Example sentences of "the [adj] quarter [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the suffocating conventions of the Shermans ' Queen Anne plantation house would not have been forced on an unknowing seventeen-year-old if her ailing mother had not been so shamed by their straitened conditions in a rented house on the borders of the Creole quarter of New Orleans . |
| 2 | The historic quarter of the city is full of grand buildings , undamaged during World War II , built in many different architectural styles . |
| 3 | High on any list must be the National Museum of Photography , Film and Television , the recently refurbished Alhambra Theatre , the historic quarter of Little Germany , with its grand architecture , and the colourful Asian shops and restaurants . |
| 4 | However , complete accuracy is not important , as a few years either way make little difference to its value or collectability ; placing it in the right quarter of the appropriate century will nearly always suffice . |
| 5 | He nodded and , carrying the coat away over my arm , I went back through the dome car and with a great deal of interest into the private quarters of the Lorrimores . |
| 6 | And with Superintendent Pumfrey marching off through the door into the private quarters of the Crumwallises , the investigation into the death of Hilary Frome began in earnest . |
| 7 | Melissa asked , but before anyone could give a coherent answer Monsieur Gauthier managed to impose some sort of order on the chaos and shooed his family , like so many cackling hens , towards the private quarters at the rear of the hotel . |
| 8 | ‘ Part of a building ’ will include entering a building lawfully but then going into a part of the building as a trespasser , such as entering the private quarters in a public house which was entered lawfully in the first instance or going behind an unattended counter in a shop . |
| 9 | ‘ We have , of course , put out feelers to the usual quarters about where the supplies came from , ’ said Milton , ‘ but the chances of finding the source of such a small supply are very slim indeed . ’ |
| 10 | On Friday 10 May students occupied the Latin quarter of Paris and built 60 barricades , which were violently attacked by the CRS . |
| 11 | They gathered in the Latin Quarter in their thousands . |
| 12 | Cut off the top quarter of the bottle so that it forms a sort of funnel . |
| 13 | For example , their report stated that syllabuses for pupils of lower attainment had been constructed from those designed for pupils in the top quarter of attainment by deleting a few topics and reducing the depth of treatment of others . |
| 14 | The formula links firefighters ' pay to the top quarter of male manual earnings but the Government is insisting all public sectors workers are given rises of no more than 1.5 per cent this year . |
| 15 | ‘ We starved , ’ he says simply , of a camel ride across the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia . |
| 16 | This was the Empty Quarter of the Nile . |
| 17 | He crossed one of the world 's most dangerous places , the Empty Quarter in southern Arabia , twice . |
| 18 | Examples of this style include the Church of S. Theodore Stratilates , 1360–2 and the Transfiguration , 1374 , both in the commercial quarter of Novgorod . |
| 19 | The shooting happened in what is usually a quiet section of the French Quarter on a street lined with historic buildings serving as apartments , hotels and restaurants . |
| 20 | She was known to all in the French Quarter for her good looks , her own hard-luck story ( two marriages , two troubled kids , a problem with drink ) and the soft spot she had for the hard-luck stories of others , poets in particular . |
| 21 | Rocque lived in Great Windmill Street on the edge of the French quarter in Soho until 1743 , in Piccadilly opposite Green Park until 1749 , and in Whitehall until a fire on 7 November 1750 destroyed his possessions . |
| 22 | " The Meeting considering that the number of useless Dogs in this Country are a great grievance , and that for many obvious reasons their number should be deminished. , and it being also represented that a number of Half Grayhounds very destructive to Hares are kept by Many This Meeting recommend to the Gentlemen of the different quarters of Islay to Intimate to the people of their neighbourhood that all useless and superflous Dogs are to be killed , and that the owner of any Dog found chasing Sheep or Lambs or running Hares shall be liable for the Damages , and the Meeting also recommend that no dog be seen at Church or other publick Meetings . " |
| 23 | We visited the public baths ( hot springs ) and walked around the different quarters of the very pretty old town . |
| 24 | By night we suggest you head for the old quarter of Sachsenhausen which is packed with delightful pubs and restaurants . |
| 25 | Hydrofoils leave Porto Heli each morning for Piraeus , returning in the evening , so day trips to Athens visiting the Acropolis , the old quarter of the Plaka and the National Archaeological museum are easy . |
| 26 | There were outcries throughout the province , and in Ninfania again there were running battles against the gangs , in the old quarter of Riba , in some of the hill towns which had a tradition of dissent . |
| 27 | Though one can hide from less than Rivieraesque weather in the 1989 Fleet Walk Centre , which offers ‘ leisure shopping ’ , more characteristic is Torre , the old quarter with its antique shops . |
| 28 | Today , most modern amenities are in a new quarter , Fegina , which is separated from the old quarter by a hill crowned with the 1622 Convento dei Cappuccini and a medieval tower . |
| 29 | Approach the old quarter from any direction , and the twin towers of the baroque cathedral dominate . |
| 30 | We spent days exploring the old quarters of the city . |