Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] the [num ord] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | OF THE more common festivals the most interesting of those mentioned in the Stamford Mercury is Plough Monday , which is reported during the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 2 | A report in the journal Nature by a group of British scientists predicts that a doubling of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere , which is expected in the next century , could lead to 100 per cent destruction of ozone in the lower stratosphere over the Arctic and northern Europe . |
| 3 | This is where the Rhine and Moselle join forces , and the confluence is dominated by the 10th Century Ehrenbreitstein Fortress . |
| 4 | King Mark 's palace , to which Tristan returned with the King 's prospective bride Iseult , is named by the twelfth century Norman writer Beroul as Lancien . |
| 5 | Situated one mile from the city centre , on 48 acres of parkland , the IMMA is housed in the 17th century Royal Hospital , Kilmainham . |
| 6 | It consists of two alternating narratives , one of which is set in the eighteenth century and the other in the present , with the earlier delivered in the first person . |
| 7 | There is hope for Hector 's , but it has certainly been saved from fishing nets at the last hour , and will need all the protection and help it can get if it is to survive through the next century . |
| 8 | The site is recorded during the 16th century as being occupied by ‘ Sury ’ or ‘ Shewry ’ Mills , which at the time was operated as both a corn and two fulling mills . |