Example sentences of "[noun sg] was world [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rumanian talent was world number one for a brief spell in the same year . |
| 2 | Alcock 's nova was world news . |
| 3 | Just beating Higgins to the finishing line was world champion Stephen Hendry , happily back to form after his 10-4 defeat by Steve Davis in last weekend 's European Open final . |
| 4 | Another loser was world number five Neal Foulds , who crashed 5-3 to Accrington 's 143rd-ranked Shokat Ali . |
| 5 | As a player for Middlesbrough , Liverpool and Scotland he was Renoir with a razor-blade , an artistic hardman , whose flamboyant style of play was world class . |