Example sentences of "world [coord] [prep] the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 These depended , therefore , on the harvests of northern Europe — an indication of the degree to which the more ‘ modern ’ economy of the periphery was involved in a wider world and of the perils of specialization : a drop in the European demand for wine meant disaster for the marginal rabassa morta cultivators .
2 Consideration is given to the distribution of resources in the world and to the problems of development .
3 Despite his severe view of the temptations of the world , his spirituality allowed a very large place for the physical world and for the rights of those to whom the administration of this world had been committed .
4 There is also a substantial research programme on the traditional architectures of different parts of the world and on the problems of transition to modern forms .
5 The man who 's lived and worked in the same quarter of the city all his life , has seen his images go around the world and into the hearts of millions .
6 After the great divide had been effected , it was time for the mystics to find a new way to cross the abyss and rediscover the old unity — not , this time , in the outside world but in the depths of the self .
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