Example sentences of "dates from the [num ord] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was built in brick over a long period ; the east end dates from the ninth century and the west from the tenth and eleventh while the vaults are mainly twelfth century . |
| 2 | The hall dates from the ninth century and is divided in the centre by a row of four circular columns with simple leaf capitals , like the design in S. John 's Chapel in the Tower of London ( 300 ) . |
| 3 | This is on a square plan and dates from the ninth century . |
| 4 | The church itself dates from the fifth century but was altered in the fourteenth century . |
| 5 | A church was first consecrated there in AD 649 , but the present cathedral dates from the thirteenth century and is a monument to the Split school of architects who gave new life to the Romanesque style in Dalmatia . |
| 6 | The magnificent 300 feet campanile — the Torre Ghirlandina — dates from the thirteenth century . |
| 7 | This brick building replaces a stone Romanesque cathedral and dates from the thirteenth century onwards ( 565 ) . |
| 8 | Both are very fine buildings , and the Pagoda dates from the 8th century . |
| 9 | The nave arcade , with its capitals and columns , is the most interesting and dates from the eleventh century ( 401 ) . |
| 10 | The church dates from the eleventh century and is magnificently decorated by fresco paintings in the narthex , dome , apse and on the walls . |
| 11 | A ‘ phototec ’ which will allow greater access to the museum 's photographic collection which dates from the nineteenth century . |
| 12 | There is a sense in which this task has remained the same since libraries began ( clay tablets were gathered into organized collections in Mesopotamia at least as early as 2700 BC ) but modern librarianship properly dates from the nineteenth century , from Panizzi 's reign at the British Museum , from the spread of the public library movement in Britain , the USA and Scandinavia , and from the new techniques initiated by such creative geniuses ( in their day ) as Melvil Dewey and Charles Amni Cutter . |
| 13 | ‘ It means that , since the de Sciorto title dates from the mid-sixteenth century , I come somewhere in the middle of the pecking order , ’ he grinned , his eyes lidded as he moved his gaze down over her defensively folded arms , lingering on the golden swell of her breasts at the button fastening on her T-shirt . |
| 14 | Much of the present structure dates from the 19th century , the mill taking its name from Brimscombe Port , built close at hand by the Thames and Severn Canal Co . |
| 15 | Further evidence of rebuilding is inside , as the rear wall is of the timber framed brick infilled variety , clearly much older than the remainder of the mill , which mainly dates from the 19th century . |
| 16 | Although this site is quite old , the present building dates from the 19th century . |
| 17 | The main building dates from the 19th century and two new wings have since been added . |
| 18 | This exciting find dates from the 2nd century . |
| 19 | The original part of the farmhouse dates from the 17th Century . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The excavations in the early part of this century have made this a difficult building to interpret , but it is clear from the published plan that alterations had been made to the original structure , which probably dates from the third century . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In Antwerp , the castle in the port area , called the Steen , dates from the tenth century onwards and still has Romanesque doorway and window openings inside ( 340 ) , while in Ghent the Gravensteen Castle , which belonged to the Counts of Flanders , has interesting remains . |
| 24 | It is a substantial brick watermill , and dates from the seventeenth century . |
| 25 | The Pettingill family live in a house that probably dates from the seventeenth century when Jan Piers Piers ‘ the master of the dykes ’ drained this part of the region . |
| 26 | Despite the fact that the kanun thus in all likelihood dates from the seventeenth century , the biographical sources indicate that the principles , if not the details , embodied in it were at work in the late sixteenth century and very possibly earlier-as well . |
| 27 | The building is brick and dates from the fourteenth century , though with later fenestration and entrance doorway . |
| 28 | The church tower stands out on the skyline in the middle of the village and the church dates from the 14th century , though extensively restored and to some extent rebuilt in Victorian times . |
| 29 | Set in a narrow medieval street , the building dates from the 14th century and is dotted with authentic 14th and 15th century furniture , fine antiques and art treasures , original pillars and sweeping stone staircases . |
| 30 | 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 . |