Example sentences of "[be] live in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly Europe tells me I am living in a new country called Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 2 | However , my corresponding Ego fantasy is of losing my wits to such an extent that I am unable to work ; I am living in a filthy bedsit and the floor is strewn with pieces of paper that I am unable to make sense of , final demands which have not been paid , dirty clothes , plants which have fallen over , unwashed plates and mugs — and I am curled up in a foetal ball , wishing the world would go away ! |
| 3 | I think that people who are living in a fixed abode are paying in the end . |
| 4 | They also made a good point , that all timber-frame houses should be formally recorded as such either by the NHBC or on the title deeds , ‘ so that people realise they are living in a timber-frame house and can take professional advice when making alterations ’ . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is less hopeful in some senses , because unlike the early church we are living in a post-Christian age . |
| 6 | In the first place , as the title makes plain , if offers a searching criticism of the claim that we are living in a postmodern epoch , and the consequence of that claim , that the culture and politics appropriate to such an epoch are structurally different from those of the preceding — and now past — Modern one . |
| 7 | Living in modernity does not mean living in an age that is intrinsically evil because it is modern , but it does mean that we have to understand that we are living in a fallen culture : a culture whose people and institutions and social habits need to be redeemed . |
| 8 | We are living in a remarkable time , when the conflict of opinions renders a firm foundation of knowledge indispensable … |
| 9 | But a single indicator dominates the equations , namely the estimated number of children aged 5–17 who are living in a lone-parent family : each such child accrues a thousand pounds . |
| 10 | ‘ We are living in a cultural wilderness at the moment . |
| 11 | So we do feel that er , while children feel they do n't er have the freedom , we feel that er , er , er a very nice system , which has been socially used for , is being sacrificed because we are living in a different set-up . |
| 12 | At that moment they are living in a monothematic world limited to one thought : to attain the goal they are fighting for . |
| 13 | Vesa had been living in a small apartment in the Mids since their aunt had died a year back . |
| 14 | Since these results are obtained in animals that have been living in a normal environment , they mean that the clock originates , at least in these animals , from an abnormal ‘ internal ’ structure , the chromosome . |
| 15 | We 're living in a policed state , no matter if you live in London , no matter if you live in Los Angeles , New York or Johannesburg . |
| 16 | Mr Maurice Cann , development control officer , said : ‘ If permission is granted the occupiers of this building will be living in a substandard environment surrounded by a variety of industrial and commercial uses . ’ |
| 17 | Although single-parent families have , on average , fewer children than married couples , clearly a considerable number of children will be living in a one-parent family at any one time . |
| 18 | To be living in a nuclear family household means parents and dependent children ( statistically speaking 2.4 ) with no other relatives or friends . |
| 19 | In 1957 Fortune magazine published a list of America 's richest men , putting at the top the shy , reclusive , almost unknown J. Paul Getty , who turned out to be living in a modest room at the Ritz Hotel , London , conducting his world-wide oil business through the hotel switchboard with the minimum secretarial help . |
| 20 | By then we were living in a dirt-cheap place on the Bowery . |
| 21 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 22 | ‘ Katy and I were living in a small flat and we were so low that we did n't even bother with a Christmas tree . |
| 23 | By now they were living in a small town , Modyokerto . |
| 24 | We were living in a spectacular era : Mussolini made war on hapless Ethiopia ; after the death of King George V came the brief reign of Edward VIII , his abdication and marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson ; then the happier reign of King George VI . |
| 25 | In 1986 , about 1.6 million children were living in a lone parent family . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's living in a whole houseful of them . |
| 27 | The once powerful arbitrageur , who dominated the takeover scene on Wall Street until his arrest in November 1986 , is living in a Federal centre in the suburbs of Brooklyn , known as a halfway house between prison and the outside world . |
| 28 | Anyone suffering from a mental handicap and who is living in a mental hospital must complete a declaration that he or she wishes to register for the right to vote . |
| 29 | She is living in a superficial world appearing to act as the ‘ lovely creature ’ she is . |
| 30 | These are some of the arguments : first , the Black community is living in a hostile environment , therefore we should not wash our dirty linen in public as this would be used by racists against Black people . |