Example sentences of "world [noun sg] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This emphasis is partly due to the background of the researchers involved ( many are human geographers and sociologists ) and partly because it is only really since the Second World War that major hazards have been monitored systematically , culminating , of course , in the last decade or so in the use of satellite technology . |
| 2 | Britain , in common with the Allies , had learned from the First World War that international peace and stability could only be maintained by the early restoration of Germany to the comity of nations . |
| 3 | If Hadow indicated direction and purpose it was not until the end of the Second World War that such ideals would begin to be realised . |
| 4 | it was only just before the Second World War that simultaneous interpreting became possible ( as well as acceptable ) at conferences . |
| 5 | For a century and a half the subject of sexuality was taboo in much of Western society and it was only after the Second World War that this taboo decayed sufficiently for a body of formal knowledge concerning sexuality to be scientifically built up . |
| 6 | The CIS was formally established at a meeting in Alma Ata , when assurances were given to the world community that single control would be maintained over the nuclear weapons on former Soviet territory , and that the treaty obligations of the Soviet Union would be respected by the newly independent states . |