wˌɛn ðɪ ˈɑːɹkɪtˌɛkts dɪzˈaɪnɪŋ ðə sˈɪɾi sˈɛntɚɹ ʌv mˈɪltən kˈiːnz, ɪnðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd kˈɪŋdəm, dɪskˈʌvɚd ðæt ɪts mˈeɪn stɹˈiːt ˈɔːlmoʊst fɹˈeɪmd ðə ɹˈaɪzɪŋ sˈʌn ˌɔn mˈɪdsʌmɚ dˈeɪ ænd ðə sˈɛɾɪŋ sˈʌn ˌɔn mˈɪdwɪntɚ dˈeɪ, ðeɪ kənsˈʌltᵻd ɡɹˈɛnɪtʃ əbzˈɜːvətˌoːɹi tʊ əbtˈeɪn ðɪ ɛɡzˈækt ˈæŋɡəl ɹᵻkwˈaɪɚd æt ðɛɹ lˈæɾɪtˌuːd, ænd pɚswˈeɪdᵻd ðɛɹ ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹz tə ʃˈɪft ðə ɡɹˈɪd ʌv ɹˈoʊdz ɐ fjˈuː dᵻɡɹˈiːz.
When the architects designing the city centre of Milton Keynes, in the United Kingdom, discovered that its main street almost framed the rising sun on Midsummer Day and the setting sun on Midwinter Day, they consulted Greenwich Observatory to obtain the exact angle required at their latitude, and persuaded their engineers to shift the grid of roads a few degrees.