Example sentences of "around the globe " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind of technological developments demanded by the Plan , from new types of automobile propulsion to reformulated hair-sprays , will heavily influence technical research and development around the globe . |
| 2 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 3 | There was a time , no doubt — it must have been before 1948 , when the United Kingdom itself abolished allegiance as the basis of citizenship — when the pretence of daughter monarchies around the globe was harmless and even arguably beneficial . |
| 4 | It has also meant visiting customers worldwide , but he admits that his greatest pleasure came from meeting the company 's own employees around the globe . |
| 5 | Anyone with the slightest interest in aviation will know of the array of technical devices which enable a pilot to navigate himself and his aircraft with pinpoint accuracy around the globe . |
| 6 | Your covenant means we help children in 53 countries around the globe . |
| 7 | The subsequent outrage from conservationists worldwide spread the gruesome story of Iki Island around the globe and the drives were curtailed after the international condemnation that followed the widespread publicity of the incident . |
| 8 | The skills of the authorities in responding to stockmarket crashes , the spread of economic weight around the globe , the fact that the economic cycles of Japan and Germany seem unsynchronised with those of America and Britain , the role of taxes and public spending as automatic stabilisers in modern economies — all these are most reassuring . |
| 9 | But the main goal of the 1990s could be to transform a big , heavily armed standing army into a more flexible force , capable of rapid deployment around the globe . |
| 10 | Yesterday Cameron Mackintosh , who as producer has successfully taken Les Mis around the globe , described the moment the musical 's Manchester premier came to a grinding and inglorious halt . |
| 11 | The BBC World Service has unrivalled standing around the globe . |
| 12 | British Airways is one of the largest cargo-carrying airlines in the world , earning revenues of £390 million from the carriage of 506,000 tonnes around the globe in 1990/91 . |
| 13 | A direct and obvious example is that many marine animals are dispersed around the globe by ocean currents . |
| 14 | According to Rupert Sutcliffe , the most senior member of the Department , and its most pertinacious gossip , there was a time not so long ago when Philip Swallow was for ever swanning around the globe on some conference jaunt or other . |
| 15 | He was given the most cathartic laundering of his life , but his reputation — and his earnings from sponsors — shot up when he published the story in magazines around the globe . |
| 16 | But in 1919 disenchantment set in around the globe . |
| 17 | Attlee did not expect to win the general election held on 5 July 1945 ( though the result was not declared until 26 July , to allow the votes of the Armed Forces to be garnered from around the globe ) . |
| 18 | After travelling halfway around the globe to one of the remotest spots on Earth , encasing oneself in goosedown against the cold , mounting a snowmobile and riding through the vastness , the glimpse of a dark object starts the heart pounding . |
| 19 | Russell Foreman 's The Ringway Virus ( 1979 ) has a plot that stretches credulity to the utmost : a virulent virus spreads around the globe , the Israelis blaming the Arabs and the Indians blaming the Pakistanis , until nearly everyone is wiped out — except for a ‘ new Adam and Eve ’ who then inherit the Earth . |
| 20 | It simulates a system of long waves in the jet stream around the globe , together with a set of short waves superimposed on them . |
| 21 | The incident of the Karin B , a ship carrying toxic wastes from Europe , illegally imported to Nigeria , which could not find a home and landed up on the south coast of England in the summer of 1987 , demonstrated that millions of tonnes of highly toxic waste are being shipped around the globe . |
| 22 | Experience the Guinness World of Records , Europe 's greatest three dimensional display of all that is superlative around the globe . |
| 23 | NOT since the heady days of Shirley Temple tapping her dinky way around the globe has a pint-sized child star held the Hollywood moguls in such thrall . |
| 24 | Crucially he arranged these zones every 15° longitude apart : with 360° around the globe , and 24 hours to deal with , simple arithmetic indicated that each zone should be roughly 15° wide . |
| 25 | And on top of all that were the meetings of groupings from around the globe , with early morning delegation meetings to talk tactics ( and more of same late each evening ) . |
| 26 | Also , other issues are going on around the globe , not only tennis . ’ |
| 27 | I hope the Royal Aero Club 's Records , Racing & Rallying Association will take note of the dates for the six hour races around the globe so that they wo n't interfere with Spencer 's motor racing ! |
| 28 | In practice , however , it cuts across a web of internationally-agreed tax rules at a time when growing co-operation among tax inspectors around the globe has made them ever more effective . |
| 29 | The collections will multiply and divide , as friends and family bring interesting objects back from travels around the globe . |
| 30 | CONTINUING the spirit of last year 's Red Hot And Blue fundraiser for AIDS , Red Hot Again will this year combine some of the biggest names in music with up and coming artists from around the globe . |