Example sentences of "[noun pl] from [art] eighteenth [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 New nations from the eighteenth century onward have found it both necessary and useful to codify their constitutions .
2 The site has been known to many antiquaries from the eighteenth century onwards ; Gordon recorded that the circuit of the walls was still conspicuous , a description which conflicts with the almost contemporary report of that other noted antiquarian of Hadrian 's Wall , John Horsley , who wrote that the Roman site was almost entirely levelled and under the plough .
3 The latter dates from the eighteenth century but S. Michael was built in the eleventh century and much of it survives .
4 The gap between birth- and death-rates from the eighteenth century opened up an unparalleled new window for population growth .
5 Phyllis Mary Ashraf 's Introduction to Working Class Literature in Great Britain ( 1978–9 ) considers a number of poets from the eighteenth century .
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