Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Llewellyn denied his players had grabbed testicles or spat at the world champions . |
| 2 | Studies of cognition which seek to elucidate the nature or that cultural order which we might impose upon or recognize in the world may well be concerned with the classification of objects , but they generally fail to acknowledge , let alone address , the difference between artefacts such as cutlery which already incorporate categorization in their manufac-turer , and objects such as trees which do not ( e.g. Rosch 1978 : 30–5 ) . |
| 3 | And , while fighting shy of political commitment , Bourdieu , like many , remains committed to the belief that the point is still not just to interpret , analyse or agonize about the world , but to change it . |
| 4 | There is no absolute way of describing or engaging with the world ; only an infinite number of ways of doing so . |
| 5 | The movement 's critique proclaimed a uniqueness and originality for its discoveries to which it was never entitled and which served only to reinforce the self-deluding image of its own power and influence in the world . |
| 6 | The main threat to our position and influence in the world is now political and economic rather than military ; and our policies should be adapted to meet the changed situation . |
| 7 | It rested on two basic assumptions : that Britain 's power and influence in the world depended upon a sound economy ; and that by making the fullest use of nuclear weapons , missiles , and modern transport aircraft , men and money could be saved for the country 's economic benefit . |
| 8 | In the opinion of Sandys ’ opponents , his and Macmillan 's emphasis on the independence of Britain 's nuclear deterrent was creating gross misconceptions of her real power and influence in the world . |
| 9 | Furthermore the British , despite the Cold War , were still determined to recover as much as possible of their former independence and influence in the world . |
| 10 | They had a certain prestige within the neighbourhood and influence within the world of football was part of this process of ‘ making good ’ . |
| 11 | How much true do you think there is in the picture of a scientist as highly intelligent , completely amoral and withdrawn from the world . |
| 12 | The Symphony Hall at the ICC is Britain 's ‘ virtuoso among concert halls ’ according to national music critics , home to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and host to the world 's top visiting musicians . |
| 13 | As Walvin ( 1986:9 ) explains , ‘ The country which had developed and then exported the game found itself ostracised and reviled in the world 's footballing fraternity . ’ |
| 14 | The British were a superior race , blessed with exceptional energy , toughness , and qualities of leadership , which they refined in their play and used throughout the world to promote the rule of law , the Christian religion , and the ‘ rational ’ use of economic resources . |
| 15 | He told them there was no point in producing a more expensive , national version of City Limits , the Right-On London listings magazine started by former employees of Time Out and helped into the world by the GLC . |
| 16 | So presumably , other creatures are simply talking and communicating about the world according to their particular mind configurations . |
| 17 | On behalf of their inarticulate owners , these clothes say ‘ I 'm not playing ! ’ and then sit on the sidelines ( so you can see how upset you 've made them ) , and wait for the world to be nice . |
| 18 | The alternative is for Greeks to watch their economic hopes fade , and listen to the world go on chuckling about the story of the Golden Unfleeced . |
| 19 | Freedom is found by taking up our abode in the transcendent and looking at the world objectively . |
| 20 | Surrounded as he was by the glamour of the acting world , he could pick and choose from the world 's most beautiful women — women like Marianne , with her lush body and provocative , slanting green eyes . |
| 21 | The exploration company said artifacts recovered from the new expedition will be housed in a permanent museum and exhibited around the world . |
| 22 | Sponsored and operated by the World of Children Organisation . |
| 23 | It can be played , listened to , read and written throughout the world , irrespective of mother tongue and usually brings great satisfaction to sender and receiver . |
| 24 | The company , founded by Ted Hood , has perfected the concept of efficient furling and reefing systems linked to the finest and most aesthetic masts and rigs in the world . |
| 25 | So there are educational erm resources erm as well as others and in my view one of the great gaps that 's starting er that 's growing and growing in the world is the difference between educational patterns in the more advanced world and that in some parts of what we normally call the Third World . |
| 26 | Its qualifications are known and valued across the world . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , Mum , ’ said Camille , cool with the confidence of the adolescent who knows that the rules of mortality , the risks inherent in living and going about the world , do not apply to her . |
| 28 | So what happens if we do something similar and look at the world through a single object — the humble apple , for instance ? |
| 29 | Well looking at it carefully , as I have done , it 's surprising that if you take the whole of the last forty years and look across the world there are really only about eight major what you can call disasters — I call the calamities , because they are not really disasters — that have occurred with medicines . |
| 30 | If they feel that taxation is unfair , intelligent people take advantage of vastly improved financial communication and look about the world . |