Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | This uncertainty might , on the one hand , encourage social commentators in the attitude expressed by a writer in The Economist in 1848 : ‘ In our condition suffering and evil are nature 's admonitions ; they can not be got rid of ; and the impatient attempts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation , before benevolence has learnt their object and their end , have always been productive of more evil than good . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 3 | Let me introduce you to the world of press releases . |
| 4 | Send her round the world three times . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the Australian is still likely to preside over the punishment of the opponent who beat him in the World Open final . |
| 6 | Spice drew us round the world , showed us it was round , and led us to confront ourselves again . |
| 7 | Europe had rapidly adopted the institutions of developed capitalism , and spread them through the world . |
| 8 | He is still smarting from a put-down in the magazine City Limits which condemned his Around the World in Eighty Days as an exercise in ‘ male back-slapping imperialism ’ . |
| 9 | We would recommend this disk highly to beginners as its uncluttered presentation will ease you into the world of word-processing . |
| 10 | 6,000 exhibitors from 40 counties welcome you to the world 's key industrial fair in Hannover , Germany . |
| 11 | Christian attorney Constance Cumbey goes a step further in The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow when she writes of the ‘ coming age of barbarism ’ , and describes the New Agers as a ‘ viable movement that truly meets the scriptural requirements for the Antichrist and the political movement that will bring him on the world scene ’ . |
| 12 | Then they stand it up and show it to the world . |
| 13 | In exchange he would exhibit his collection there for fifteen years , keeping the freedom to exhibit it around the world , and buy and sell from it . |
| 14 | ‘ And when I make it to the charts , then I 'll have to admit that I will have owed it to the world 's greatest entertainer ever — Elvis the King of Rock . ’ |
| 15 | As for the Normandy campaign , I would n't have missed it for the world . |
| 16 | He would n't have missed it for the world . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I would n't have missed it for the world ’ , smiled Christy . |
| 18 | He closed his eyes tightly ; then in a much quieter voice , he said , ‘ Pet , you know I would n't hurt you for the world , but you 're hurting me . |
| 19 | Matheson 's defeat by Witt was disappointing following his first round victory over 13th seed Jakob Hlasek but hardly surprising given the 372 places separating them in the world rankings . |
| 20 | Matheson 's defeat by Witt was disappointing following his first round victory over 13th seed Jakob Hlasek but hardly surprising given the 372 places separating them in the world rankings . |
| 21 | ‘ And I thought I could make mine by designing and making better products , and selling them to the world , ’ said Mark . |
| 22 | Brian Bower , a Leica enthusiast for over twenty years , introduces you to the world of Leica cameras , briefly outlining their history . |
| 23 | He had failed to recover from the structural hip injury which troubled him throughout the World Cup and the date of his return could not be forecast . |
| 24 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
| 25 | By releasing it into the world , he relieved himself and taunted the fates to punish him . |
| 26 | IN the middle 80s , snooker was booming and I was doing my best to cash-in on selling it around the world . |
| 27 | Now he was n't held down , he could unleash them on the world . |
| 28 | The professor takes you into the world of portable computing explaining how to make the most of your walk-about P.C. The program is basically a collection of text files with an easy to use reader . |
| 29 | ‘ Are you going to tell me your story , or do I demand it of the world at large ! |
| 30 | It is true that there is a distinction between art as it is used develop mentally in schools and art as we know it in the world , but for most people is n't art what we knew it as in school ? |