Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [num ord] world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rushdie might only just qualify as a Third World novelist . |
| 2 | These people , I remarked , could pull out of their pockets , thoughtlessly , as much money for a round of drinks as most single parents have to live on for a week ; could pay as much for a few hours ’ sleep as a Third World peasant and his family have to live , or die , on for a year . |
| 3 | Part of a town centre was sealed off and buildings evacuated after a second World War Mortar Bomb was discovered at a charity shop . |
| 4 | This was the general reply from partners , who were specifically asked not only whether the course would not be more appropriately located in a Third World country but also for the experience of institutions that already have similar courses or related aims . |
| 5 | You want to know what is happening in a Third World trouble-spot . |
| 6 | Frankie had nothing much more to offer till they signed to Zang Tumb Tuum ( ZTT ) the label ( named after a First World War futurist magazine ) formed by New Musical Express ( NME ) theorist , Paul Morley , and Dollar/ABC/Malcolm McLaren producer , Trevor Horn . |
| 7 | Mosley revolted over the wrong crisis , for he failed to see that considerable social and economic reform would result from a Second World War , a conflagration which he bitterly opposed and which led to his internment in 1940 . |
| 8 | Their experience shows that military facilities may be conceded by a Third World state to the USSR when there exists a coincidence of interests but that such concessions provide leverage on Soviet policy as often as they act as levers for Soviet policy in bilateral relations with the Third World party . |
| 9 | The bar chart shows what the average Westerner consumes in a year compared to a Third World person : the shaded area represents the Third World . |
| 10 | Boxing experts say Bruno , desparate for a third world title challenge , has never been better prepared . |
| 11 | ‘ Unless we move immediately into high growth , high technology areas our standard of living and quality of life will deteriorate and we will degenerate into a Third World nation . |
| 12 | Below the coum near the County Stone are the strewn remains of a Second World War plane that crashed killing all the poor lads that were in her . |
| 13 | The message Fernando Collor de Mello brought with him was that Brazil , where he would take over from President Sarney in mid-March , no longer wanted to be tagged as a Third World nation . |