Example sentences of "[noun pl] have a [adj] life " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Struldbrugs have a terrible life . |
| 2 | O. ostertagi has a direct life cycle . |
| 3 | Children with AIDS have a shorter life expectancy than adults . |
| 4 | Tachycardia recognition seldom proves difficult , pulse generators have a projected life of 5 years , and tachycardia therapies can be tailored to the individual needs of the patient . |
| 5 | For example , some functions required fast and frequent access to both active and dormant files ; others managed efficiently with slower access times , but had a need for more extensive cross-referencing ; some items had a limited life only , whereas information relating to policy and major structural changes had to be kept indefinitely . |
| 6 | Workmen in blue denim jeans and faded navy sweatshirts had a secret life and , when they spoke , the strange words were poetry . |
| 7 | She said sharply , ‘ My romantic novels enabled you girls to have a carefree life , the sort of life I wish I 'd been able to give your father . ’ |
| 8 | They want those babies to have a high life and health expectancy . |
| 9 | As recorded by British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) monitoring , he had made the observation that we humans have a short life , and tomorrow we are all going to die , but his last words touched on the need for a return to democracyand for Islam to keep pace with modernization : We see the states that have overtaken us : what did they overtake us with ? |
| 10 | It is useful to know what other models can do since microcomputers have a limited life and it may be that in five years time , the librarian and teachers will be involved in seeking a replacement for the existing microcomputer . |
| 11 | What we do know is that , in the United Kingdom , men who reach 60 have a further life expectancy of 16.8 years and women have a further life expectancy of 21.2 years . |
| 12 | But artificial defences have a finite life . |
| 13 | FT-SE 100 futures have a maximum life of nine months , and most of the volume occurs in the last four months of the contract 's life . |
| 14 | Carbon , zeolite , and resins have a limited life . |