Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] live [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thought months of living in a cramped caravan was all worthwhile when the new house was finished and they finally moved in . |
| 2 | They not only face the dangers of living in a war-torn society , but also risk torture or death for wanting to tell the truth as they see it and for refusing to be a part of the various propaganda machines that are fuelling the present conflict . |
| 3 | He could never grasp the essentials , the requirements , the obligations of living in a western society . |
| 4 | The political basis of society is also held to rest on voluntary agreement , in the sense that citizens are conceived of entering into an implicit social contract whereby each surrenders the liberty to do whatever he wants and agrees to pay taxes and abide by laws in exchange for the advantages of living in a governed society , which provides him with law and order and , nowadays , a whole range of goods and services . |
| 5 | If German experience is anything to go by , initial public wariness will be replaced by warm approval , as residents come to appreciate the manifest advantages of living in a residential area that has been reclaimed from domination by the car . |
| 6 | Understand and evaluate the implications of living in a plural society with different lifestyles |
| 7 | Now we have here in the studio tonight four people who are vitally and personally concerned with the problems of living in a multiracial community . |
| 8 | One of the new breed of Sandhurst-trained officers in the regiment , he has also attended the Platoon Commanders ' Battle Course at the School of Infantry , and is well versed in the principles of living in a defensive position . |
| 9 | They had been coming over steadily ever since , in spite of warnings about the difficulties of living in a foreign land — warnings given them by the English Jewish establishment . |
| 10 | Other indigenous elderly people with set ideas may find it hard to come to terms with living in a multiracial community , and being offered care by a member of a minority group . |
| 11 | She encapsulates the new commonsense : the housewife managing the nation in a way familiar to the ordinary household ( not spending more than it is earning ) and bringing home to her striking trade unionised husband the ‘ harsh realities and consequences of living without a weekly wage ’ . |
| 12 | Having to rise first for the privacy that afforded was one of the penalties of living in a two-roomed house where the kitchen also doubled as a bedroom . |