Example sentences of "place in the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an unselfconscious way , it makes a profound statement about him and his place in the world . |
| 2 | Don 's flat , after all those nights at Amanda 's , was not the most welcoming place in the world . |
| 3 | London was , or should have been , the most exciting place in the world . |
| 4 | Obviously I would have to start re-learning my past and re-discovering my appointed place in the world . |
| 5 | Although in some ways twentieth-century romantic ballets resemble those of the nineteenth century , they more often originate in a drama which supposedly takes place in the world of reality . |
| 6 | But the rapid and dramatic changes which are taking place in the world today , changes of a hopeful and not a frightening kind , could help to make a long-serving government more vulnerable to the time-for-a-change mentality . |
| 7 | A win at Wrexham would take Thys Libregts 's side to the top of Group Four and virtually guarantee their place in the World Cup finals in Italy next summer . |
| 8 | ENGLAND 'S PLACE ON THE ROAD TO ITALY ENGLAND need a point to ensure a place in the World Cup finals alongside Italy ( the hosts ) , Argentina ( holders ) , Yugoslavia ( winners of European Group Five ) , Brazil and Uruguay ( winners of their South American groups ) and Costa Rica ( from the Concacaf Group ) . |
| 9 | Chauvinism , local and national , lies at the heart of hooliganism and England fans seem to find in foreigners a convenient target fur a vague resentment at Britain 's diminished place in the world . |
| 10 | FOR two years NATO has been fretting about its new place in the world , if any , after the fading of the Soviet danger , if fade it does . |
| 11 | His favourite place in the world — next to his work table at his farm — is an airport . |
| 12 | Champion let Aldaniti take the last fence in his own time and then set off up the run-in which the jockey later described as ‘ the loneliest place in the world ’ . |
| 13 | The news itself was usually good : the dispatch or receipt of telegrams of congratulation or support ; the arrival of a foreign head of state or minister showing Qaddafi acting as head of state , reminding viewers that Libya has its place in the world and is respected . |
| 14 | This really was , as some climber had said , the loneliest place in the world . |
| 15 | I have an absolute loathing of inflation , I want to extend choice and opportunity and want Britain to have a very proud and assured place in the world . |
| 16 | Big sentences about Britain 's place in the world have been laid aside . |
| 17 | The public is not thirsting for reassurances about our place in the world . |
| 18 | It was not her first transatlantic flight , as she was in the French team last autumn in Washington , New York and Toronto , where Miss Ledermann rode her into second place in the World Cup round , behind Britain 's Tina Cassan and Genesis . |
| 19 | In his article ‘ Sovereignty and interdependence : Britain 's place in the world ’ , he defines sovereignty as ‘ a nation 's practical capacity to maximise its influence in the world ’ and uses the metaphor of a ‘ bundle of sticks ’ , some of which are exchanged for others , to illustrate that ‘ sovereignty is not like virginity , something you either have or do not have . ’ |
| 20 | Israel occupies an unique place in the world of intelligence . |
| 21 | But there were no flights , so I said , ‘ Look , mate , we 're never going to have this amount of money and time again , let's go to the best place in the world for birds — Peru . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The best place in the world ? ’ |
| 23 | Third place in the World Press Photo Sports Picture of the Year |
| 24 | Calcutta has to be about the worst place in the World to live . |
| 25 | Now , if there be any place in the world in which people are deprived of that portion of temper and discretion which are necessary to the contemplation of beauty , it is there . |
| 26 | He confided that Hawaii was the most difficult place in the world for him . |
| 27 | ‘ This is the best place in the world ’ , she said . |
| 28 | Dr Ecker concludes that ‘ the ultimate step in the process of stress prevention is changing the way we view ourselves and our place in the world . |
| 29 | The popularity of the Kay curling stones spread to every place in the world where curling was played and established the firm as the leading manufacturer . |
| 30 | In the 13 years since Montague broke away from Cables Montague , his father 's trucking company , he has taken Tiphook to pole position in the European container leasing business — a complementary , and vastly bigger , business than trailer leasing — and to second place in the world market behind General Electric subsidiary Genstar . |