Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Published histories of every town or village or suburb are in many cases non-existent , so frequently primary pupils are by necessity plunged into the world of do-it-yourself local history . |
| 2 | But for many having a racehorse belongs to the world of rolls royces and luxury yachts … |
| 3 | Rubbish Fadeev clung to the world championship lead despite falling on a tripe loop in yesterday 's original programme . |
| 4 | ‘ If I close my eyes , I can still feel the g build as the world smoothly revolves and that bright red tip-tank carves its silent arc across the azure of my mind 's eye ’ . |
| 5 | But when I close my eyes , strain my stomach and clench my fist I can still feel the g build as the world smoothly revolves and I see that bright red tip tank carve its silent arc across the azure of my mind 's sky and remember . |
| 6 | Expert systems are the first commercial products to come from the world of Artificial Intelligence research . |
| 7 | Beside the contract of sale of the petrol there was a separate collateral contract relating to the World Cup coins . |
| 8 | A study of vegetables from Warsaw 's Ochota district showed they contained 16 mg of lead per kg — eight times higher than the maximum safety level permitted by the World Health Organization . |
| 9 | Market capitalisation of domestic equities listed throughout the world stood at £6 551 billion in 1989 , with European stock exchanges representing 23.1 per cent of the market capitalisation , and the ISE accounting for 30 per cent of European domestic equity capitalisation ( the largest proportion of any European country ) . |
| 10 | Once folks had printed a few pages of closely spaced text , the next logical step was to print lots of pages of giant words announcing to the world that Fred and Wilma had just got married , or that winkles were on special offer at only ten bob a pound . |
| 11 | He went on to form one of the most successful rock bands in the world . |
| 12 | Juggling three phones at once , she attempted to concentrate on placing and receiving orders from clients scattered across the world . |
| 13 | I looked past Robin-Anne to where the moon 's path gleamed on the long waves , and then I glanced forward and saw another belt of silver , but this one diffuse and hazy , showing where the first crepuscular light seeped over the world 's grey edge . |
| 14 | Today when you look down from the top of the mountain which once provided jobs for 85 per cent of the male population you 're looking down on one of the poorest cities in Bolivia.When the price of tin crashed on the world markets in 1985 the state mines were closed down and 25,000 people lost their jobs . |
| 15 | The workgroup could be located in the same office , or split among a number of offices located around the world . |
| 16 | Then in 1988–9 AT&T at last achieved major success , in effect eliminating from the world league both one major US telecoms equipment maker ( GTE ( and the main Italian equipment maker ( AT&T joint venture with Italtel ) . |
| 17 | ‘ When David Guy Chester made up his mind to come into the world there was no stopping him . ’ |
| 18 | Poet and visionary climber Edwin Drummond is about to achieve his ambition of a United Nations Climb for the World , now sponsored by the Sheffield firm Fretwell-Downing Datasystems . |
| 19 | It is also a chance for home-grown designers to sell to the world . |
| 20 | Tension between Iraq and Kuwait came to the world 's attention in mid-July when Saddam Hussein launched a fierce attack on the policy of those Gulf states , principally Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) , whose over-production of oil he blamed for a corresponding slump in world oil prices . |
| 21 | WALKERS CLIMB FOR THE WORLD |
| 22 | ROBIN Knox-Johnston and Peter Blake are still well ahead of schedule in their bid to sail round the world in under 80 days . |
| 23 | I noticed that this did not feature in their party political broadcast , wrongly entitled ’ Made in Britain ’ and alleging that virtually nothing was made in Britain , when we not only have the successes mentioned by my hon. Friend the Member for Bury , South ( Mr. Sumberg ) in his constituency but export far more television sets than we import and make the best hi-fi in the world , and when one in ten personal computers sold in the world are made in this country — in Scotland . |
| 24 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has written to the Leader of the Opposition drawing attention to the many ways in which it was a gross distortion and to the fact that , for example , one in 10 personal computers sold in the world — let alone in this country — is now made in Scotland and that no less than 85 per cent . |
| 25 | Johnson Matthey continued to lead the market , selling over a third of the autocatalysts fitted to new cars sold around the world . |
| 26 | Their overall inferior education is held to be a key factor world wide , and has been emphasised by data produced by the World Bank . |
| 27 | Gordon Wilson , whose words of forgiveness to the terrorists who killed his daughter Marie echoed around the world , was there . |
| 28 | The amount of work this alerting action brought about was substantial because of the large number of Boeing 707/300 series aircraft flying in the world , all of which were necessarily involved . |
| 29 | In the present example , this file contains data extracted from the World Data Matrix listed in Appendix A for the countries named in Appendix F. Two variables , infant mortality and Gross National Product , identified as INFMORT and GNP respectively , are used . |
| 30 | WHITE MEN CA N'T JUMP : Buddy movie set in the world of basketball , starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes . |