On the four-hundredth anniversary of More's death, Msgr. From Wordnik.com. [We Need More Mores] Reference
It was Broder's four-hundredth appearance on Meet the Press. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Weisbrot: U.S.-Russian Relations: Current Tensions Reflect Past Foreign Policy Failures] Reference
Cars were about four-hundredth on her priority list of Important Things in Life. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Crew]
He handed me a dollar, in a hopeless way, which was a four-hundredth of his income. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
The foundation stone was laid on June 24, 1897 A.D., the four-hundredth anniversary of John Cabot's first sight of the continent of North. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Crossing a high-ceilinged lobby, they entered an express vacuum elevator and five seconds later stepped out onto the four-hundredth floor. From Wordnik.com. [On the Trail of the Space Pirates] Reference
To do that, it is scanning a small chunk of the sky, about one four-hundredth of the night sky with more than 150,000 stars to look for planets. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: Mystery Objects Sighted in Space!] Reference
This was to be the four-hundredth anniversary of a great university, the University of Jenaer, to take place in the latter part of August of 1958 in the Communist side of Germany. From Wordnik.com. [Men, Missiles and Misunderstandings] Reference
And those findings are from Kepler's scanning of just one four-hundredth of the night sky, so the actual number of planets out there is presumably hundreds of times greater, Borucki said. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Spots 54 Potentially Life-Friendly Planets] Reference
Elementary Schools, per day 3.50 and that the compensation of substitute and temporary teachers of other ranks than those enumerated herein shall be one four-hundredth part of the minimum salary of the respective ranks for each day of actual service. From Wordnik.com. [Schedule of Salaries for Teachers, members of the Supervising staff and others. January 1-August 31, 1920, inclusive] Reference
They, at a great cost, and time, and labour, concluded their work, and found they were in error somewhere about the four-hundredth part of a second; although they tried to solve the problem by three distinct processes — namely, differences of zenith distance, absolute zenith distances, and by transits in prime vertical. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
It's the four-hundredth anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
Written by request, for the four-hundredth anniversary of his birth. From Wordnik.com. [My Life as an Author]
Neither had ever heard of the four-hundredth anniversary of the invention of printing. From Wordnik.com. [Clayhanger] Reference
To do that, it is scanning a small chunk of the sky, about one four-hundredth of the night sky with more than. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
Twenty miles is only one four-hundredth part of the earth's diameter -- a mere thin shell over a massive globe. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky] Reference
We have just celebrated by a splendid pageant the four-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean by. From Wordnik.com. [California Romantic and Resourceful; : a plea for the collection, preservation and diffusion of information relating to Pacific coast history] Reference
"It is well known that the parallax of the sun can never exceed nine seconds, or the four-hundredth part of a degree14.". From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on Man: His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries] Reference
Why are they not taking part in this glorious celebration of the four-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of their country?. From Wordnik.com. [The Reason Why the Colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition: The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature] Reference
At a news conference at NASA headquarters in Washington on Wednesday, Mr. Borucki noted that the Kepler telescope surveys only one four-hundredth of the sky. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Columbia has bidden the civilized world to join with her in celebrating the four-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, and the invitation has been accepted. From Wordnik.com. [The Reason Why the Colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition: The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature] Reference
Borucki noted that Kepler, which detects planets that pass in front of their stars and thereby cause a dip in the brightness of the star, surveys only one four-hundredth of the sky. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
She is but a speck, a mere patch on the surface of America, hardly more than one four-hundredth part of the territory of the Republic, with a rugged soil and still more rugged clime. From Wordnik.com. [The American Union Speaker] Reference
"I suppose you printers did something special among yourselves to celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of the invention of printing?" said Hilda suddenly, glancing from Edwin to Big James. From Wordnik.com. [Clayhanger] Reference
What makes this so striking is the satellite's instruments always point at the same tiny arc of the Milky Way near the constellation called the Northern Cross - only one four-hundredth of the sky. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
This presentation documents a multilayered partnership that focused on seventeenth - and eighteenth-century valley history in preparation for the four-hundredth anniversary of Champlain's journey in 2009. From Wordnik.com. [recent posts - blip.tv (beta)] Reference
The four-hundredth anniversary of that event brought the Prince and Princess of Orange, the heirs to the Dutch throne over to old New Amsterdam for the culmination of the year's quadricentenary celebrations. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Cusack] Reference
If it be admitted that three-fourths of the superstructures, so to speak, of San Francisco, estimated according to valuation, is destroyed, we have yet the fact remaining that the lives of only about one four-hundredth of its population have been lost. From Wordnik.com. [The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire] Reference
The Museum of the City of New York celebrates the four-hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the original Dutch colonies in New York with an exhibition of works by twelve Dutch photographers, most residents of the city, who explore our shared history. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
General Council, and the United Synod in the South to arrange for a union celebration of the Reformation, decided that the merging of the three affiliated general bodies would be "the fittest commemoration and noblest memorial of the four-hundredth Reformation Jubilee.". From Wordnik.com. [American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)] Reference
For, since it is not one-twentieth of the product of nineteen which must be paid to the proprietor, but one-twentieth of the product of twenty (see third proposition), each surviving laborer must sacrifice one-twentieth plus one four-hundredth of his product; in other words, one man out of nineteen must be killed. From Wordnik.com. [What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government.] Reference
From all the cells, both those just commenced and those completed, being thus crowned by a strong coping of wax, the bees can cluster and crawl over the comb without injuring the delicate hexagonal walls, which are only about one four-hundredth of an inch in thickness; the plates of the pyramidal basis being about twice as thick. From Wordnik.com. [On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)] Reference
30th of June, and her four-hundredth on the 26th of November. From Wordnik.com. [The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force] Reference
Does it not concern one four-hundredth part of the governing power, -- as our excellent mayor has lately said with the ready wit that characterizes him and for which we have so high an appreciation? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Deputy of Arcis] Reference
Thee, in thy four-hundredth year. From Wordnik.com. [My Life as an Author]
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