Example sentences of "the [adj] world [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One possible explanation for this result is that the trend rate of growth in the UK economy in the 1970s and early 1980s was much lower than elsewhere , ensuring that the total world portfolio rose more rapidly than the share held within the UK . |
| 2 | By 1985 , for example , Japan was making about 60 per cent of the total world output of colour television tubes . |
| 3 | Today the rate of increase in food production has exceeded the rate of increase in the total world population . |
| 4 | Yet in Ireland the Kerry almost became extinct by the early 1980s , and in 1983 the total world population of pedigree cows was only 200 . |
| 5 | As a result , Europe 's share of the total world population does not vary greatly between then and 1945 : it fell slightly , but continued to provide about a quarter of the world 's people . |
| 6 | The total world population was put at 190 at the last count . |
| 7 | Erm basically it 's er like the collapse of I B M makes a the total world market , things like that . |
| 8 | The total world value of those markets is about £40 billion a year and one third of all of the orders won by United Kingdom suppliers are for overseas markets . |
| 9 | The scheme worked well : four-fifths of the boats taking part found fish in the predicted areas , good news for a country that makes 15 per cent of the total world catch . |
| 10 | Their panel wo n't be named until after the Junior World Cup which starts in Terrassa , Spain , next month . |
| 11 | In practical terms what was at stake was the need to close the price scissors , as Trotsky termed it , that is , the disparity between the high prices for industrially produced consumer goods and means of production , compared to the prevailing world market prices , and the prices being paid for agricultural produce . |
| 12 | She was now to be seen in a small cubby-hole next to Mr Malik 's office , typing furiously , or on the phone to an organization called the Islamic World Unity Fund , which was said to be about to offer Mr Malik and Mr Shah a large sum in US dollars . |
| 13 | ‘ I just want to get this season over and start from fresh again , ’ added the ring-rusty world No 55 , also forced to play in glasses for the first time . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly concern about the impact of robots and other microelectronic-based production equipment has been exacerbated by the depressed world economy and the high levels of unemployment in nearly all the major industrialised countries . |
| 15 | Salako jarred the same knee in training with England before the 4–0 World Cup defeat of Turkey . |
| 16 | Salako jarred the same knee in training with England before the 4–0 World Cup defeat of Turkey and was ruled out of Palace 's clash with Nottingham Forest last Saturday . |
| 17 | It lies at the heart of the two-volume world chronicle of Bishop Freculf of Lisieux , who dedicated Book II of these gesta imperatorum to Judith , for use in the education of her son . |
| 18 | His first game was the 1-0 victory over Israel which earned qualification for the '82 World Cup in Spain , to date the highlight of Derek 's international career . |
| 19 | His first game was the 1–0 victory over Israel which earned qualification for the '82 World Cup in Spain , to date the highlight of Derek 's international career . |
| 20 | The WBC decision to split ranks from the unified world heavyweight scene has made his latest hope , Tony Tucker , certain of an early shot at new champion Lennox Lewis 's title . |
| 21 | The FFF , who last year won the bidding to host the 1998 World Cup finals , have promised to meet the deadline . |
| 22 | In 1904 the first Pan-Presbyterian Council was held and in 1905 the Baptist World Alliance was formed at Exeter Hall . |
| 23 | The conference is being organised by the Baptist World Alliance and is primarily geared to the Baptist perspective , though the conference organisers would welcome participants from other denominations attending the meeting . |
| 24 | Once the perspective extended to the world , the significance of national liberation became much greater and less conditional : for the national liberation of the colonies of the European empires could overthrow the imperialist world order . |
| 25 | The lasting pattern of this world-market agriculture did not establish itself until the period of the imperialist world economy of 1870–1930 . |
| 26 | The reaction to Richardson can be attributed to three factors — a rumour that supposed friction between him and Jamaica 's Jeffrey Dujon led to Dujon 's omission from the World Cup ; another rumour that Richardson passed some remark about Jamaicans after the Dujon affair ; and that Richardson described the historic World Cup encounter with South Africa as ‘ just another cricket match ’ . |
| 27 | Richardson 's widely-quoted comment prior to the historic World Cup encounter against South Africa that it was ‘ just another cricket match |
| 28 | While Senna 's steady but swift progress made his 20th Grand Prix victory look easy , the reigning world champion says this race has been one of the toughest . |
| 29 | Villeneuve and Scheckter managed to score just eight points between them during the 1980 season and the reigning world champion failed even to qualify for one race . |
| 30 | He was the reigning world champion and he 'd won the first two races of the season . |