Example sentences of "been a world [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While there has been a world recession to contend with on top of the problems the UK would otherwise have faced since 1979 , public choice theorists would not be surprised that the Conservative government has sought to minimize the level of reported unemployment . |
| 2 | THE Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( usually abbreviated to JPL ) has been a world leader in space research from the earliest days of the subject . |
| 3 | For over 40 years , Hughes Aircraft Company has been a world leader IN defense and space electronics , systems engineering , and satellite communications . |
| 4 | The opening ceremony represented Courtaulds ' opportunity to rededicate itself to a business in which it has been a world leader throughout most of this century … |
| 5 | Murray 's new all-comers ' mark was one of six set on Saturday — along with Olympic champion Maksim Tarasov 's 5.81m pole vault , Jon Edwards 's 17.16m triple jump and Michael Johnson 's incredible 400m in 45.14 , which could have been a world record if he had not eased up . |
| 6 | With regular top-level practice he would have been a world beater ’ . |
| 7 | He had been a World War I hero in the Gallipoli and Zeebrugge landings , and in 1940 , aged 68 , was the Member of Parliament for Portsmouth . |
| 8 | The sketch was one where he played a man contemplating how different life might have been had there not been a world war . |