Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the world in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was kindly invited by the President of the World in Harmony , Princess Irene of the Hellenes , to a Royal Gala concert and Dinner at the Spanish Embassy , in aid of World in Harmony UK , and the Anti Drug Foundation , Madrid . |
| 2 | These reservations apart , there is a consensus among all teachers that all children need to be helped towards a broad understanding and appreciation of the world in which they live . |
| 3 | If you take that kind of view , then of course Russell 's persistent emotionality and his characterization of the world in these personal terms is a failure , erm something that he was never able to overcome , something for all his passionate moral convictions prevented him from really seeing himself at one with other people . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is the fault of the world in which we live , but people seem to have a great fear of failing , forgetting that failing at something does not mean that one is a ‘ failure ’ at life . |
| 5 | I can not understand my conception of the world in terms of , or reduce it to , some account of my dispositions , as it seems plausible one might for the rat 's ( or any third person 's ) conception of the world and its dispositions . |
| 6 | Wilson , like Bevin , was willing to accept over-commitment in the world in order to sustain the special relationship . |
| 7 | The University also says that it can supply state-of-the art fibre to other universities and industry across the world in accordance with specific designs , if required . |
| 8 | The trouble is that we live in a part of the world in which many people depend on Unix — not to fight Microsoft and NT , but to earn their living — and there are too many unknowns . |
| 9 | Europe is not the only part of the world in which communications and electronics are the inheritors of several different , and apparently conflicting , policy traditions . |
| 10 | But but it it is n't the longest enquiry in this part of the world in in living memory . |
| 11 | Mairi is a children 's book author ( Kirsty Morag stories ) but my interest and knowledge of her related to a lovely , sympathetic and realistic representation of travel in this marvellous part of the world in her beautifully illustrated book , An Eye on the Hebrides . |
| 12 | I wish to use it to reinforce the message of the forthcoming Earth Summit — that we must develop our part of the world in a more sustainable way . |
| 13 | As we noted earlier , rapid and profound change is now an integral part of the world in which we live . |
| 14 | It envisages , that is , the possibility of a description of the world in which all subject terms refer to actual existents , and all explicit existential assertions give way to " existential presuppositions " . |
| 15 | In other words , the possibility is posited of a description of the world in which all subject terms refer to actual existents and all existential propositions are analysed out and replaced by " existential presuppositions " . |
| 16 | In Chapter 12 I give additional clarifications about my use of the word " structure " and try to explain why a structural approach is incompatible with a description of the world in terms of objects and attributes . |
| 17 | Though two of the G7 countries — Britain and America — now appear to be in recession , the likeliest outlook for the world in 1991 is a tolerable mixture of slower growth and lower inflation than of late , with a brighter year to follow in 1992 . |
| 18 | The Creator of the World in Indian mythology , his four faces contemplate the four far comers of the world he has made . |
| 19 | Chair , on the recommendations erm on item D , I 'm a bit unhappy about the use of the term ‘ natural ’ disasters , because I believe that many of the disasters that people in Oxford are actually giving money for are man made disasters , particularly matters of international economics and the unfair burden , erm unfair distribution of wealth which places a whole sector of the world in poverty , and I think , you know , you do get a magnificent response from people in Oxford to these charities , and we must be aware that there are a whole number of greater issues involved , and while I hear what you 're saying earlier on about you ca n't take on the problems of the whole world , I think when people are actually giving money to charities for example , like Oxfam , they are often unaware of these issues , and we do have a wider role in making the , joining with organisations like Oxfam in spreading public awareness on these issues . |
| 20 | At the start of a New Year , many national and political leaders have expressed their desire for peace throughout the world in 1993 . |
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| 23 | The Essenes were a monastic order ( Josephus suggests they originated around 150 BC ) whose aim was complete separation from the world in order to live a life of holiness and total devotion to God . |
| 24 | ‘ I have n't any serious plans to marry him , if that 's what you 're asking , ’ she told him as levelly as she could , and had the hardest work in the world in hanging on to her temper when his glance flicked from her through the open door into her sitting-room . |
| 25 | An' inside ye 'll find all the truth about the world in which we live . |
| 26 | He was described as ‘ leader of the world in fashion ’ , ‘ the great buck ’ , ‘ the Prince of hosts ’ , ‘ the gay cavalier ’ and ‘ the Prince of Australia ’ . |
| 27 | The eclipse , partly by his own desire , partly because of the overturning of the world in which he had governed , was too abrupt . |
| 28 | There can be no picture of the world in your head that exists independently of your assertions and beliefs about it . |
| 29 | What he hoped to build up , to activate , was a climate of opinion throughout the world in which the armaments of the powers , based upon ideological arguments , would appear to be absurd . |
| 30 | Now , if there be any place in the world in which people are deprived of that portion of temper and discretion which are necessary to the contemplation of beauty , it is there . |