Example sentences of "[noun prp] since the [adj] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | , Sir John ( ante 1486–1559 ) , soldier and MP , was the eldest son of John Markham of Cotham , Nottinghamshire , whose ancestors had been established in Great Markham since the twelfth century , and his wife Alice , daughter of Sir William Skipwith . |
| 2 | This course gives students the opportunity to study in-depth the cultural and historical forces which have been operating in Ireland since the 17th century . |
| 3 | This option is of particular interest to students who wish to increase their awareness and understanding of the cultural and historical forces which have been operating in Ireland since the 17th century . |
| 4 | lt is remarkable that despite these low numbers of species , little is known of their biology and one , the sebastiao-de-arruda , a well-known timber export from Brazil since the last century , has only lately ( 1978 ) been botanically identified and given a Latin name : Dalbergia decipularis ( Leguminosae ) . |
| 5 | BASIC DATA Controlled by Spain since the 19th century , Western Sahara was divided between Morocco and Mauritania under the tripartite Madrid agreement of 1975 following Spain 's decision to withdraw from the territory ( see pp. 27575-77 ) . |
| 6 | The Eyre family had been settled in Derbyshire since the thirteenth century but had lost most of their lands by confiscation at the Reformation . |
| 7 | For Peking , Tibet has been an inseparable part of China since the 13th century , although direct control was not established until 1950 , when the People 's Liberation Army invaded the region after the revolution . |
| 8 | The Pinneys had lived at Bettiscombe since the sixteenth century , but the first Pinney of note was John , a puritan divine and lace manufacturer . |
| 9 | Small arms have been a speciality of Birmingham since the seventeenth century , when gunsmiths were already well established in the town , and in 1813 an Act of Parliament gave Birmingham the right to have its own proofing authority . |
| 10 | In 1881 Oxford produced ‘ the rarest book produced at Oxford since the 15th century ’ . |
| 11 | In the philosophy of Aristotle , which had dominated the intellectual life of Europe since the thirteenth century , there had been a clear division in the cosmos between the perfect spheres beyond the moon and the corrupt sublunar sphere at the center of which stood the earth . |
| 12 | This remarkable example has been a source of inspiration for architects in Europe since the sixteenth century . |
| 13 | The most common sort of mixed exhibition is the exhibiting society , whose history is entwined with the development of art in Europe since the eighteenth century . |
| 14 | ‘ The Lighthouse in Economics ’ sketched the history of lighthouses in Britain since the 17th century . |
| 15 | The breed has been in Britain since the eleventh century , when by William of Orange reputedly owner the first . |
| 16 | This is by far the largest cache of Roman coins to be uncovered in Britain since the eighteenth century . |
| 17 | The Christmas tree has been part of the festivities in Britain since the last century . |
| 18 | His family has ruled Morocco since the seventeenth century . |