Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only when I entered the Arab quarter , a network of dusty roads and wastelands of rubble interspersed with a few small houses just south of the city , that a Palestinian remembered the name . |
| 2 | On Friday 10 May students occupied the Latin quarter of Paris and built 60 barricades , which were violently attacked by the CRS . |
| 3 | The poll tax or community charge had to meet the remaining quarter . |
| 4 | NORTH WALES : CPRW is alarmed at the plan to find three-quarters of the needs of North Wales from waste materials , while still increasing primary production by 35% to find the other quarter . |
| 5 | While this was the parking area recommended in the new Yorkshire Gritstone guidebook , the BMC are now asking climbers to ignore it , park in the village and walk the extra quarter of a mile . |
| 6 | In the worst of the motion the fuses on the steering motor went and Bob , our engineer , had to brave the open quarter deck to effect repairs . |
| 7 | Parry , 23 , has twice reached the national quarter finals , losing each time to the legendary John Lyon . |
| 8 | Approach the old quarter from any direction , and the twin towers of the baroque cathedral dominate . |
| 9 | A Protestant mob was so incensed by what he said that they wrecked the Irish quarter , breaking in the fronts of houses and knocking down their roofs , and it took a battalion of troops to restore order . |
| 10 | Value of new commissions awarded to architects for the second quarter of 1990 , showing the previous quarter ( left ) and the current quarter ( right ) , and the percentage difference between the two . |
| 11 | We 'll visit the Jewish quarter , count statues of Saints on the famous Charles Bridge and walk up to the Presidential Palace area , stopping to see the wax figurine of the infant Jesus and to rest in the lovely gardens . |