Example sentences of "[prep] the 15th " in BNC.
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| 1 | Entries are now invited for the 15th Olympiad which will take place in July 1984 . |
| 2 | Among those taking up the challenge was Haslemere architect Alan Coombes , who entered for the 15th time with his 1914 three-and-a-half horsepower three-speed , 4,500cc Douglas . |
| 3 | Having decided to leave out Phillip DeFreitas for the 15th time in a start-stop career , Dexter and Co had precious few alternatives to consider . |
| 4 | Like many other mills connected with the woollen industry , their history is inextricably linked with that of the families of Flemish weavers who , following religious persecution , fled to England during the 15th and 16th centuries . |
| 5 | ‘ And he , of course , was the architect of some of the finer domes in Florence during the 15th century . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes referred to as the " book-cover " or Koran design ( pl. 34 ) because it was evolved during the 15th and 16th centuries from the magnificent tooled leather covers used to bind the Koran ; these had themselves been inspired by the inside of a mosque dome , with its central boss and intricately decorated surround . |
| 7 | Eventually , probably during the 15th century , the Chancellor 's office took on many of the features of a court , and the Court of Chancery was born . |
| 8 | Late on the 14th and during the 15th and 16th a further series of Atlantic troughs brought extremely changeable and , at times , very windy weather back to all parts . |
| 9 | The Senate confirmed Robert M. Gates as the 15th director of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) by 64 votes to 31 on Nov. 5 . |
| 10 | Then , in a startling turnaround , Langer and Elkington , holding the joint lead and playing last , both bogeyed five straight holes — from the 11th through the 15th — and fell from contention . |
| 11 | The Ruthvens increased steadily in importance through the 15th and 16th centuries , reaching the summit of their ambitions in 1581 when the fourth Lord Ruthven was created Earl of Gowrie . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , ’ he says , then smashes the ball off the 15th tee , up over the hill and goes running after it down the other side . |
| 13 | When Levi walked off the 15th green , somebody told him , ‘ Watson 's gon na get you . ’ |
| 14 | The beautiful tawny stone of the great churches and university buildings seemed to me stained with the blood of Republican idealists in the British battalion of the 15th International Brigade . |
| 15 | At the foot of l'Alpe-d'Huez is the little Alpine town of le Bourg d'Oisans , the beginning of the 15th stage . |
| 16 | One must remember that Galileo was part of the Renaissance , the centuries-long ferment accelerated and intensified by the invention of printing in the middle of the 15th century . |
| 17 | The Grand Old Duke of York did lead his men ; Dick Whittington was a 15th century Lord Mayor of London ; Ring-A-Ring-O'-Roses is said to relate to an outbreak of plague in London in the 17th century ; and Bluebeard is based on a psychopathic French murderer of the 15th century . |
| 18 | The area has been associated with cavalry exercises from the beginning of the 15th century . |
| 19 | After successive divisions , the output of the 15th bistable is 1Hz ( check this with a calculator ) . |
| 20 | According to some experts , the first bridge , of stone , was built in the early part of the 15th century by a York merchant , but another school of thought suggests an earlier date , declaring that it was mentioned in the reign of Edward III . |
| 21 | At the edge of the 15th fairway , over the whin bushes and the Eden course , you often find one of the great characters in Woods ' staff . |
| 22 | ALTHOUGH table forks have been used in this country since the middle of the 15th Century , they were not used in conjunction with knives until almost two centuries later . |
| 23 | October 2 : 50th anniversary of the formation of the 15th Air Force , featuring the P-40 , P-47 and P-51 . |
| 24 | The stranger to calligraphy may be struck by the fact that none of these cards displays the florid illumination characteristic of the 15th century Books of Hours made so familiar to us by countless commercial reproductions on christmas cards advertised widely in small format ‘ gift ’ catalogues . |
| 25 | The term for start-year payments at 0 per cent interest rate is only 14 , as the 15th payment is made on day 1 of the 15th year . |
| 26 | At the head of these troops was a battalion of fusiliers of the 15th Regiment of Infantry , commanded by Maj von Keller , which Gneisenau had earlier discovered sprawling in the ditches by the roadside within sight of Genappe . |
| 27 | ‘ The activities of this detachment of the 15th Fusiliers , and subsequently those of the 25th Regiment , should really be described as the wholesale plundering of the many vehicles in and around the village of every type of valuable . ’ |
| 28 | the solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 29 | the solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 30 | The solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |