Example sentences of "[is] [verb] on in the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nature , produced by Robin Hellier , has a lot of pace as did Horizon 's The Geneva event ( BBC2 , 24 January ) What the latter did not have was much patience with the aspirant but relatively unlearned student of what is going on in the world of high energy physics The main Geneva event — the identification of the W subatomic particle which , with the Z , will enable the theory that the four fundamental forces of nature can be unified within a single framework to be sustained — has yet to be announced , though it is believed imminent Horizon had been patiently filming for four years . |
| 2 | So what is going on in the world of higher education today ? |
| 3 | People often say they are confused by what is going on in the world ; it no longer seems to make sense . |
| 4 | and find out what 's going on in the world . |
| 5 | be aware of what 's going on in the world in terms of not just employment but further o opportunities . |
| 6 | I mean I think there 's the same problem with children in a sense , I mean , you you talking about confronting them with the realities of the world and I suppose I perhaps if we if we did expose ourselves to the erm to the true meaning of what 's going on in the world , we could n't handle it psychologically without stopping it , without doing something about it . |