Example sentences of "[prep] 20th " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monty Python star dies on eve of 20th anniversary |
| 2 | It is not too much to say that we entered the conference in the law and atmosphere of the 17th century and we came out with a fair prospect of 20th century conditions . ' |
| 3 | City Art Gallery , The Headrow — a fine collection of 20th century pieces , plus the Henry Moore Study Centre , Craft Shop and Design Centre — a visual feast . |
| 4 | One month on , November 9 , 1989 is already enshrined as one of the key dates of 20th century German and European history . |
| 5 | The best parts run as separate units : the Fox network , for instance , shows only a handful of 20th Century Fox shows . |
| 6 | His statement ended : ‘ I have placed a copy of this affidavit with Mr Spyros P. Skouras , president of 20th Century Fox . ’ |
| 7 | At lunch at the commissary of 20th Century Fox , Spyros P. Skouras ( he who had insisted that his movie makers clear themselves of Communist taint ) asked in his speech where else in the world but in America could a poor Greek boy have become so important a person as president of 20th Century Fox ? |
| 8 | At lunch at the commissary of 20th Century Fox , Spyros P. Skouras ( he who had insisted that his movie makers clear themselves of Communist taint ) asked in his speech where else in the world but in America could a poor Greek boy have become so important a person as president of 20th Century Fox ? |
| 9 | Rival producers Robert Halmi , who recently paid a record £5 million for the rights to film Scarlett , and Marvin Davis , the former owner of 20th Century Fox , both claim to have secured exclusive rights to official KGB archives . |
| 10 | The blend of architectural styles rewards inspection for here is the very antithesis of 20th century town planning . |
| 11 | For all the success of 20th century wonder drugs , 19th century improvements in sanitation did more for the health of the nation . |
| 12 | The unravelling of their chemistry has been one of the great achievements of 20th century science , a large part of it due to sir Norman Haworth , whose studies in this field spanned more than 30 years . |
| 13 | But the landscape of 20th century England is dominated by gardens , and with arable fields , plantations , parks and residential areas the whole country resembles a gigantic garden , manipulated , planted , and managed . |
| 14 | QUANTUM THEORY is the great feature of 20th century science . |
| 15 | He was even more impressive in his short recital ( with Roger Judd at the piano ) of 20th century American songs by Samuel Barber , Jerome Kern , Cole Porter and Leonard Bernstein . |
| 16 | But at The Wine Garden , the menu featured verse and monologues , and the impish Les sauntered through the trials and tribulations of 20th century indiscretion in a mockingly disapproving manner . |
| 17 | The Sporting News Chronicle of 20th Century Sport ( Hamlyn , Pounds 19.99 ) : Be warned . |
| 18 | I spent the rest of 20th February , which happened to be my fortieth birthday , taking the girl students back to their homes in and around Rangoon . |
| 19 | NEWS Corporation , the parent company of 20th Century Fox in the US and The Times , Sun and Today in the UK , has romped in with bumper first quarter figures . |
| 20 | He and Victoria divide their time between their apartment in Manhattan and a luxury home in Beverly Hills , which houses an impressive collection of 20th Century art — his passion . |
| 21 | I am in the process of compiling a catalogue for the collection of 20th century religious art belonging to the Methodist Church , a collection that was created in the early 1960s . |
| 22 | Both volumes provide explanations of headphrases in simple language , using illustrative quotations drawn from a wide range of 20th century literature and media . |
| 23 | Both 1st Corps ( General Hermann Francois ) and 3rd Reserve Division , recently engaged at Gumbinnen , were to be conveyed by train to the right flank of 20th Corps , which was barring Samsonov 's advance . |
| 24 | German formations from the north were now marching into position on either side of 20th Corps , but those assigned to the left wing — called by the Germans the ‘ Eastern Group ’ — might have to face about if Rennenkampf marched south . |
| 25 | The representative collection of 20th century art which Lancaster University has been amassing since the 1960s and 1970s by purchase , gifts and bequests , is to be housed in a worthy new purpose-built annex to the already existing and refurbished Peter Scott Gallery . |
| 26 | On Thursday , December 17 in Room 24 , Alex Seago will talk on ‘ Peter Blake : An English Pop Artist ’ ; Friday 18 in the Lower Galleries at 1 pm Charles Hustwick will talk on ‘ Beardsley to Bomberg : British Drawings and Watercolours ’ , on Saturday December 19 in the Auditorium at 1 pm Laurence Bradbury will talk about ‘ Peter Blake : original Pop ’ ; Sunday December 20 at 2.30 pm in the Auditorium , Laurence Bradbury will talk on ‘ Ivon Hitchens : natural Abstraction ’ , and on Sunday December 27 at 2.30 in the Auditorium , Laurence Bradbury will talk about ‘ A Sequence of 20th Century ‘ Isms ’ , Lectures are free and no prior booking is required . |
| 27 | Considered by such critics as Lawrence Durrell and Seamus Heaney to be an extraordinary and major writer , Kenneth White , who also holds the Chair of 20th Century Poetry at the Sorbonne , visits the Festival from his Brittany home to celebrate publication of a new work — Pilgrim of the Void |
| 28 | Consideration of the Great Reform Act will show that the use of 20th Century democratic ideals and hindsight can distort our view of the justice of the measure . |
| 29 | The extraordinary collection of 20th century art that opens this month to the public at New Hall , Cambridge gives us all a chance to see how rich this history is and much of what we have been missing . |
| 30 | I refer to the St Trinian 's cartoon of 20th November , and will bet you a bottle of passable claret that the caption is not the same as was originally published . |