Example sentences of "[prep] the 14th " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I appeal for more sixth-form entries for the 14th International Physics Olympiad ? |
| 2 | BRITAIN 'S worst motorist appeared in court yesterday charged with drink-driving — for the 14th time . |
| 3 | This is one of the survivors of the many mills formerly strung out along the Painswick Stream and probably took its name from the Damsell family who lived in the area during the 14th and 15th centuries . |
| 4 | During the 14th century , Japanese poets began to develop the form of verse we now call the haiku . |
| 5 | BRITISH hopes of returning to normalcy in negotiations with China over the future of Hong Kong appeared to have been thwarted yesterday as the 14th round of Sino-British talks ended with only limited signs of progress . |
| 6 | Between the 14th day of September 1987 and the 8th day of January 1988 conspired together and with other persons to defraud such persons who had or might have had an interest in dealing in shares in Blue Arrow , or National Westminster Bank , or in dealing on the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index , namely : 2.1 By dishonestly concealing holdings of 19.39 per cent of the share capital of Blue Arrow ; 2.2 By falsely stating that all remaining shares not taken up in the rights issue by existing shareholders had been sold in the market ; 2.3 By falsely representing that 33,315,528 shares in Blue Arrow held by County NatWest Securities were held for the purposes of market making ; 2.4 By falsely representing that 34,069,433 shares in Blue Arrow held by Phillips & Drew Securities were held for the purposes of market making ; 2.5 By dealing off market with Union Bank of Switzerland in 28,201,743 shares in Blue Arrow when by reason of their connection with that company they were knowingly in possession of un-published price sensitive information ; 2.6 By creating a false instrument , namely a letter of indemnity dated 5 October 1987 from Nicholas Wells on behalf of County NatWest to Union Bank Of Switzerland ; 2.7 By engaging in a course of conduct which created a false or misleading impression as to the market in the shares of Blue Arrow for the purpose of creating such an impression and thereby influencing persons who might deal in those shares ; 2.8 By purchasing and retaining 2,150 Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index put option contracts to cover a risk of £51,500,000 whilst concealing from the market the true position in relation to the rights issue and the subsequent placing of shares in Blue Arrow , where Blue Arrow and National Westminster Bank were both component parts of that index . |
| 7 | Revenue was up , expenditure too and some young trees , notably 30 birches and limes were planted between the 12th and 14th , also the ‘ plantation ’ ( now a copse ) between the 14th and 15th , and the bushes behind the 2nd , plus many others . |
| 8 | He is charged with the murder of all three women , his wife , daughter and mother-in-law sometime between the 14th and 20th of August . |
| 9 | Critical statements made about the 14th Army 's withdrawal by its commander , Gen. Aleksandr Lebed , drew a rebuke from Russian Defence Minister Marshal Pavel Grachev , to the effect that the military should not become involved in politics . |
| 10 | There will be some perks around the 7th and 8th , but it wo n't be until well after the 14th that you will feel back in the swing of things again , particularly at work . |
| 11 | If invoices remain unchecked after the 14th of the month they will be excluded from the monthly close down of the cost accounts , treated as late invoices and costed to the following month . |
| 12 | Iron pills are sometimes given in pregnancy after the 14th week to prevent anaemia . |
| 13 | The great library contains one of the best collections of ancient manuscripts of the Hispanic civilizations , including the most complete copy of an extraordinary medieval poem , El libro de buen amor ( The Book of Good Love ) by Juan Ruiz , dated 1343 in its second version , which Menendez Pelayo praises thus : ‘ Juan Ruiz , Archpriest of Hita , wrote the comic epic of an entire epoch in his multiform book , the Human Comedy of the 14th Century . |
| 14 | St Mary 's Mill stands on an old site , certainly used in the early part of the 14th century , as a fulling mill . |
| 15 | I believe you knew a Lieutenant Lapointe , of the 14th Infantry Regiment ? ’ |
| 16 | According to traditions in Benin , casting was introduced there from Ife at a date estimated to be towards the end of the 14th century , about a century before the first European contact with Benin was made by sea . |
| 17 | On a visit to this historic church you will see a magnificent Romanesque nave , a Norman font with medieval cover , rare wall paintings of the 14th century , the gilded alabaster tomb of Sir Anthony Browne to whom Henry VIII granted the Abbey , Crusaders ’ crosses carved by sword and the Senlac Commemorative Window . |
| 18 | The style of the building is that of the 14th century , and it holds many monuments to previous rectors and the Bethell family , including a reference to Christopher Bethell who was one of the first whites to be killed in the Mafeking riots in July 1884 . |
| 19 | Walter Skirlaw was born sometime during the middle of the 14th century , the son of a basket maker — his coat of arms had an interwoven pattern ( by 1656 the windows painted and set with his coat of arms were nearly gone ) . |
| 20 | But the shrewd and hard-working daughter of the 14th Earl of Glamis turned the dire situation completely on its head . |
| 21 | While the first week looks a bit of a damp squib , the full moon on the 10th and the sun-Pluto conjunction of the 14th could leave their transformational mark on you . |
| 22 | Duncan was a member of the 14th INT , a small and select group of SAS members who were responsible for intelligence . |
| 23 | When you were part of the 14th INT , sleep was something you never took for granted . |
| 24 | Delft is proud of its association with the Dutch master painter Jan Vermeer and the old town centre has changed little since the 17th century with drawbridges , tree-lined canals , large churches and narrow medieval streets and the view of this quaint red-roofed town from the 100 metre high steeple of the 14th century Nieuw Kerk is worth the climb . |
| 25 | By the end of the 14th century the Warren family of Poynton had become Lords of the Manor , a title which they were to retain until the death of Sir George Warren in 1801 . |
| 26 | On 25 July 1855 in the British embassy , Paris , Henrietta married Frederick Vansittart ( died 1902 ) , a lieutenant of the 14th Dragoons , son of William Vansittart of the Shottesbrooke family of White Waltham . |
| 27 | In total more than 60 companies have applied for 122 out of the 435 blocks in the first two stages of the 14th offshore licensing round — the biggest response for 20 years , according to energy minister Tim Eggar . |
| 28 | CPRW 's National Executive Committee agreed this course of action yesterday , following a request from the Friends of Cardigan Bay that CPRW join them in calling for a suspension of the 14th Round of Oil/Gas Licensing ( 1 ) . |
| 29 | At the end of the 14th round of the US-Soviet talks on Dec. 15 , the US ambassador to the UNCD , Max Friedersdorf , commented that the two countries ' positions were " fairly close together on most issues ' and that there was a good chance that a chemical weapons treaty would be signed within two years . |
| 30 | Lithuania first had been an independent state in mediaeval times , until the end of the 14th century . |