Example sentences of "[prep] [be] world [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Otherwise nothing was changed as a result of being world champion , absolutely nothing …
2 By doing this , I think players would think twice before pulling out of Tour Events as it could mean the difference of being world number one and world number two , which I believe means a great deal more to them than they would like to admit .
3 Only Cardus , and maybe Vukmanovich really knew he had what it takes to be world champ .
4 Now his aim is to be world champion .
5 ‘ My burning ambition is to be world champion .
6 These have to do , inter alia , with technology : for instance , the World Broadcasting Satellite Administrative Radio Conference WARC 1977 ) allocation of the frequency spectrum for DBS conceived of as a national service , or the video communications or ‘ cable ’ plan of 1982 , whereby France was to be world leader in interactive fibre-optic networks — and so win export orders .
7 One of the authors , Phil Hanson , who is IBM 's consultancy team leader , commented : ‘ While few of our manufacturing companies have proved to be world class , it is good to see we have a significant number of strong contenders .
8 A coastguard spokesman said : ‘ These cylinders appear to be World War Two ordnance which had been dumped .
9 And Capriati admitted she is not prepared to wait for ever to achieve her ambition to be world No 1 .
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