Example sentences of "to [be] world [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Cardus , and maybe Vukmanovich really knew he had what it takes to be world champ . |
| 2 | Now his aim is to be world champion . |
| 3 | ‘ My burning ambition is to be world champion . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A coastguard spokesman said : ‘ These cylinders appear to be World War Two ordnance which had been dumped . |
| 7 | And Capriati admitted she is not prepared to wait for ever to achieve her ambition to be world No 1 . |