Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of Illich 's ideas were developed in the Third World as a political response to the economic impossibility of universal ‘ Western education ’ . |
| 2 | THE long-mocked idea of reparations to compensate black Americans for the slavery experienced by their ancestors is now before the US Congress , and its supporters say the $1.25 billion package to compensate Japanese-Americans who were interned during the second world war has created a legal precedent . |
| 3 | French restrictions on an African press were lifted after the Second World War , and between 1945 and independence in 1960 thirty-six newspapers emerged and disappeared in Abidjan alone . |
| 4 | Born in Slovenia , Bratina trained with the Austrian Olympic gymnastic team before the 1914 games were cancelled by the First World War . |
| 5 | Most of the stately saloon 's 74,000 miles were done before the Second World War . |
| 6 | Today , half of the dwellings you see around you were built after the Second World War and two out of three are owner-occupied . |
| 7 | The first attempts at producing a problem-solving machine , or computer , were made during the Second World War as Allied scientists sought to break enemy codes . |
| 8 | Many of the films , priced at £12 to £90 , were made in the Third World . |
| 9 | Though many were crumbling after the Second World War many owners are now putting them in good order . ’ |
| 10 | Over a million gasifier units , usually powering road vehicles , were used during the Second World War . |
| 11 | At first the allowance was £10 for each child under sixteen years of age , but this and the income limit were raised during the First World War , and later , in 1919 , the age limit for the child was abolished provided he or she was still in full-time education . |
| 12 | The reserve takes in part of the Minsmere levels which were flooded during the Second World War to counter possible invasion . |
| 13 | A parliamentary campaign has been launched to officially pardon hundreds of British soldiers who were executed in the First World War for desertion and cowardice . |
| 14 | A bill to grant posthumous pardons to all three hundred and seven British soldiers who were executed in the first world war , has gained a formal first reading in the house of commons . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , the overwhelming majority of surviving herds of deer either died off or escaped when country houses were requisitioned during the Second World War ; the ‘ Dig for Victory ’ campaign meant that much ancient pasture was ploughed and used as arable land which was often never reseeded . |
| 16 | Many of the wagons , dating back to the late nineteenth century , were requisitioned during the First World War and purchased , from R.N.A.D. Bandeath on its closure , by the S.R.P.S. |
| 17 | but a large group in the party were scarred by the First World War for the rest of their lives . |
| 18 | Sometimes called the ‘ Jazz Modern ’ style , International Modern was a term coined in the United States to refer to the new architectural style of the twentieth century , which architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius were creating before the First World War . |
| 19 | Whilst not strictly an aeroplane book , it nevertheless gives the reader an overview of how land , sea and air operations were co-ordinated during the last world conflict . |
| 20 | Fire fighters from across the country have been paying tribute to airmen who were killed in the second world war . |