Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENGLAND 'S HIGHLY competent performances in New Zealand , coupled with certain reservations about Australia 's collective reliability , led to a shift in odds as the competitors gathered for the World Cup , with West Indies ' failure in the recent triangular World Series Cup reducing their stocks proportionately to the lift achieved by India in that tournament . |
| 2 | This summer , a flock of 31 birds ( including some European flamingos — Phoenicopterus ruber rosus ) successfully raised four chicks at the site , thereby allowing it to be designated as the world 's most northerly wild flamingo colony . |
| 3 | PRESIDENT Nicolae Ceausescu , once regarded as the world 's pet Communist , is a changed man . |
| 4 | Holsteins , Jerseys , Ayrshires and Brown Swiss — the cream of the North American dairy cow population — compete for top honours at what is regarded as the world 's leading dairy show . |
| 5 | There is no doubt that instead of treating the sea as the giver of life to mankind , as it certainly is , it has for far too long been treated as the world 's sewer . |
| 6 | Well , he graced Northern Ireland , the Republic of Ireland , of course , well placed for the World Cup draw , are n't they ? |
| 7 | Or do the nuclear powers-that be believe that they have won for the world not only peace in our time , but peace for a million years and more . |
| 8 | Despite the recent re-issue of Rewald 's classic monograph , we still lack a true catalogue raisonné , bringing together all the visual and documentary material and engaging with the fundamental issues ; for example , after the sensational exhibition of the Mellon waxes at the National Gallery in Washington in 1991 , there is an even greater need for a study of the relationship of the waxes to the 1,500 or so bronze casts scattered throughout the world ; more understanding of Degas ' techniques and the reproductive processes used by his founder is urgently required ; a consideration of the images themselves , and their place in contemporary sculpture , is conspicuous by its absence ; and , the biggest question of all , the role of these wax figures in the wider oeuvre cries out to be examined . |
| 9 | Whether the parents planted a cedar tree in honour of the occasion , as another custom dictated ( girls only got a pine tree ! ) we do not know , but we can rest assured that the salutation-prayer was made with particular relish for this first son of a first son : ‘ A boy is born into the world ; a blessing has come into the world . ’ |
| 10 | Christ has come into the world . |
| 11 | Anna had come into the world feet first and it took all the experience of Mrs Finklestein and the skill of the young Dr Arlen , who had come back at once with Denis , to turn the baby round without strangling the little thing with its own cord . |
| 12 | Light had come into the world again , even if it was to the accompaniment of tap-dancing elves . |
| 13 | With our family and friends we sing our praises to God and in our prayers we say thank you that Jesus has come into the world to be with us for ever and ever . |
| 14 | With our family and our friends we sing our praises to God and in our prayers we say thank you that Jesus has come into the world to be with us for ever and ever . |
| 15 | And that 's when my life changed , that 's when I was let into the world I wanted to be in and got paid to do something creative , which I 'd always wanted to do . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You get sucked into the world of married couples , and it 's hard to keep up with bachelor friends . |
| 17 | Mr Woolmer said : ‘ I felt Donald was overused in the World Cup when there was no need for him to bowl in the games against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe . ’ |
| 18 | This disruption of spatio-temporal assumptions was not only paralleled in the world of art but also in philosophy , from the incorporation of time and space into the subject in Kant 's ‘ transcendental aesthetic ’ to Bergmann 's writings . |
| 19 | At 78 he still refused to stop work : ‘ My advice to parents is not to give up to the rising generation the place you have occupied in the world so long , because there are some who are very near to you who would turn round and put you out homeless and penniless . ’ |
| 20 | But , whether he does emerge as another champion or not , the name of Lotus will never be forgotten in the world of motoring and motor racing . |
| 21 | Walsh attributes his excellent form to the first real break he has had from year-round cricket : ‘ Being omitted from the World Cup squad was a blessing in disguise . |
| 22 | Our development of complex beer flavour concentrates ensures that wherever Guinness stout is brewed in the world , consumers will enjoy the consistent taste they expect from Guinness . |
| 23 | Researchers are still compiling figures but claim the quantity of halon gas emitted to be " a very large amount compared to what is normally emitted in the world " . |
| 24 | Pins and needles tingled in her fingers and toes , creeping along her limbs until she felt as if she were disconnected from the world . |
| 25 | A few weeks later , on tour in the USA , a series of violent incidents raised questions about the wisdom of their being included in the World Cup squad . |
| 26 | Between 1950–60 the race was included in the World Drivers ' Championship , and full results for those years can be found in the Grand Prix section , pages 12–25 . |
| 27 | Figures 4.9(a) — ( c ) show the output from a SYMAP run using the commands and data of Appendix G. Figure 4.9(a) uses the default five classes in a map of infant mortality per thousand live births for the African countries included in the World Data Matrix ( Appendix A ) and named in Appendix F. Data values of — 1 are excluded by the use of elective 4 . |
| 28 | Amazingly , Brazil has excelled in the world of motor racing , producing not one , but two , but three world champions , all of whom have proved themselves to be great drivers . |
| 29 | The phrase seems to have originated in the world of baseball , although some authorities claim priority for an alternative connotation . |
| 30 | But Robert is as fully committed to the world of bloodstock as ever . ’ |