Example sentences of "[be] [verb] by the [num ord] world " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the twenties , both in England and in America , we have a situation in which the infant and child mortality rates are fast declining , mainly owing to new advances in medical knowledge ; at the same time , the world 's values have been shaken by the First World War , writers and journalists have both more freedom and more inclination than ever before to discuss religion from an agnostic point of view , and the vengeful God of heaven and hell no longer impresses in quite the old way . |
| 2 | The earlier phases of his career had been dominated by the Second World War , the Cold War and the threat of a Third World War , and the Algerian War . |
| 3 | His ‘ fascist ’ ideas had first been shaped by the First World War , which he felt Britain should not have entered . |
| 4 | A Greenpeace report published in Warsaw reveals that toxic waste which has been refused by the third world is now being exported to Poland . |
| 5 | Born in Slovenia , Bratina trained with the Austrian Olympic gymnastic team before the 1914 games were cancelled by the First World War . |
| 6 | but a large group in the party were scarred by the First World War for the rest of their lives . |
| 7 | From this grim situation the party was saved by the First World War . |
| 8 | He began law practice , which was interrupted by the second world war . |