Number Ten
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
However, Number Ten did confirm that ministers were looking at "rephasing" the project, hinting at a possible delay.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023
The advice the new prime minister receives will be crucial, with Boris Johnson's special adviser on Scotland, Lord Macinnes - a hugely experienced figure - expected to leave Number Ten.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
