Example sentences of "in the [num] world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grubb , a member of the team who finished second in the Los Angeles Olympics , rode Ever in the 1991 World Cup final in Gothenburg , but afterwards the 11-year-old stayed in Europe , to be ridden by his owner , Enrique Sarasola . |
| 2 | Baguley , who works for Manchester City council , is the national Class Two champion while runner-up Woffinden was a member of the British team who won silver medals in the 1991 World Cup in Portugal . |
| 3 | At the 1988 tournament , held in Hong Kong , South Korea and Japan emerged first and second respectively and went on to play Western Samoa and Tonga for two berths in the 1991 World Cup . |
| 4 | According to The Famous Grouse Director , Matthew Gloag , the company 's interest in the next year 's tournament in Edinburgh had been almost a foregone conclusion due to the enormous benefits of having been involved in the 1991 World Cup . |
| 5 | Disappointed in the 1991 World Championships . |
| 6 | ‘ Rodney Martin beat him in the 1991 World Championship and I 've beaten Martin , so anything is possible , ’ he said . |
| 7 | On a day when wind and rain swept away any chance of a running game , the man voted the best player in the 1991 World Cup ran 70 yards for his 52nd try in 72 internationals . |
| 8 | We feel Betty Willis may well be a record-breaker with the super-size socks she made for her super-size son-in-law whose super-loud voice gave him fifth place ( out of 100 contestants ) in the 1991 world championships for Town Criers . |
| 9 | Much of what we saw related discouragingly to familiar bad habits , a thought that occurred , not for the first time , to George Cohen , who for the benefit of younger readers made a notable contribution to the history of English football when turning out in the 1966 World Cup final . |
| 10 | TOFIK Bakhramov , the Azeri linesman whose controversial ruling put England on course for their famous 4–2 victory in the 1966 World Cup final against Germany , has died aged 66 . |
| 11 | In one-day internationals he is the only bowler to have taken over 200 wickets , and his astonishing 175 not out against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup has been exceeded only twice — both times by Viv Richards — in limited-overs internationals . |
| 12 | Forty three summers ago , England suffered their greatest humiliation when the likes of Tom Finney , Billy Wright and Stan Mortensen lost 1–0 to the USA in the 1950 World Cup . |
| 13 | Two of his most memorable innings came in one-day internationals , the 138 not out in the 1979 World Cup final and the 189 not out at Old Trafford in 1984 which single-handedly transformed a desperate situation into a winning one , and which will surely never be forgotten by anyone who saw it . |
| 14 | Collis King — 86 in 77 minutes in the 1979 World Cup Final . |
| 15 | As it is , governments of developing countries collect far less tax in relation to their gross domestic product than do industrialized countries — 14 per cent compared with 36 per cent for the countries studied in the 1986 World Bank Report . |
| 16 | In the 13 World Cups since 1930 , the world 's best players have gathered in an ever-expanding display of skill and enthusiasm for the game . |
| 17 | Tight forwards have been Jacques Fouroux 's obsession since France were shattered by New Zealand in the 1987 World Cup final . |
| 18 | Times have changed dramatically for the worse in Wales , a condition brought on as much as anything by the masochistic fixture-making which has brought about so much contact between the countries since the Welsh were blacked out in the 1987 World Cup semi-final . |
| 19 | Edwards , 21 , has played for Australia youth and under-21s and , after appearing in the 1987 World Youth Cup finals in Chile , had 18 months with Rangers without breaking into the first team . |
| 20 | In his first season as an international Scotland shared the championship with France , and in the 1987 World Cup Sole gave a prodigious performance in a 20-20 draw with the eventual finalists France . |
| 21 | However , he may not be that popular in England after his ungracious comments before and after the World Cup final and his decision to drop out of the Barbarians game — not to mention the ‘ try that never was ’ against England in the 1987 World Cup . |
| 22 | Much of the credit for that must go to New Zealander George Simpkin , the man who made a name for himself as coach of Waikato and subsequently as coach of Fiji in the 1987 World Cup . |
| 23 | Howard ( 43 ) earned the tag ‘ Fearless Fred ’ when , after sending off Australian David Codey in the 1987 World Cup , he dismissed three more internationals in 1990 — Kevin Moseley , of Wales , Frenchman Alain Carminati and Andre Stoop , of Namibia . |
| 24 | This was the clear lesson which emerged from the successes of New Zealand and Pakistan — and the disappointing performance of the pre-tournament favourite , Australia — in the 1992 World Cup . |
| 25 | Their assigned role is best exemplified by the fact that in the 1992 World Cup in Australia , the bowling side was afforded the advantage of two white new balls . |
| 26 | IT WAS through a mist of mixed emotions that I watched the South African team take the field at the Sydney Cricket Ground for their first match in the 1992 World Cup , against the Australians . |
| 27 | I was pleased to see that in the 1992 World Cup team there were four Afrikaners in murg en beens ( in marrow and bone ) who had Afrikaans as their first language of fluency — Wessels , Cronje , Bosch and Sonald . |
| 28 | ‘ I know there was speculation that my career was over , but at 29 I am sure I can play in the 1995 World Cup . ’ |
| 29 | The political breakdown was manifested in the two world wars , in the Holocaust , in the severity of the slump , in the doctrines of Nazism and totalitarian communism , both of which were a defilement of human nature . |
| 30 | At the end of WWII , the Beverley , East Yorks firm of Richard Hodgson 's Tannery had a Memorial to those employees who lost their lives in the two world wars displayed on the outside wall of their social club . |