Number Ten
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Speaking to BBC Newsnight, Andrew Griffith MP, director of the Number Ten policy unit, said the scheme would not require new legislation and could be implemented under "existing conventions".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2022
Meanwhile the daily tabloid Sun claimed that his chief whip, Andrew Mitchell, had called police officers guarding Number Ten “plebs”.
From Newsweek • Jun. 2, 2013
And now, for the first time, two former director generals of the security service, MI5, have spoken to BBC Radio 4's Day One in Number Ten programme about those briefings.
From BBC • May 17, 2010
What did Diego Maradona say about Fidel Castro after he had interviewed the Cuban President on his television chat show The Night of the Number Ten?
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2010
Less than three months later, on September 9, 1963, Governor Wallace signed Executive Order Number Ten of the Governor of Alabama.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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