Example sentences of "[be] living [prep] 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 | Failing this , a fit elderly neighbour may be willing to come , either voluntarily or for a small payment , which would be useful to them if they are living on a small pension . |
| 4 | At present we are living through a curious combination of the technology of the late 20th century , the free trade of the 19th and the rebirth of the sort of interstitial centres characteristic of world trade in the Middle Ages . |
| 5 | Well obviously the Kuwaitis erm living outside live under a hardship , are living under a tremendous amount of pressure . |
| 6 | I think that people who are living in a fixed abode are paying in the end . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | Perhaps it is less hopeful in some senses , because unlike the early church we are living in a post-Christian age . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We are living in a remarkable time , when the conflict of opinions renders a firm foundation of knowledge indispensable … |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ We are living in a cultural wilderness at the moment . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | At that moment they are living in a monothematic world limited to one thought : to attain the goal they are fighting for . |
| 16 | STEPHEN HENDRY has been living under a Fatal Attraction nightmare since September . |
| 17 | The fact was that for many years she and her father had been living with a dangerous illusion ; and the illusion was that they were entirely virtuous in their endeavours , entirely on the angels ' side . |
| 18 | Vesa had been living in a small apartment in the Mids since their aunt had died a year back . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Realistic — i.e. not ‘ spend all my holidays in Hawaii ’ when you 're living on a low income . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | You 'll be living amidst a select community of like minded people who appreciate the finer things in life . |
| 23 | We are lucky enough to be living during a warm period ( interglacial ) of this ice age , but our luck can not last forever ; at some time during the next few thousand , few hundred or even just few years the next cold period ( glacial ) will commence unless humanity 's pollution contributes so much to the greenhouse effect that global warming prevents the glaciers from spreading . |
| 24 | Whilst you 're a student you will be living on a limited income so it 's important to make your money work for you all the time . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | To be living in a nuclear family household means parents and dependent children ( statistically speaking 2.4 ) with no other relatives or friends . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm living on a huge overdraft , ’ he said . |
| 30 | I wake up like it , I go to bed like it , I 've got it all the time that I 'm living with a bloody nightmare , all the time . |