Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has to keep going all the time — to and fro about the world and walking up and down in it . |
| 2 | ‘ Why did it take so long for the world to wake up to what was going on , ’ she asked repeatedly . |
| 3 | It was these ancient devices that allowed the followers of darkness to move so swiftly about the world , and the cataclysmic release of their corrupting energies which was responsible for the spawning of so many beastmen and monsters . |
| 4 | Every member is asked to PRAY DAILY for the world mission of the Church . |
| 5 | In 1989 much of the world was celebrating the 200th anniversary of the start of the French Revolution . |
| 6 | For those who want a complete directory' not only of the world 's railways but also of manufacturers of railway equipment of every kind , from coaches to couplings , then Jane 's is your book — provided you have £50 to spare , which is £7 less than a second class return from London to Newcastle . |
| 7 | Some 20 tonnes of synthetic diamond are now being produced annually throughout the world . |
| 8 | If our minds are not actively engaged and challenged by the world in which we live , we may well slip inexorably into the world of day-dream and make-believe . |
| 9 | Together with the World Wide Fund for Nature and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , they were one of the three main partners in the conservation consortium who tried unsuccessfully to buy the estate . |
| 10 | Perhaps he had already formed a notion of sailing alone round the world . |
| 11 | Instead , he sailed alone round the world . |
| 12 | Those people always get on better in the world than decent men . ’ |
| 13 | He has many characteristics irritating to Britons , especially in the world of finance — he is an intellectual , a socialist and a polymath who walks the world stage , but is suspected of putting French interests first . |
| 14 | Merson drew special attention to the spread of AIDS among women , especially in the world 's poorest regions , saying that " by the year 2000 , more than half of all newly infected adults may be women " . |
| 15 | On the other hand , he wrote , if you do n't see this clearly at the start you only produce more crap and there 's enough in the world already . |
| 16 | England twice beat them easily enough in the World Cup ( by 138 runs and eight wickets ) , but in the opening match of that competition , Pakistan only succeeded in defending 267 against them by 15 runs . |
| 17 | The view that applied studies should be of equal value and status with the theoretical is far too little understood in this country , almost alone in the world . |
| 18 | Stella is a wild card both in the deepest recesses of Serena 's own mind and in the domain of middlemen , for Stella is the only character in the novel who is exempt from this status : ‘ Stella was in effect her own middleman , alone in the world , selling her personality , and very badly ’ ( 30 ) . |
| 19 | Rather like a pressed flower , all alone in the world . " |
| 20 | She is the daughter of an officer in the army , but I think now alone in the world and with little money . |
| 21 | That We must remember that 300 years ago British slavers dragged millions of Africans halfway round the world to work on British sugar plantations in the Caribbean ? |
| 22 | To reach their goal d'Abreu 's men had gone halfway round the world from Europe to the Orient , and always in directions with an easterly component . |
| 23 | It is 60 years since Neville Cardus memorably called Horovitz ‘ the greatest pianist alive or dead ’ ; and even today , when there is a six-deep queue of virtuosos that , laid end to end , would stretch halfway round the world , his playing is something to make the listener gasp and sit up . |
| 24 | You 've just hurtled halfway round the world only to say goodbye to your estranged wife 's grandmother ! |
| 25 | ‘ He 's apparently just flown halfway round the world to tell you he loves you . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But if he 's flown halfway round the world to tell me he loves me , then why did n't he tell me he loves me ? ’ |
| 27 | It lay between them , a scrap of paper that had travelled halfway round the world , and could finish up as evidence in a murder trial . |
| 28 | The two of you have followed each other halfway round the world over the years , and she 'll shut you out once she realises that your affair is something you renew periodically . ’ |
| 29 | A LITTLE boy has flown halfway round the world to learn to walk . |
| 30 | Dr Runcie said that the great point of the meeting would be in its ripple effect and symbolic effect all round the world . |