Example sentences of "used [prep] the [num ord] world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh rather yes , out-work , people used during the First World War there were no end of people were sort of er especially if they 'd had a bit of experience in the leather industry like harness and saddlery and that sort of thing , especially the harness and er other work attached to leather cavalry and er revolver holsters and that sort of thing , they 'd do them at home you know oh yes there was er now Walsall 's divided is n't it ? |
| 2 | Over a million gasifier units , usually powering road vehicles , were used during the Second World War . |
| 3 | The Telemine is based on the design of a manned torpedo that the Italian Navy used during the Second World War . |
| 4 | Some shipowners proved particularly receptive to a suggestion that their craft employ a technique used during the Second World War by British aircraft to confuse enemy radar and later influenced by the Royal Navy 's experience in the Falklands campaign : tankers were supplied with equipment to discharge clouds of aluminium chaff at the approach of an AS missile like Exocet , in order to divert it . |
| 5 | The village hall , known as the Victory Hall , was an old army hut used in the First World War . |
| 6 | Among some of the exotic craft on display are bi-planes used in the First World War . |
| 7 | However , it was not used in the Second World War , nor in many other wars . |
| 8 | Low octane petrol is readily available almost everywhere , while paraffin is widely used in the third world . |