Example sentences of "to the 18th " in BNC.

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1 AFIRM of auctioneers which sold two oil paintings for £840 five months before the works fetched £88,000 at Sotheby 's after being attributed to the 18th century master , George Stubbs , won its appeal yesterday against a judge 's ruling that it had been negligent .
2 Of the 12 games that went to the 18th hole during the course of the match overall , only one was won by an American and , as matters got tighter and tighter , the home team got worse and worse .
3 Steve Edgley and Lee James went to the 18th all square with Mark Saunders and David Hares and it looked as if Gloucester 's tee shot was out of bounds — until the ball hit a tree and stayed in play .
4 After hours of learning to hook the ball from the tee , when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade .
5 All five matches in this Public Schools Golfing Societies Foursomes Festival went to the 18th except for the Sean Baguley–Tim Jenkins 3 and 2 Tonbridge triumph against Ian Timberlake and Rodney James .
6 As we 're going to the 18th tee he says , ‘ Tip , you lost me the Championship . ’
7 Coming to the 18th , he said he 'd never had five birdies in a row , and I thought perhaps it was going to stay that way because he put his second way through the green .
8 If anyone put Jacklin oft at this stage it was me , because I let out a roar when Lee 's ball went in , and I was keen to get to the 18th .
9 I patted the three tees in my pocket as we walked to the 18th tee .
10 Now we came to the 18th .
11 We got to the 18th and there 's Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus , who took five hours to get round ; we 'd done it in less than four , had a bit of lunch and more practice in that time !
12 It would be wrong to end without acknowledging that emigration from Ayrshire was not confined to the 18th and 19th centuries .
13 New spectator mounds will make viewing considerably easier at the 3rd , 5th and 11th holes and the finishing stretch from the 15th to the 18th .
14 GAUCHE , OVER the top t'witching and ‘ woulding ham job with Julian Sands zapped way back to the 18th Century by Richard E Grant 's title character .
15 Symbolism even more arcane , such as the emphasis on the number 18 ( possibly a reference to the 18th French Rose-Croix Degree ) has been noted in the opera by the Mozart scholar H. C. Robbins Landon , quite apart from the obvious overall Enlightenment theme of the passage from the darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge , and the apparent identification of Sarastro , priest of wisdom , with the eminent scientist Ignaz von Born , Master of the Viennese lodge Zur wahren Eintracht .
16 Dating back to the 18th Century the main house has been converted from the former guest quarters .
17 This old farmhouse resting in the village of Raskelf ( the name means ‘ the shelf of the roe deer ’ ) , probably dates back to the 18th century .
18 MICHAEL MANN 's moved on from Miami Vice and back to the 18th Century for Last Of The Mohicans .
19 Scott , Hogg , Lockhart and other literary stalwarts are reputed to have frequented this old hunting inn , part of which dates back to the 18th century .
20 Many historians believe that ‘ there is a tremendous change in attitudes towards children from the 17th to the 18th centuries ’ ( Plumb 1976 ) .
21 Visitors can see an extensive collection of textile machinery dating back to the 18th century along with an exhibition tracing the development of Wales ' woollen industry from the Middle Ages .
22 I told myself going to the 18th today that if I could birdie it I could win the tournament . ’
23 Your example is possibly a poor quality pewter with a rope border design , and dates to the 18th century .
24 By November , however , he had enlisted in the Royal Engineers , from which he later transferred to the 18th King 's Royal Rifles .
25 The course provided tremendous excitement and thanks largely to the 18th hole I doubt whether it could have been topped by any course in the country .
26 One of the features of the morning foursomes was that no less than five out of the six matches went to the 18th green , or beyond , before the professionals emerged with a 4 to 2 lead .
27 Buck got down in two for a par and strode off to the 18th tee two strokes in the lead .
28 ‘ Just play your normal game , ’ Patrick counselled , as he and Stevie followed Buck up to the 18th tee .
29 Andy and Des were making their way to the 18th tee .
30 Everyone had gone to the 18th green .
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