Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [num ord] world " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world 's population tops five billion.The prices of the commodities exported by Third World countries , which have declined throughout the 1980s , reach their lowest level of the decade , at around 65 per cent of their average value in the 1970s . |
| 2 | Summit leaders called on all countries to contribute to Third World aid by assisting victims of " the unprecedented drought in southern Africa " . |
| 3 | The agreement is being cited as a model for other companies working in Third World countries . |
| 4 | CHESTER World Development Day takes place on Saturday , June 26 when people can take part in workshops based on Third World topics or listen to discussions on global issues by guest speakers , including Gyles Brandreth MP , in the Town Hall . |
| 5 | The Soviet initiatives on the Gulf and the Mediterranean are the best statements of what neutralisation on Soviet terms implies for Third World regions , although the Mediterranean proposal was intended also to include European states . |
| 6 | Despite these conditions , the convention looked set for signature two years ago , with the industrialised countries considering the nodle terms balanced by Third World concessions in other parts of the treaty . |
| 7 | It also meant that all political structures , especially the less specialized and differentiated ones found in Third World states , could be expected to perform additional functions to those which were their main raison d'être . |
| 8 | Others , such as Norway , Yugoslavia , Poland , etc , show no resistance ; no restrictions exist in Third World countries and in some , eg Costa Rica , all rivers and the land 10m on either side are under public ownership . |
| 9 | An internal memorandum by the chief economist of the World Bank , Lawrence Summers , which suggests encouraging polluting industries to relocate to third world countries , has been leaked to The Economist . |
| 10 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 11 | Officials in Western and some non-aligned states have decried the tendency in the Non-Aligned Movement to criticise Western military bases and facilities located in Third World states whole glossing over the concession of military facilities to the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | And that was rather less than the effect these fashion fancies had on Third World local economies . |