1.   A new generation of cultural activists is taking its causes on to the world stage.

2.   At the same time, it was beginning to flex its muscles on the world stage.

3.   If he were acting on the world stage, he would have won a Nobel Peace Prize long ago.

4.   On the world stage, he was the brightest star.

5.   The drama to be told was an epic of cosmic dimensions and significance, played out on the world stage.

6.   At the time, this was just one of many conjlicts being played out on the world stage.

7.   The company wants to compete on the world stage.

8.   Moreover, those starry-eyed states inclined to perceive international relations in moral terms frequently underestimate the nefarious machinations of their competitors on the world political stage.

9.   The capacity of EC member countries to present a united front on the world political stage was sorely tested over the Gulf crisis.

10.   The emergence of the United States and the USSR as permanent superstars on the world stage had to be accepted.