Example sentences of "be use [prep] the [num ord] century " in BNC.

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1 Besides the First Century cave , the archaeologists have discovered a group of other man-made caverns believed to have been used by the Second Century anti-Roman Jewish rebel , Bar-Kokhba .
2 Wheels made completely of iron began to be used during the eighteenth century .
3 To meet this demand springs began to be used in the fifteenth century in place of weights as the source of motive power in clocks .
4 However the village received its name it is almost certain that the present name was being used by the 8th century as we find the Charter for Halling dated A.D. 765–785 when Ecgberht II of Kent granted to St. Andrews of Rochester , ten Sulings at Halling with rights .
5 1 ) , was being used by the fourth century to modernize Thessaly , and especially its towns .
6 Roman bronze coins of the early second century BC were still being used in the first century AD , and very little bronze coinage was made between about 150 and 20BC .
7 Neuroelectric devices were used during the last century without the blessing of the medical sciences .
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