Example sentences of "the ninth " in BNC.

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1 Croce , in the ninth chapter of Aesthetic , attacks the idea of applying rhetorical or critical terms to the unique act of aesthetic expression .
2 Four thousand leagues from the ninth buried city
3 Indeed , it was something of a typically topsy-turvy but none the less gritty performance from Durie , who missed a match point at 5-3 and then had to wait an hour to complete the encounter after rain fell at the end of the ninth game .
4 Mr Salazar is the ninth justice minister since August 1986 .
5 Stewart bogeyed the seventh and eighth , the downhill par-three which had dumped Seve Ballesteros out of the tournament , while Langer birdied the ninth .
6 The Lancashire side took the lead in the ninth minute through Kath Jackson with Orpington 's Helen Morgan equalizing 10 minutes into the second half .
7 But it was part of a performance by one of the contenders for the Ninth National Review of Live Art .
8 And there was some nerveless relief pitching from Dennis Eckersley to secure the final out on Sunday after the Blue Jays had briefly rekindled hopes of a miracle by reducing the deficit to 4-3 with two runs in the ninth inning of game five .
9 England made an excellent start when Manchester City 's Ian Brightwell headed them in front from a David Smith cross in the ninth minute .
10 NOW THAT President F W de Klerk has announced the release of eight of the nine most prominent political prisoners in South Africa , the question is when — not if — the ninth , Nelson Mandela , will be freed .
11 A wedge approach to three feet produced an eagle three at the ninth , while her solitary lapse was the four she made at the short 16th .
12 At the Ninth All-Russian Congress of Soviets on 22 December 1921 , Lenin called for the reform of the Cheka. since NEP required more ‘ revolutionary legality ’ .
13 Among the RAF Trophy winners RAF Stornaway deserves a mention , it will this year receive the very handsome Sir Charles Wheeler Trophy for the ninth consecutive year — a record that will be hard to beat .
14 • Logistics worthy of the Ninth Army 's move to the Gulf saw all the stands arrive , intact with exhibits at Paris having left Birmingham straight after the show closed there on Sunday night .
15 In the ninth and decisive round England could only draw 2-2 against China , so Yugoslavia , leading the US 2-1 with a favourable unfinished game , were assured of silver .
16 They reached the turn in level par , having birdied the 5th , where Stewart chipped to four feet , and bogeyed the ninth .
17 The ninth ?
18 The comet was close to the ninth magnitude on November 16 when it was discovered by amateur astronomers in Norway and the United States .
19 The comet was close to the ninth magnitude on November 16 when it was discovered by amateur astronomers in Norway and the United States .
20 In the ninth game , with the score 4-4 , the American hit four double faults .
21 According to a commentary on the report , Northern Ireland Crime Statistics , published by the Northern Ireland Office , the province was the ninth most peaceful in terms of crimes of violence against the person and had the lowest rate in the country for theft .
22 Zurbriggen , the Olympic downhill champion and World Cup super-giant titleholder , swept to his first victory since November 1988 in the ninth World Cup race of the current programme in 1min 37.39sec .
23 In the ninth century King Alfred had built a castle here surrounded by three rectangular moats , from which to guard the road .
24 He was really living the rock star legend to the ninth degree .
25 But then more wickets fell , and the eighth was down for 103 ; only for Logie and Bishop to put on 74 for the ninth wicket , and when Logie was last man out just two short of a well-deserved hundred , the score was 199 .
26 At 200 for 6 , Malcolm got Moseley and Ambrose ran out Hooper , only to make amends by putting on 34 for the ninth wicket with Bishop which would prove vital .
27 Baptiste kept him company for a while as he blazed away , but when the ninth wicket fell with the score on 166 and fourteen overs still unused , it seemed that his effort would be in vain .
28 This small Islamic jug ( OA 1952.2-14.1 ) of the ninth century AD appears intact below when viewed by ordinary light , but X-rays show that it is extensively repaired right , especially around the rim .
29 Omri , a king of Israel in the ninth century , for six thousand shekels acquired the entire site for his new capital city of Samaria ( 1 Kings 16.24 ) .
30 Its influence was slow to make itself felt , and it did not make a clean sweep of Western monasticism until the ninth century .
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