Number Ten
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Five years ago Gordon Brown was desperate to leave Number Ten to avoid accusations that he was clinging on to power.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2015
The recommendations reached desks in the White House and Number Ten in London, to no effect.
From Newsweek • Sep. 25, 2012
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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