Example sentences of "in the third world " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Raised ’ from the ruck , originally , by his family 's wealth , he does n't want to ‘ sink ’ , and rejects ‘ the idea of defeat ’ that prevails in the Third World : ‘ I 'm tired of being on the losing side . |
| 2 | His adult life has been spent as a psychologist and economist , engaged on problems of development in the Third World . |
| 3 | Another is Ryszard Kapuscinski , an expert in what he calls ‘ confusion ’ , who has attended twenty-seven revolutions in the Third World . |
| 4 | Vaccines against measles , polio , whooping cough and other killing infections prevalent in the third world are much more sensitive , however . |
| 5 | It also contained her unconscious valedictory : As a Catholic observer who has lived in the Third World for nearly 30 years , I have followed developments in the Church , at times with despair but mostly with optimism . |
| 6 | It is , for example , revealing that there is no indication in either book of the Situationist commitment to political struggles in the Third World and their critique of imperialism . |
| 7 | The intention is to highlight how today we in this country may join through our offerings with those of little or no material wealth in the Third World in the urgent task of making human development possible for even the poorest . |
| 8 | Intermediate Technology enables poor people in the Third World to develop and use technologies and methods which give them more control over their lives and which contribute to the long-term development of their communities . |
| 9 | An average of 3 new monasteries are opened in the Third World every year . |
| 10 | Forty thousand children are dying needlessly every day in the Third World and should be saved by international efforts , says Unicef . |
| 11 | The Bernt Carlsson Trust , which is chaired by Mrs Glenys Kinnock , wife of the Labour leader , pledges to ‘ aid the poor and distressed in the third world ’ . |
| 12 | The trust aims to relieve poverty and distress in the third world , educate the public about the third world , and promote research into finding solutions to third world problems . |
| 13 | Buying out CFCs in the Third World is within the West 's means , but buying out carbon dioxide in China , India , Brazil and the lesser parts of the Third World is certain to prove beyond anyone 's means . |
| 14 | The case for placing UNEP in the Third World is plain enough — influence , providing a sense of shaping the decisions — but where can the pay-off be seen in Africa , a hapless continent which does nothing to strengthen UNEP 's authority ? |
| 15 | Both powers know that the unappealing alternative is a return to the 1970s and 1980s , when America and Russia competed in the third world through warring clients . |
| 16 | Enterprise in the third world tends to be hampered less by lack of capital than by bad economic policies and missing infrastructure . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This was meant to prepare people to do useful work in the Third World . |
| 19 | The most compelling argument against selling artificial milk feed in the Third World is that it may be mixed with contaminated water . |
| 20 | ENGLAND gave Chile their hardest match so far in the third World Limited Handicap Championship at the St Cristobal Polo Club in Santiago , Chile , but lost 6–4 in the semi-final . |
| 21 | What is interesting is that , while in the Third World education is still seen as ( and still is ) a pathway to a new economic existence , here in the Western World we have passed along that pathway and are fast approaching a crossroads without any identifying markers . |
| 22 | The General Assembly has asked the richer countries to give one per cent of their annual budget to try and wipe out poverty in the third world . |
| 23 | Some of the group feared that genetic engineering and patenting of the resulting plants would threaten diversity and native varieties in the Third World . |
| 24 | Another form of game which has become popular among teachers other than drama teachers has been ‘ simulation ’ , where elaborate game structures are set up usually involving a great deal of time and application in order to teach some specific subject-matter about the civic planning of motorways , starvation in the Third World or executive decision-making in industry . |
| 25 | In the Third World , as in much of the Punjab and Sudan , such salination is of critical significance . |
| 26 | The technology necessary to produce films , and television and radio programs , is so much more advanced in the industrialised countries than in the LDCs , that it is frequently much simpler and cheaper to import material than to produce it in the Third World . |
| 27 | Who is taking positive measures to prevent mothers in the third world feeding formula made with contaminated water to their babies ? |
| 28 | The cash crisis in the Third World will help concentrate the minds of lenders . |
| 29 | People miss the point in thinking extra investment will be required ( in the Third World ) to combat climate change . ’ |
| 30 | Cakes , Easter gifts and toys contributed £75 to club funds , while the Traidcraft stall was making money for communities in the Third World . |