Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | This and other theatres elsewhere were at their peak when the gentry came in for the Quarter Sessions ; for wives and marriageable daughters , there were the balls and concerts of the Assembly Rooms specially built at the back of the George Hotel . |
| 2 | Private housing orders were 18 per cent down on the quarter , 36 per cent on the year . |
| 3 | Private housing orders were 18 per cent down on the quarter , 36 per cent on the year . |
| 4 | Max Jacob was homosexual , trying desperately to look distinguished in his top hat , evening dress , spats and monocle , whilst Modi 's affairs with women were known all over the quarter . |
| 5 | — SHILDON got four out of five boys through to the quarter finals of the national schools championships at Knottingley on Saturday . |
| 6 | Just on the quarter hour mark , Armagh City were again denied the opening when Jason Murtagh saw his 15-yard volley brilliantly saved by Mullan in the Cookstown goals . |
| 7 | The government was keen to know more about the quarter of a billion youths in the population and the less than five per cent attending higher education institutions . |
| 8 | This meant that steering the boat was made particularly difficult , with the Atlantic swell surging up under the quarter and sending the ketch careering down ever larger mountains of water . |
| 9 | Currently , it is reported to be in pre-alpha quality assurance , with alpha starting in June and beta later in the quarter . |
| 10 | And the tea in tea chests , loose tea in tea chests and you used to weigh it up by the quarter . |
| 11 | Demand , he said , continues to be strong , above 1992 , claiming that they are ‘ almost sold out for the quarter . ’ |
| 12 | She began to wonder whether St Ives 's abrupt departure had n't been occasioned by her ill judged remark rather than by Geoffrey 's calling out of the quarter hour . |
| 13 | The presentation was made in early December , a little over the quarter century mark which had been crossed in July . |
| 14 | Bicester rugby club drive towards another Twickenham appearance when they travel to Ongar tomorrow in the quarter finals of the Provincial Cup . |