Example sentences of "[verb] to the [num ord] quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was said to have two sets of strings only , at 8' pitch , and , on the evidence of its appearance , it was to be dated to the first quarter of the 18th century . |
| 2 | He was , for instance , punctilious about paying his models the agreed amount and would work out the precise sum owed to the last quarter of an hour . |
| 3 | However , KPMG Head of Corporate Recovery Tim Hayward cautioned : ‘ Too much should not be read into one quarter 's figures , particularly given the distortion that holidays can make to the third quarter . |
| 4 | In John Pope-Hennessey 's 1965 catalogue of the Kress Collection it is assigned to the second quarter of the sixteenth century |
| 5 | Of course , it may be argued that the Cash paid at the beginning of the year relates to the last quarter 's electricity for the old financial year and so this financial year includes four payments for electricity ; thus , the year 's payments do reflect the cost of electricity . |
| 6 | and his report dated these remains to the fourth quarter of the second century . |
| 7 | ‘ When it come to the last quarter of an hour , you want to have that last a long while ! ’ |