Example sentences of "a lifetime [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First World War veterans have fulfilled a lifetimes ' ambition and visited the House of Commons . |
| 2 | The price of a car in East Germany can be a significant proportion of a lifetime 's earnings , and the wait for the car can last a significant part of that lifetime . |
| 3 | Legend is an overworked term in jazz : it can describe a figure like Eubie Blake , who died at 100 after a lifetime 's achievement , or those who died young , their promise unfulfilled , like everyone from Jimmy Blanton to Charlie Parker . |
| 4 | A lifetime 's devotion to ants has made him the principal authority on the subject . |
| 5 | Clasper was soon hauled out of the water by the forces of law and order , something he had never bargained for in a lifetime 's fight against them . |
| 6 | The true value of a lifetime 's loneliness is then seen as Nothingness , Emptiness , perfectly expressed in the minimal art of traditional ikebana , and in the minimal , marginal existence of the person without ties , without permanent position , situation , family , roots . |
| 7 | The suit bore the wounds and scars of a lifetime 's responsibilities in its faded knees and elbows , its sagging seat and greasy tired lapels . |
| 8 | The rebuilding of the Berlin orchestra was begun by Karajan in 1955 with great patience and care — he had a lifetime 's contract in the process of final negotiation . |
| 9 | I said , ‘ I will give up everything for this orchestra , but in return I must ask that it be a lifetime 's possession . ’ |
| 10 | A spokesman said yesterday that the company promised ‘ a lifetime 's use ’ if the CDs were manufactured correctly . |
| 11 | This is possibly the most difficult of all skills and is a lifetime 's study . |
| 12 | To acquire the art of field cultivation is a lifetime 's work . |
| 13 | One thing was certain : unless machines were one day to take their places , they had a lifetime 's job . |
| 14 | Although Scotland fans remember Jimmy Johnstone as the drunken hero of the Largs boating trip , a passing thought should be spared for a couple of local brothers , John and Tam Halliday , two old men who luckily owned a boat and had a lifetime 's knowledge of the maritime area . |
| 15 | One begins to appreciate the Tour as a true marathon , seeming to pack a lifetime 's experience into one sporting event . |
| 16 | This is a book of a lifetime 's study undertaken on the Ythan Estuary near Aberdeen of a duck that is , in many respect , unusual . |
| 17 | All those who made it possible for me to realize a lifetime 's ambition . |
| 18 | We do n't all have Watkins ' advantages : a lifetime 's familiarity and sympathy with his native countryside ; the photographer 's eye for detail , for the unusual and for the properly framed view ; and the advantage of access to the countryside as part of his daily work . |
| 19 | They were excused few , if any , tasks , Hannah may appear to be a frail pensioner but a lifetime 's exposure to the hard labour of rural life enables her to endure the most extreme elements far better than urban-reared people half her age . |
| 20 | After four weeks of aerobic workouts , you have built the foundations for a lifetime 's health and fitness . |
| 21 | When opened , relates David Gieve in his bicentenary history of the famous tailors , it disclosed a small life insurance policy and a charming letter in which he said he wished the proceeds of the policy to be applied to settling his final account , and if there was a surplus he would be glad for Gieves to keep it as a modest token of his gratitude for a lifetime 's service . |
| 22 | These recently acquired spoils of war , added to the Trees ' well-documented generosity of girth and a general world-weariness alarming for men only in their mid-20s , lend the impression that a lifetime 's shift down that proverbial coal mine would be a less gruelling occupation . |
| 23 | How could people pack and prepare a lifetime 's possessions , even with six days ' notice ? |
| 24 | My wife and children have felt that their vocation in life was to carry on this early training so that I have had a lifetime 's pressure towards humility , reinforced by the effect of biblical meditation and involvement in the worship of the Church . |
| 25 | ‘ We know we have taken on a lifetime 's commitment but I love this boy . |
| 26 | An elder 's unconscious may contain a lifetime 's thwarted desire in the form of unresolved suffering and pain . |
| 27 | And we believe this selection from one of our leading publishers is an excellent introduction both to his skill — and to a lifetime 's love of books . |
| 28 | So , start your children off on a lifetime 's love of books , a future of eager learning . |
| 29 | Marriage is designed by God to be a lifetime 's commitment . |
| 30 | Bunny loves cooking ( she is trained to cordon bleu standard ) and after a lifetime 's experience of entertaining , cooking for her guests presents no problem . |