Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [prep] [art] [adj] century " in BNC.
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1 | As a great many parishes had invested in new pulpits and lecterns during the fifteenth century , few were erected during Elizabeth 's reign , but following the issuing in 1604 of new ecclesiastical canons which ordered that ‘ a comely and decent pulpit ’ should be kept in every church , the reign of James I saw a notable upsurge in pulpit-building . |
2 | Amethyst is concentrated at Faversham , in west Kent , and dates to the seventh century , whereas crystal and probably the wheel-thrown bottles of sixth century date are found in east Kent . |
3 | Your example is possibly a poor quality pewter with a rope border design , and dates to the 18th century . |
4 | From then one we are taken through a Druids ' Grove to consider swords , war trumpets , and the bronze shield cover discovered in the River Witham in Lincolnshire and dates from the second century BC . |
5 | This brick building replaces a stone Romanesque cathedral and dates from the thirteenth century onwards ( 565 ) . |
6 | This is on a square plan and dates from the ninth century . |
7 | The nave arcade , with its capitals and columns , is the most interesting and dates from the eleventh century ( 401 ) . |
8 | The building is brick and dates from the fourteenth century , though with later fenestration and entrance doorway . |
9 | It is a substantial brick watermill , and dates from the seventeenth century . |
10 | The Trondheim episcopal palace adjoins the cathedral and dates from the twelfth century . |
11 | The archway itself is in fine condition and dates from the third century B.C. It forms part of the Etruscan walls to the city and is the best extant example of Etruscan masonry . |
12 | It is possible that the origin is naval and dates from the 16th Century when ‘ sucking the monkey ’ described the tapping and topping up of a coconut with rum before the milk mix was sucked from it . |
13 | My own favourite example concerns the determination of the atomic and molecular weights of naturally occurring elements and compounds in the nineteenth century . |