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

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1 Howard explains , hesitatingly , about how he is trying to establish contact , through parties like this , with as wide a cross-section as possible of people who sort of share his views about the world , and to act as a sort of focus of dissent and as a sort of clearing-house for sort of new ideas .
2 In reviewing their curricula schools in these LEAs considered three areas : the education of the individual ( in terms of subjects and the eight areas of experience ) ; preparation for the world of work ; education and society .
3 Fortunately we were able to use a FIS race , in Pitztal , Austria , as preparation for the World Cup season .
4 On her return , she travelled to Harrogate for special coaching with international player David Pearson , in preparation for the World Junior Championships to be held in Malaysia in July .
5 If this is the truth , mysticism is to be commended as an attitude towards life , not as a creed about the world .
6 However , he concluded : ‘ Having to tackle reductions of this magnitude should not be seen so much as a threat to our way of life but as a challenge and an enormous opportunity for the world 's scientists , engineers and industrialists in both the developed and developing countries . ’
7 There was a man , totally unconnected with the event I think , running away from a flaming van in Horseguards Parade erm and it was a wonderful picture opportunity for the world 's press to carry , but I do think that memories are short from this .
8 firstly , there are ballets of the older type which depict the struggle between the world of the flesh and the world of the spirit and which were usually inspired by a fairy tale or legend , e.g. La Sylphide and Giselle .
9 Other nominees are Ross Cooper , who helped Romania during the World Cup , Peter Thorburn , after seven years with North Harbour , and the wondrous Wellington duo of Earl Kirton and Andy Leslie .
10 His 6–4 win , his fifth of the season over the Liverpudlian , gave him a psychological advantage for the World Championship at Sheffield .
11 In The Optical Unconscious Rosalind Krauss explores the interactions between the world of the art critic and that of the artist through imaginary encounters between such figures as Clement Greenberg , Marcel Duchamp , John Ruskin and Jacques Lacan ( £22.50 ) .
12 ENGLAND will desperately need Paul Gascoigne 's skills for the World Cup qualifier against Norway at Wembley next month .
13 And the interminable squabbles of the couple in Escapade ( 1955 ) are staged to make the point that expounding the pacifist cause , the main activity of the male member of the pair , is n't enough , and that the only hope for the world rests with their children , untouched by the complex , screwed-up emotions of the older generation .
14 Morgan shake the dust of third-world debt from its feet ( it made provisions against its entire exposure ) , now shows commendable sympathy for the world 's ill-fed poor .
15 I ca n't help but wonder why on earth they did have a different strip for the World Cup .
16 FOR Captain Marvel read Captain Miracle : Bryan Robson , whom England had sadly written out of their plans for the World Cup qualifying match against Poland a week tomorrow , may be fit to play in Chorzow after all .
17 Help James continue his battle ( this time in space ) against the evil Dr Maybe who has heinous plans for the world 's cheese supply .
18 Wishing to be faithful to the whole biblical tradition ( unlike many moderns ) , the church fathers insisted that Satan was a rebel but that he was also somehow connected to God 's purposes and plans for the world in terms of both judgment and deliverance .
19 BRIAN RIGNEY , the Greystones lock who was to have been an important part of Ireland 's plans for the World Cup , is recovering rapidly from his knee injury sustained in Namibia .
20 Mike ‘ Tubular Bells ’ Oldfield shows off his plans for the world 's first outdoor pizza
21 Examples throughout are taken from science fiction ( hereafter SF ) texts , since the relationship within that genre between the world evoked by the text and that of reality seems potentially interesting .
22 … for the first time in the history of the 500-year-old world economy , the profitable production of manufactures for the world market has finally become possible to a significant and increasing extent , not only in the industrialized countries , but also now in the developing countries .
23 He has worked for pharmaceutical company Pfizer , National Bank of Angola and on collaborative projects for the World Bank and is now representing Banco Espirito Santo in Luanda .
24 It was infuriating that she should need this arrogant cynic who only had to snap his fingers for the world to leap to attention , anxious to please .
25 In fact Bowe , the giggling assassin from Mike Tyson 's hometown of Brownsville , has stopped all but four opponents in an unbeaten 31-fight career that has earned him his right to challenge Evander Holyfield for the world heavyweight title here on Friday .
26 HOPES of home advantage for Lennox Lewis when he fights Evander Holyfield for the world heavyweight crown is almost certain to be knocked out by the American 's £17.5m asking price for a London bout .
27 His boyhood feats set the pace for a long and successful career as an international grandmaster , but , though he scored some spectacular defeats , Reshevsky never became a close challenger for the world championship .
28 Unlike Ted , he had risen rapidly up the ranks , was voted Rookie of the Year in 1987 , made it into the Top 16 at the end of '88 , and was tipped to become a challenger for the world title .
29 Whilst we can expect a little less controversy , it seems certain that the additional publicity next autumn from an English challenger for the world title is bound to generate a similar upturn and the 1990s may become a golden era for British chess in more ways than one .
30 AN additional advantage of Scotland 's sevens tour is the opportunity to run the rule over their pool opponents for the World Cup Sevens at Murrayfield next month .
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