Example sentences of "[prep] live [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here after living in strict confinement he found himself dining and playing bowls with amiable divines . |
| 2 | Were there species adapted for living at particular depths ? |
| 3 | HANNAH Hauxwell , the former Teesdale hill farmer who became famous for living in virtual isolation miles from civilisation , is to appear on This Is Your Life shortly . |
| 4 | Not only is it physically dependent on older members of the species but it also lacks the behaviour patterns necessary for living in human society . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's some old Chinese curse about living through interesting times , is n't there ? |
| 6 | Since DTS started , God has been teaching me not only through the lectures , but through my time alone with Him and also through living in close quarters with people ! |
| 7 | The probability of living with other people also increases with age . |
| 8 | There are only three solutions : the owners can decide that the pleasure of having a cat in the home is greater than the distress of living with scratched furniture , or some kind of covering that cats hate to scratch has to be put over the sides of the furniture , or the cats have to be trained not to strop the furniture with their claws . |
| 9 | The most important aspect of living with imperfect software is to discover exactly what conditions cause the crash . |
| 10 | Internationally , this did no harm whatever , relieving as it did part of the burden on the social services , leaving prices unaffected and giving a better standard of living to existing residents and the newly-employed alike . |
| 11 | Lower incomes , extra spending on care-related equipment and services and extra expenditure arising from the disability of the person receiving care all lead to lowered standards of living among care-giving households . |
| 12 | However , the relative cost of living in individual countries , even in the West , can make some difference to the overall retail price , as can any local fluctuations . |
| 13 | Terling was a well-defined social unit , its villagers well aware of their special identity , yet it was in no way isolated from the surrounding parishes , for a majority of the adult population of the village had experience of living in other communities . |
| 14 | The Minister is probably aware that the additional cost of living in inner London is more than £4,000 per year and in outer London more than £3,500 per year . |
| 15 | It would be fascinating to speculate on why the cost of living in inner London is so high . |
| 16 | While the basic aim of a service should be to provide people with ordinary homes of their own , there are many former long-term hospital patients who would not wish to live alone after many years of living in close proximity to other patients ; such people may feel more comfortable living in a three- or four-person flat or house , or perhaps in a sheltered group of flatlets where communal dining rooms and recreational facilities echo the arrangements in ordinary sheltered accommodation for elderly people . |
| 17 | The months of living in close proximity to her were taking their toll , combined as they were with his previous ascetic life . |
| 18 | Merrill Lynch 's 1985 survey of relocation policies found that 96 per cent of the ‘ 303 Times Top 1000 companies ’ interviewed compensated their employees for the costs of living in temporary accommodation , with 78 per cent compensating for hotel and/or rented accommodation for a fixed period , generally for up to three months . |
| 19 | The actual brilliance often displayed in the art of living in modern society by people of all classes , and the use of ambiguities , inconsistencies , resistance , framing and such devices in individual and social strategies are thereby lost . |
| 20 | This practice is criticised by disability organisations for failing to take account of the practical difficulties of living in unsuitable housing and focusing instead on health problems . |
| 21 | This research investigates trends in real wages and the standard of living in Northern England , so as to shed light on the effects of industrialisation , the causes of English population growth , and the origins and economic significance of the home market . |
| 22 | We will also consider further aspects of living in different areas . |
| 23 | ‘ He could n't face the harsh , cold reality of telling his wife and children that the good life was over , that his days of living in lovely Rancho Santa Fe were numbered , ’ said the source . |
| 24 | For Freud , this lure of the group is a regression away from the tensions of living in civilized society , with its high development of ego ideal , or conscience , among its members . |
| 25 | The established family farms were , mostly , already profitable and the farmers were looking for sufficient income to provide their families with a reasonable standard of living plus sufficient capital to re-invest in the farm and provide for retirement . |
| 26 | To live in these courts must have been like living in perpetual gloom , thank goodness they were some of the first to go during the rehousing purge between the wars . |
| 27 | I ca n't believe people are really satisfied with living in out-of-date houses with out-of-date technology , which does n't accord with patterns of family living nowadays . |
| 28 | They make no attempt to explore the cause of those tears , concentrating instead on living without muscular tension . |
| 29 | By 1955 he had founded , on an estate at Botton in Yorkshire , the first of many Camphill village communities , with emphasis again on the importance of the individual , on living with total dignity in ‘ family ’ households , on the provision of workshops for the making of marketable goods , and on cultural , artistic , and spiritual activities in generous measure . |
| 30 | We might have all insisted on living in small settlements . |