Example sentences of "of live [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The most important aspect of living with imperfect software is to discover exactly what conditions cause the crash . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | The months of living in close proximity to her were taking their toll , combined as they were with his previous ascetic life . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |