Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have five minutes to shake the world . |
| 2 | The blue eyes regarded the world with the slightly cynical assurance of a man accustomed to getting what he wanted when he wanted it by the simplest of expedients , that of paying for it . |
| 3 | The Jews divided the world into themselves and the Gentiles ; the latter were the bad lot . |
| 4 | Their colonization of Brazil was even more momentous since it opened up a source which during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries led the world in the production of gold . |
| 5 | This objective was indeed achieved , but with it came a spectacular collapse in crude prices , which lasted from 1985 into the following year , when there were calls from the Gulf states for Britain to cut its North Sea output ‘ as part of a global effort between OPEC and non-OPEC exporters to restabilize the world oil market ’ . |
| 6 | The windscreen wipers give us two neat fan shapes to view the world through . |
| 7 | Described as Llyfrau Llygad-Dyst ( Eye-Witness Books ) , these Welsh versions of Dorling Kindersley Books cover the world of the Fforiwr ( Explorer ) Cerddoriaeth ( Music ) and Dyfeisio ( Inventing ) . |
| 8 | The holder of an impressive string of awards , he has now achieved world-wide recognition by winning the portfolio section of the International Olympic committee 's Best of Sport Photographic contest , with eight pictures judged the world 's finest . |
| 9 | If we take just two examples of major environmental crises facing the world ozone depletion and carbon dixode emissions we see that no party except the Green Party is prepared to act quickly enough . |
| 10 | Kennedy 's insistence on keeping Soviet influence out of the Western Hemisphere and miscalculations by both superpowers brought the world to the brink of nuclear conflict in 1962 . |
| 11 | In The Wrench he creates the rigger Faussone , the practical man whose cranes girdle the world and who keeps returning , a little heavy-footed , to the house in Turin where two old aunts fuss over his welfare : Faussone was spoken of as ‘ my alter ego ’ , and the book has to struggle to accommodate him as a second person , available for interview by Levi . |
| 12 | He was depressed — I saw him coming slowly up the lane , I heard the reluctance of his words to face the world . |
| 13 | Purchased by David Thompson , of the Cheveley Park Stud , for a reported £80,000 , Party Politics shook off a catalogue of breathing problems and one case of breaking blood vessels to take the world 's most famous steeplechase by two and a half lengths . |
| 14 | In a nationally televised speech , Bush said that developments in the Soviet Union had made it possible for the United States unilaterally to " take steps to make the world a less dangerous place than ever before in the nuclear age " . |
| 15 | There are some underground opposition groups which have used imaginative tactics to capture the world 's attention , calling on celebrities like Bob Geldof to endorse their struggle . |
| 16 | ‘ Of course , there will be specific areas or skills in which other nations lead the world . ’ |
| 17 | NORBROOK PRODUCTS SPAN THE WORLD |
| 18 | The chroniclers entered the world of witches and spirits and handed on the sort of stories that circulated . |
| 19 | We use all five senses to explore the world around us — sight , hearing , taste , smell and touch . |
| 20 | England need only unanimous support from the Test countries to win the World Cup vote without having to refer to the ICC 's associate members . |
| 21 | Firms in those countries become the world leaders and begin to export as rising incomes spur demand elsewhere . |
| 22 | Quite average players , given good health , dedication and a competitive spirit , can acquire a fortune in a circus atmosphere which attracts additional opportunities galore , thrown up by business brains who exploit cashmere-clad headline snatchers touring the world to romantic places , and surviving an onslaught of dotty hangers-on . |
| 23 | Unlike the state monopoly telecommunications business which has tended to stay that way , the semiconductor chip business started out with United States commercial dominance ; it has continued on this pattern , with the one major change that in the 1980S the multinational companies dominating the world chip business ceased to be predominantly American and became a combination of Japanese and United States companies . |
| 24 | SNEAKERS : Computer hackers enter the world of espionage in this comedy-drama . |
| 25 | In the post-war period , these districts had undergone precipitous decline from their pre-war position as thriving communities servicing the world 's largest port . |
| 26 | But I hope you will join me tonight in saluting ALL the correspondents and crews — from the BBC , ITN , BSkyB and other broadcasters here and abroad as well as those from newspapers and agencies like Visnews — join me in saluting those who risk their lives in appalling circumstances to tell the world the truth about what was Yugoslavia . |
| 27 | Even if other countries reduce their subsidies , marketing will matter ever more as low-cost producers from Eastern Europe and other developing countries enter the world market . |
| 28 | Federal officials made the world 's largest seizure of cocaine in Los Angeles in September when they raided a suburban house and found 20 tonnes ( 44,080 lb ) of cocaine . |
| 29 | It took two workers to carry the world 's largest aircraft engine igniter to the designer — who said that the component agreed with the specifications , and approved it . |
| 30 | American Airlines became the world 's largest airline ( not counting Aeroflot ) when it overtook ( without taking over ) United Airlines . |