Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the eighteenth [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The later development of the hierarchy , a development which continued down to the eighteenth century , was essentially no more than an elaboration of the basic principles set out in the Kanunname . |
| 2 | Manorial courts continued to meet regularly throughout the early-modern period and in many places the quality of record-keeping remained high right through to the eighteenth century and sometimes beyond . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you know , ’ said Sir George , ‘ that up to the eighteenth century the major industry in this part of the world was rabbit-warrening ? |
| 4 | He began to recite a litany of his own successes to himself as he passed down the quiet , thickly carpeted corridors to the executive lift that went up to the eighteenth floor : a new apartment in the smart suburb of Beauséjour ; a smaller apartment in Montparnasse , with a most accommodating young mistress ; two cars , one the largest and latest registration Citroën Familiale ; a generous expense account , which was not queried too closely — he hoped was not queried too closely . |
| 5 | The older colleges , which traced their history back to the eighteenth century 's ‘ dissenting academies ’ had not kept the high standing they had then enjoyed . |
| 6 | Stoneywood Mill dates back to the eighteenth century , and is now part of the Wiggins Teape Group . |
| 7 | This had several squares of very heavy , dark grey woollen cloth which Mum told me came from her own great grandmother 's cloak , so presumably could well have dated back to the eighteenth century . |
| 8 | Guinness has a long standing tradition of community involvement dating back to the eighteenth century . |
| 9 | It says , everything they 're doing , it says , is going back to the eighteenth century , when you hear about these Kath Catherine Cookson days , working for pennies and you ca n't get educated |
| 10 | Um if you go back to the eighteenth century , early nineteenth century , you find that um I think it was at er Winchester possibly , er some some of you may have heard of this in in History or something , er there was an uprising at Winchester school and the Army had to be called in to quell the rioting pupils because they were rebelling against the harsh conditions . |