinated to a social theory , and the result was ‘ Socialist Realism ’ , the realistic portrayal of heroic workers and everyday life in a representational style . |
| 2 | I 'm sick of Portraits and wish very much to take my viol-da-gamba and walk off to some sweet village , where I can paint landskips and enjoy the fag-end of life in quietness and ease . |
| 3 | He spent the rest of his life in expertise , painstakingly cataloguing the pictures and drawings of his favoured period , the Italian Renaissance , and in giving advice , notably to the great Bostonian collector , Mrs Gardner , and the main dealer of the period , Joseph Duveen . |
| 4 | Dummies can come to life in books , as it seems they can do for their masters on the stage : and this miracle depends , not only on the author , but also on the people he knows , who may indeed be thought to participate in what he is , and who are likely to participate in his ventriloquism . |
| 5 | Two months after the Herling piece was published Levi committed suicide , throwing himself down the staircase of the house in Turin where he was born and grew up , where he wrote about his life in the camp at a desk which stood where his cradle had stood , a house he shared with his wife and mother . |
| 6 | He followed this with Jack Absolute in The Rivals at the National Theatre and David Mamet 's A Life in the Theatre with Freddie Jones at the Open Space . |
| 7 | The Southern protestants have diminished greatly in numbers since 1911 , because of the loss of life in the 1914–18 war , some emigration , and probably mixed catholic — protestant marriages ( Walsh 1970 ; White 1975 ; Ch. 7 , below ) . |
| 8 | They may be talking about membership of Ulster 's protestant secret societies , particularly the Orange order , the Royal Black Preceptory , and the Apprentice Boys ' Club ; or about religion — being saved , being a church member , or even a non-practising protestant ; or what appear to them to be key ethical issues such as drink , tobacco , and money ; or they may simply be describing in ordinary everyday language life in the family , on the farm , and in the village . |
| 9 | They felt that it was partly their responsibility to bring up their children in an atmosphere of knowledge and understanding of protestants , as they believed part of the difficulties of life in Ulster were caused by this lack of contact . |
| 10 | Others , more robust or less perceptive , found , on the contrary , a renewed zest for life in the perpetual animated discussions occasioned by the topic . |
| 11 | Life in a small village could be deadly dull , and Henry had been absolutely charming when he chose to be . |
| 12 | ‘ He likes young people with a lot of life in them . |
| 13 | A discussion on the portrayal of legal life in Birmingham , KINSEY completes the quartet of seminars . |
| 14 | But what did it say about legal life in Birmingham ? |
| 15 | The Bull Ring Archive was founded in 1989 to complete a unique and compelling chronology of life in The Bull Ring . |
| 16 | We are , after all , allowed only one life in this world and I 'm glad I 'd decided not to let mine just drift away . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm saying I 'm not spending the rest of my life in a Salvation Army hostel or a DHSS hotel or any other kind of hostel . |
| 18 | It must be pointed out before we go any further that my friends in Harwich had a rather distorted picture of my life in that they only ever saw the best of me . |
| 19 | Standing under an ancient oak I am intensely aware of the sheer concentration of life in the leafy canopy overhead . |
| 20 | ‘ Life in the fast lane , sweetheart , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ Blessed art Thou , O Lord our God , King of the universe , who hast given us the Law of truth , and hast planted everlasting life in our midst . |
| 22 | This report about your son 's adjustment to group life in camp has been compiled by the members of our staff who have been working with Leonard . |
| 23 | A life in art began to make real sense . |
| 24 | And , in any case such dual commitment Leonard could not share , commitment for him had to be the expression of what drove him ; he was obsessive about his poetry and his life in art . |
| 25 | For such , God only frowns on the world , and stirs it to judgment ; the butterfly can not break loose into flight ; it merely expires , as Leonard expressed it , ending ‘ its life in three flag-swept days . ’ |
| 26 | How about life in the Westway high rises . |
| 27 | ‘ We just came for five years … ’ : writings about young life in Jamaica and adult life in England . |
| 28 | ‘ We just came for five years … ’ : writings about young life in Jamaica and adult life in England . |
| 29 | Alternatively , the choreographer may be inspired by a piece of music and wish to bring it to life in dance ( see page 41 ) . |
| 30 | Other profoundly moving gestures are to be found in MacMillan 's The Invitation and particularly in his Requiem when he evokes a child 's wonder of life in the solo , Pie Jesu ( see page 136 ) . |