Example sentences of "in [adj] world [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the field of Religious Studies attention is given to a Theology of Religion in which there is offered a positive and critical evaluation of basic religious concepts and truth-claims in different world religions . |
| 2 | Machismo is a New World phenomenon with roots in old world cultures . |
| 3 | According to Sir Julian Huxley , writing in the 1930s , the huge antlers of large species of deer , which are certainly among their most conspicuous assets and absorb a great deal of energy as they grow , may be non-adaptive features ; and Richard Lewontin , from Harvard University , recently applied Huxley 's arguments to other features of other animals , including tooth size in Old World monkeys , and brain size in great apes . |
| 4 | Two new humeri from Pakistan are said to retain ancestral characters similar to those seen in Proconsul and Kenyapithecus , with the proximal shaft curving laterally and anteriorly ( that is , convex laterally as in Old World monkeys ) , and a flat deltoid plane , whereas the distal articular surface has several derived great ape features . |
| 5 | Several plants , especially Malpighiaceae and Memecyloideae of Melastomataceae , offer oils from glands on the calyx ( these are vestigial or absent in Old World plants ) . |
| 6 | Figs are also important in Old World primates , troops of siamang taking up to 13 kg of small ones within 10 days in the Malay Peninsula . |
| 7 | If the EEC is to compete in post-GATT world markets , it is not the number of farmers which matters but rather the quality of their output . |
| 8 | This obviously causes a minor slow down in perceived performance as far as the SX chip is concerned , but the percentage difference is small enough to be negligible in real world applications . |
| 9 | In previous World Cups , two days were allocated to each match so that contests which were not concluded on the first could be decided on the reserve day . |
| 10 | In part this may be justified because the UK competes in large world markets where the firms will have little monopoly power , but , given the documented lack of success of merged companies , successive governments may have encouraged too many mergers . |
| 11 | Simon rowed in the last Olympics and has competed in 4 world championships . |
| 12 | Simon Wigg has lined up on the starting grid in more world championships than most people have changed tyres . |
| 13 | Foreign-owned industry tends to outperform domestically-owned industry in exporting in most Third World and indeed in some sectors in First World countries . |
| 14 | Usually , the hard currency exchanged by foreign investors to pay wages , salaries and utility and other costs , has a significance in Second and Third World countries that it does not have in First World countries . |
| 15 | If slalom and WWR separated at ICF level , as spring and marathon have done , it would offer much greater flexibility in running World Championships . |
| 16 | • Britain 's case for fair tax treatment in other world markets — especially EC countries — is undermined . |
| 17 | During 1992 , Marquis was launched in other world markets and we look forward to additional sales from those markets as our new brand gains awareness and esteem . |
| 18 | Another factor was widely seen as being Iraq 's concern to extend its influence in Arab world affairs generally , an aim not unlikely to be served by administering a lesson to Iran . |
| 19 | Lineker , on the other hand , took his decision having already played in two World Cups , deciding it was in his best interests to seek a fortune playing in Japan rather than face the prospect of losing his status and even his England place as his legs began to fail him . |
| 20 | But both found themselves possessed of a consuming interest in astronomy , to which in due course they devoted the rest of their lives after disposing of other distractions — in Hubble 's case , his law , and national service in two world wars . |
| 21 | The illusion that the country was performing adequately persisted , however , well into the second half of this century — partly because the empire provided protected markets for products that were not good enough for the most advanced countries , partly because of the accident of victory in two world wars . |
| 22 | I also made a documentary about the U-boat campaign which in two world wars had nearly brought us to our knees ; and I have always regretted that after the last war , when we sank so many of them in deep water , we did not keep one as a trophy and bring it up the Thames into the heart of London : it would have been a perennial attraction for every schoolboy in the country . |
| 23 | On the other hand in Russia , for example , where so many males were lost in two world wars women do do much heavier work than is traditional in Western countries . |
| 24 | In spite of victory , Britain 's participation in two world wars accelerated social changes , altering both social attitudes and power relations . |
| 25 | The Italians lost to North Korea , showing us what negative , cowardly football they exemplified ; the Germans looked arrogant but were n't strong enough to stop themselves being beaten by England ‘ again ’ ( as in two world wars ) ; while Argentina misbehaved temperamentally at the ‘ home of football ’ , Wembley . |
| 26 | Ulster blood was spilt in two World Wars and is still being spilt here in our own mother country and what does Britain give us in return ? |
| 27 | ‘ Sir , ’ they retort , ‘ it was with some amusement that I read the views … with astonishment … with disgust … self-appointed guardians of the public conscience … fashionable cant … appear to have forgotten those who , in two world wars … ’ |
| 28 | Harriman remarked that the had fought with the British in two world wars , and he thought there were some good things about them too . |
| 29 | Men from the village had fought in two world wars . |
| 30 | Despite opposition from the SDLP , Alliance and Sinn Fein , unionist councillors voted to send the Lord Mayor , Reg Empey and his deputy to the September 12 ceremony honouring Orangemen who died in two world wars and other conflicts . |