Example sentences of "[be] [verb] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1975 , William Livingston has been using the world 's largest solar telescope , at Kitt Peak in Arizona , to study these temperature-sensitive spectral lines . |
| 2 | The Great Barrier Reef in Queensland , north Australia , has been designated the world 's first " particularly sensitive area " . |
| 3 | The Lindsay Quartet are to perform the world première of Sir Michael Tippett 's 5th String Quartet on the opening night of the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival ( May 9th–23rd ) at the Crucible Studio Theatre , the central venue for this year 's Festival . |
| 4 | ( 3 ) Waterslides ( Harvard OTC ) " They are opening the world 's largest water-theme park , just outside Madrid . |
| 5 | Now Carol and husband Shaun , of Wombwell , South Yorks , are searching the world for an eye surgeon prepared to try to put a smile on Adam 's face . |
| 6 | Viv Richards has been rated the world 's number one batsman since 1976 when he scored a record 1,710 Test runs in the year . |
| 7 | in their place ; as we 're gobbling the world . |
| 8 | I feel that together we 're making the world uglier . ’ |
| 9 | We 're exploring the world of exciting new technology . |
| 10 | ‘ No thanks , old man , ’ said Donald , ‘ we 're setting the world to rights here . ’ |
| 11 | But if ideas are to fit the world there must be something which answers to that generality . |
| 12 | Staff and students are turning the world of learning upside down during Alternative Learning Week as they try out inventive ways of teaching and learning . |
| 13 | Why France well this is the closest the formula one circuit comes to our country which is sad because this year like many others Central South racers are leading the world championship … |
| 14 | I do n't necessarily think that all these particle physicists are solving the world 's problems but it 's fundamental in the way the world works . |
| 15 | But the real hub of the problem is not a personality but the French farmers who are holding the world to ransom . |
| 16 | Italian ice-creams and coffee are imitated the world over , and there 's no better start to the day than fresh rolls and croissants . |
| 17 | Degas ' sculpture is on the move : literally , in the sense that a complete set of the artist 's bronzes has been travelling the world for the past five years , turning up in Verona , Florence , Amsterdam and Japan ; metaphorically , in a sudden resurgence of interest in the sculptures themselves , after more than four decades of academic neglect . |
| 18 | They are examining the world 's bauxite reserves , investigating the potentialities of Gabon as a market for learning machines , using their influence to secure the release of political prisoners , setting up conferences to standardize labour law and regulations for contraceptive pills . |
| 19 | The first British single release for this month is still being debated , but whichever track is picked , Me Phi Me is confident his message is strong enough to be heard the world over . |
| 20 | In The Tale of Genji , which has a claim to be considered the world 's first novel , an emperor weeps for lost love in the opening pages . |
| 21 | My choice in life would be to tour the world on a £10,000 Harley-Davidson or fill my garage with motorcycles . |
| 22 | Sharp is claimed to be leading the world in the area of development and production of individual/home information tools and plans development and exploitation of ‘ the next-generation of products based on their ‘ Personal Information Tool ’ initiative which advocates considering communication among people and co-possession of information going beyond the conventional personal idea and creating a new life culture ’ — Their words not ours ! |
| 23 | He thinks I 'm investigating the world drug trade . |
| 24 | The foursome , who all work at the special care baby unit at South Cleveland Hospital , Middlesbrough , will be attending the world 's first conference on neo-natal care , held in Washington DC . |
| 25 | We have been arguing that changing concepts is a political activity ; that it is not value-free , but arises out of a particular ethical or political interpretation of the word , and that one of the aims of the dialogue between feminism and philosophy should precisely be to reconceptualise the world that is offered by philosophy as it is at present . |
| 26 | The global trend toward intensive farming could be taking the world on " an accelerating merry-go round to hell " according to Sir James Goldsmith in a lecture given to the Royal Society . |
| 27 | The aim : to persuade countries to reduce their output of greenhouse gases , which are thought to be warming the world faster than ever before . |
| 28 | Yes , smiles Harriet , tossing her hair , tearing down hovels and putting up Far Eastern hotels , I 'm making the world safer for my family — Bam , punch in the nose for Salim and Sharon and Michael … |
| 29 | The Prime Minister added : ‘ Between now and September we will be showing the world what Manchester can offer , what Britain can offer . |
| 30 | Perhaps AM was worried that it might take some of the momentum away from their PostScript imagesetter but then they hardly seem to be setting the world alight with that either . |