Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in the [num ord] world " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has yet to catch on in the Third World but when it does it could prove extremely useful . |
| 2 | The play tells the story of two young men who were separated by class and culture as children , who for different reasons end up serving together in the First World War . |
| 3 | The cathedral suffered grievously in the First World War , being bombarded mercilessly for four years , during which time it suffered 300 direct hits . |
| 4 | of CCA comments , ‘ I do not think that this experiment is going to substitute and take the place of several experiments going on in the Third World . |
| 5 | The war in the Gulf was a reminder of the instability along NATO 's southern flank ; long-range missiles are spreading dangerously in the third world ; Eastern Europe is never short of alarming political wobbles . |
| 6 | That sentiment , expressed early in the second world war by a journalist called Henry McLemore , epitomised the attitude of many Americans when war broke out in 1941 . |
| 7 | The UK evidence ( Labour Research Department , 1987 ) confirms the view that outward investment by home-based manufacturing concerns has concentrated not in the Third World but in North America and western Europe ( rather than the Commonwealth ) ; it is the wish to have a stake in economies that are growing more rapidly than the UK which is the key factor in company decision-making . |
| 8 | Since the commission was set up in the First World War they in nineteen ninety five they said it would break even for the first time and agreed the last and thirties and forty come to maturity in which incomes are expected to double by twenty , twenty two . |
| 9 | Although Eisenhower and Churchill had worked together in the Second World War as military commander and prime minister , Churchill had now to remember that Eisenhower was president of the world 's greatest power . |
| 10 | If developed countries do not want their rubbish to end up in the third world , they must help developing countries to build better treatment facilities and enforce higher standards . |
| 11 | The tale of two young men , friends in boyhood , who serve together in the First World War may sound like something Rolf Harris would sing about , but there 's more to it than that . |