Example sentences of "to the 17th " in BNC.

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1 Blandine de Bayser , who sold nine drawings on the first night , had a delicate portrait of a woman attributed to the 17th century painter Franois Quesnel at £10,000 , and a fine Tiepolo of the Holy family from the Orloff collection at £90,000 .
2 Uphill again to the 17th , a gem of a hole on many courses yet merely ordinary at Augusta , the distinctive feature being Eisenhower 's Pine encroaching into the fairway .
3 Appendix 4 to the 17th Report of the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Community states that ‘ Parliament does not require to be consulted before or during negotiations on a treaty or before a text is initialled ’ .
4 On the first day we got to the 17th , the Road Hole of course , which was a par-5 in those days , and he hit a great tee-shot .
5 Everything seemed to be plain sailing now as we came to the 17th .
6 I thought back to the 17th and remembered Lee 's words : ‘ Mr Lu does n't want to win the Open Championship . ’
7 My nerves were really jangling when we got to the 17th , the Road Hole .
8 When we got to the 17th , the last par-5 , he hit his third shot about three feet behind the pin , but he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Pete , I 'm so damned nervous I ca n't see the hole .
9 It was much later , perhaps an hour , wind belting , when Tetsu came along to the 17th .
10 What remains the same is Rickenbacker 's liking for parallel neck depth , and this one measures more or less ″ from the first fret to the 17th .
11 William was born on Monday 9 April 1849 — the only one not to bear a middle Christian name , but then , of course , there had been William Titfords galore back to the 17th century , so the boy was in good company .
12 It 's named after the Maguires , a powerful clan who rules in Fermanagh from the 12th to the 17th century .
13 On approaching , from some distance off , the first greeting is given by the elegant shape of a belfry emerging from the surrounding greenery ; it belongs to the 17th century church of Santa Maria graced by the renowned painting of the Virgin by Pier Francesco Fiorentino .
14 The buildings of the farmhouse date back to the 17th century and are occupied , in part , by the present owner , the English speaking Signora Elena Mancini .
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