7 sentences with 'fifth'
Example sentences and phrases with the word fifth and other words derived from it.
• « He was Javier Hidalgo, who belonged to the fifth generation to run his family's sherry press and was very worried that the future Costa Doñana resort was going to wipe out the park he loved so much. »
• « Whales were indeed created on the fifth day, along with birds and other sea creatures, according to the Bible. »
• « Ultimately, after the western part of the Roman Empire fell at the end of the fifth century, it was the Christian Church that carried forward at least parts of Roman civilisation, learning and culture. »
• « However one interprets the events of the period, the simple fact remains: the political unity of the Roman Empire was shattered by the end of the fifth century CE. »
• « Officially, all conquistadors were obliged to hand over the "royal fifth" - 20% of all precious metals discovered or mined - of all booty to the crown. »
• « Africa accounts for about a quarter of the world's land area, and in the 1880s had about a fifth of the world's population. »
• « But after painstaking research, Dr Zuker decided to use a branch of the fifth nerve, which transmits the impulses for biting and chewing. His technique also increased the child's ability to pronounce sounds that require closing the lips, and reduced the sagging of the lower lip. »