Example sentences of "[adv prt] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first year you 're running on adrenalin and you 're going to take on the world . |
| 2 | Dragging himself through the daily routine which gets him into his beige-toned synthetic fibres and out of his neo-neo house , he roars off in his Jag ( number plate , VIC 100 ) , fag in mouth , Carly Simon on cassette , ready to take on the world . |
| 3 | EVENTS / Conkering heroes take on the world |
| 4 | In any case , 100 Welsh players having the opportunity to take on the world champions and learn from them will do a lot of good for Welsh rugby . ’ |
| 5 | Schladming , just to the east , which tried to take on the World Cup commitment , has suffered similarly . |
| 6 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 7 | To have taken on the world in that state would have been political suicide . |
| 8 | Lola gets up to no good with her handsome boyfriend , but it 's a basic boy meets girl story of how the pair defiantly take on the world . |
| 9 | How Jon Solly plans to take on the world |
| 10 | It is even possible to take on the world . |
| 11 | BRING ON THE WORLD . |
| 12 | Perfectly groomed from head to toe and with all that assurance , she was ready to take on the world , Arlene thought with satisfaction , for she looked on Paula as her very own creation . |
| 13 | The federal project in Europe would in some respects have enlarged Westminster 's competence , because of the capacity it accorded Europe 's national governments to take on the world 's financial markets and thus broaden the taxing , spending and borrowing options that have been , up until now , in the shadow of highly conservative directors of international capital flows . |
| 14 | Lord King , the BA Chairman , talked of the need to create an airline which was ‘ capable of taking on the world ’ in an increasingly ‘ global market place ’ ( refer to Table 2.2 ) . |
| 15 | No longer does Gascoigne want to take on the world single-handed , and his reckless nature has been replaced by a more thoughtful approach . |
| 16 | Today I took on the world No 1 , and that 's not easy , and beat him from the back of the court . |
| 17 | Put Kurt Cobain , Dave Grohl and Chris Novoselic on a stage or in a rehearsal space or in a studio and they can still wreak magic , the three losers who took on the world and won . |
| 18 | Taking on the world |
| 19 | The stimulus which carried Boycott and Steele along might be of help to others who took on the world from modest beginnings . |
| 20 | Now with the release of her new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ she prepares to take on the world again , with music of an almost other-wordly beauty . |
| 21 | He had been ready to defy the conventions and take on the world — and win ! he thought . |
| 22 | She felt refreshed and renewed , filled with such a healthy glow of well-being that she was ready to take on the world ; and Johnny Latimer with it . |
| 23 | You feel you are standing up straight for the first time in your life ; you can do anything while this feeling lasts , you can take on the world . |
| 24 | Take on the world and never cry craven , he 'd said . |
| 25 | Some theorize that income distribution is mainly a result of government action ( wage policy , taxation , etc. ) while per capita income is mainly a result of transnational forces ( for example , the price that exports bring on the world market ) . |
| 26 | Pat Kinch is here at RAF Fairford to take on the world . |
| 27 | The Irish are seeing something of a cricketing revival … it 's the fastest growing sport in their home country , and they feel confident about taking on the World 's best . |
| 28 | A carriage driver and his horses are on their way to America to take on the World 's best in the sport . |
| 29 | HEARTS ' John Robertson yesterday spoke up for all the members of Scotland 's impromptu squad to face Germany when he railed against any suggestion that the side who will tonight take on the world champions at Ibrox is made up of ‘ second class citizens ’ . |
| 30 | Yes , the implications are very heavy , I had not realised what you 'd just said , and we should refer that to Amanda and indeed take all take it on board , otherwise we 'll be taking on the world . |