Example sentences of "august [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The perfect evening would be sometime in August when the heat of the summer is distilled and concentrated and the ground in the pine forests has become brown and crackly , the tarmac on the roads quite soft . |
| 2 | They cautiously resumed aid ( at $58m a year ) in 1987 after Mr Bouterse allowed a free election in which his own party fared badly ; and were upset again last August when the chief police inspector was found with a bullet in his head near Mr Bouterse 's office . |
| 3 | It forbore from interfering in August when the funeral of a dissident cleric ( killed in what appears to have been a genuine road accident ) turned into an anti-government rally . |
| 4 | French administration dies every year in the month of August when the civil servants go on holiday . |
| 5 | This fear of a new apocalypse began in deep secrecy the previous August when the fall-out from what could only be a Russian atomic test was detected . |
| 6 | The last of the blossom in my garden arrives in August when the large white flowers of Eucryphia nymansensis Nymansay open . |
| 7 | The celebrations were repeated on 9 August when the King was finally crowned . |
| 8 | Yorkshire Day comes to Richmond in August when the town is the focus of a county wide celebration |
| 9 | Harvest in July and August when the stems collapse . |
| 10 | At the beginning of August when the heat , humidity and despair reached their zenith in the Residency , when all eyes searched the Collector 's face for the signs of collapse which they knew to be imminent , two babies were born . |
| 11 | I 've got a job waiting for me in London , but I ca n't start till August when the man retires . |
| 12 | Mrs Andrews takes up her new role in August when the present headmistress Dr Carolyn Higginson retires . |
| 13 | The Republic of Singapore , a member of the Commonwealth , was declared an independent , sovereign state in December 1965 , retroactive to the previous August when the Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Singapore had concluded an agreement on the separation of Singapore from Malaysia . |
| 14 | Restoration work is scheduled for completion this August when the ‘ new ’ castle will be opened to the public . |
| 15 | Restoration work is scheduled for completion this August when the ‘ new ’ castle will be unveiled and opened to the public . |
| 16 | Then came the dramatic arrest of Roderick last August when the Royal Navy frigate Argonaut intercepted his yacht 150 miles south west of Gibraltar . |
| 17 | The public meeting was held in August when the majority of people were away , I 'm afraid , Bill . |
| 18 | From 14 August onwards the Water Authority ’ went public ’ and issued numerous statements and explanations . |
| 19 | From August onwards the newspapers were over-flowing with the exploits of the various gangs in London : the ‘ Lion Boys ’ from the Lion and Lamb in Clerkenwell ; the so-called ‘ Clerkenwell ‘ pistol Gang' ’ ’ ; the ‘ Girdle Gang ’ which took its name from Thomas , alias ‘ Tuxy ’ , Girdle ; the ‘ Somers Town Gang ’ who were said to be the pests of Euston Road and Gower Street ; the ‘ Pinus Gang ’ who infested Leather Lane and Clerkenwell ; the ‘ Drury Lane Boys ’ ; the notorious ‘ Waterloo Road Gang ’ ; the ‘ Pickett Gang ’ ; , ‘ McNab 's ’ ; the ‘ Rest Gang ’ ; the ‘ Fulham Boys ’ ; the ‘ Chelsea Boys ’ ; the ‘ Velvet Cap Gang ’ ; the ‘ Plaid-Cap Brigade ’ from Poplar ; the gangs who romped around King Street and Great Church Lane in Hammersmith and who were said to be ‘ not ‘ Hooligans ’ ’ but worse' ; and many others , including a band of youngsters who had adopted the dare-devil title of the ‘ Dick Turpin Gang ’ . |