Example sentences of "on the fifth [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This so-called ‘ Canadian compromise ’ was admired by the delegates for its intent , but both the USA and Britain rejected it , the USA insisting on the fifth freedom , but with the possibility of opting out . |
| 2 | ( A second point arising on the fifth plea and replication thereto is omitted . ) |
| 3 | The billet , on the fifth floor of Steel House , the Employment building in Tothill St , Westminster , was selected after discussions with Ms Richardson which took place under the customary pre-election rules . |
| 4 | A member of the staff of the Accommodation Service is normally present every Monday , Wednesday and Friday morning from 10.30 am – 12.00 noon in the Student Services Office on the fifth floor of the York Street building . |
| 5 | A gleaming chequered-tile floor , satin-sheen walls , a chandelier of dripping crystals and a carved mahogany staircase that was carpeted all the way to Nadirpur 's apartment on the fifth floor . |
| 6 | On the fifth floor of the Centre Pompidou from 12 November to 11 January 1993 , ‘ Art d'Amérique Latine ’ comprises 482 works covering the years from 1911 to 1968 : from the Cubism of Diego Rivera to the renewed figurative tradition of Botero , Segui , Morales and Gamarra , and the Surrealism of Lam and Matta ; from the Futurism of Dr Atl to the abstract symbolism of Torres García and the two most fertile Latin American movements of the post-war period , Arte Concreto Invención and Madi . |
| 7 | A single mother I met in Sheffield has got housing , but in a Dickensian block of flats , on the fifth floor , with no lift , a damp kitchen , bathroom and hall where the wallpaper seems to stand up only out of inertia because it is n't sticking to the walls . |
| 8 | She lived on the fifth floor of a pre-war block , and when they went up in the lift she casually passed him her handbag and said , Hold this , and started to take her clothes off . |
| 9 | LUKE PARKED HIS Chevrolet Celebrity on the fifth floor of the studio carpark and rode down in the elevator with two minor executives in tracksuits who were discussing the latest records broken by ‘ 'T IS He Whose Yester-evening 's High Disdain ’ . |
| 10 | The Hotel Normandie was on the fifth floor of one of the tall buildings overlooking the east harbour . |
| 11 | My second lunch place was on the fifth floor of a house in the same road as the school , the Via Farini . |
| 12 | Room seventeen on the fifth floor . ’ |
| 13 | The political turn was signalled publicly in an address given by Bukharin at a memorial meeting on the fifth anniversary of the death of Lenin on 21 January 1929 . |
| 14 | On the fifth anniversary of the Zeebrugge ferry disaster , relatives of those who died say safety measures , aimed at preventing a similar tragedy , are being ignored . |
| 15 | The Fourth ( General Salza ) and , to its left , the Fifth ( General Plehve ) , faced south ; the Third Army ( General Nikolas Ruzski ) , on the Fifth Army 's left , south-west ; while on the extreme left flank the Eighth Army of General Alexei Brusilov faced due west . |
| 16 | Any description of individual habits in this AL is influenced by the interplay of the four components of the model already discussed and how these focus on the fifth component , individuality in communicating . |
| 17 | On the fifth night they were dog-tired , having had little relaxing sleep in the cramped quarters of the submarine and spending several hours each day writing up their notes on the previous night 's recce . |
| 18 | On the fifth night he finally fell asleep when the electrodes were on and recordings were being made , and stayed asleep for two and a half hours until his wife woke him . |
| 19 | He was the youngest driver in the field , qualified on the fifth row and was up to sixth place with 10 laps to go as leading British driver in a British car when he crashed at Copse , escaping unhurt . |
| 20 | Her feet were icy cold in their open sandals when , on the fifth trip back to the front lawn , her patience was rewarded . |
| 21 | Anthony Scrivener QC , for Hammersmith and Fulham , was presenting the council 's case on the fifth day of a hearing in which the district auditor is seeking to have the transactions declared ultra vires , or beyond the local authority 's legal powers . |
| 22 | She rang in on the fifth day to say she was no better and did n't feel she was getting anywhere . |
| 23 | On the fifth day of mobilisation , Lieut-Colonel Deyns was able to report that the Field Ambulance was equipped according to scale , and ready to move . |
| 24 | Then on the fifth day , mid-morning , a pool of light as pale and clear as moonstone appeared on the horizon . |
| 25 | He had almost given up hope of meeting Liza on the beach and was considering whether he would , after all , call at Four Winds , despite Eleanor 's warnings , when , to his incredulous delight , on the fifth day of his visit , he saw a different figure scrambling down the cliff followed by a little girl . |
| 26 | On the fifth day , they married . |
| 27 | The fry hatch on the fifth day and about 3mm long . |
| 28 | On the fifth day the covers were removed and I saw a tiny fish swimming on the surface . |
| 29 | S.J. Snooke of South Africa , who led his side to defeat against England over his 29th birthday , Feb. 1 , 1910 , was the first overseas player to be able to offer birthday cake at the tea interval , but the first captain to five himself a victory as a birthday present was the Australian H.L. Collins , whose 36th birthday fell on the fifth day of the seven-day third Test against England in January 1925 , which Australia eventually won by 11 runs . |
| 30 | When you are at the beck and call of everyone for 14 hours a day for four days and for 8 hours on the fifth day each week you want a short space in which you relax and do just what you like . ’ |