Example sentences of "a quarter to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She arrived at work at a quarter to nine and went straight to the studio . |
| 2 | It was still only a quarter to eight — exactly the time when , last Friday , Alan turned up . |
| 3 | At a quarter to twelve he phoned back . |
| 4 | The major setback to profits came in Sears ' footwear division , about 40 per cent of total profits , where the trading surplus fell by almost a quarter to £31.6m . |
| 5 | And at a quarter to twelve last Tuesday , Bentley made the most of it . |
| 6 | Charlie come into the Dragon at about half nine , maybe a quarter to ten . |
| 7 | With real mortgage rates on extra borrowing normally between 4 and 5 per cent , it is quite plausible that about a quarter to a third of the value of housing equity — estimated at £830billion at end-1987 — could be due to deregulation . |
| 8 | Dividends are up by a quarter to 11.4p , after a final of 7½p payable on May 27 , with earnings growing in line to 54½p . |
| 9 | RATHBONE Brothers , the asset management and private banking group , is celebrating its 250th anniversary by lifting the payout to shareholders by a quarter to 10p , with a 7½p final dividend on July 1 , on the back of record 1991 profits . |
| 10 | With demand reflecting the financial pressures affecting all major airlines and defence cutbacks , profits in the aerospace division fell by a quarter to £18.2m . |
| 11 | She usually arrived about a quarter to nine , greeted her colleague , read her correspondence , and was then prepared to face the assembled school . |
| 12 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a quarter to five ! |
| 14 | Look ; it 's a quarter to nine now , you 'll be here till a quarter to ten fiddling around . |
| 15 | Look ; it 's a quarter to nine now , you 'll be here till a quarter to ten fiddling around . |
| 16 | A survey by Apted suggested that perhaps a quarter to a third of university libraries have selection policy statements of some kind . |
| 17 | ‘ By a quarter to six , ’ the Yorkshire Post reported , ‘ it was practically impossible to distinguish players in midfield ’ and the teams were like ‘ moving figures in shadowland ’ . |
| 18 | Failing a test was defined as being seen or heard to carry it out incorrectly ( eg to say the time was twenty past nine when the watch indicated a quarter to four ) , or being unable to attempt it ( eg being unable to answer when asked to identify a particular coin ) . |
| 19 | It was a quarter to five . |
| 20 | At a quarter to eleven the taxi came for me . |
| 21 | It also tightened its grip on dealers : the number using it rose by a quarter to 304 , more than 75 per cent of all Ford main dealers . |
| 22 | At a quarter to three I was in position behind the grime-sprayed glass of a bus shelter on the Banbury Road . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh yes — only I 've got to catch the last bus home and it leaves at a quarter to eleven … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We 'll leave Thunder Bay at about a quarter to one , ’ Nell said , ‘ so we 'll have lunch soon after . |
| 25 | ‘ After dinner you had coffee with Dr Darnell until a quarter to ten . |
| 26 | The last time I looked at my watch before dozing was a quarter to one . |
| 27 | A herd of zebras , hence , produces about a quarter to a third of its weight in prey carcases per year . |
| 28 | He crossed the sales floor quickly , snatching up a large paper sack displaying the emblem of the store , and slipping a quarter to the girl clerk . |
| 29 | Half-year profits rose by a quarter to £8.2 million , despite the slump . |
| 30 | Off I went to resume normal existence and my first priority , since it was now nearly nine o'clock and I was due to meet Jack Mason at a quarter to ten , was breakfast . |