Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the nineteenth century " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the fact that religious influence declines throughout the nineteenth century ( in the fields of work , welfare , education and government ) , and social disharmony increases as the gap between the poor and rich widens , the century remains essentially one of optimism . |
| 2 | Neither became nation states until the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | Peat cutting became a major industry in the Lancashire mosses in the nineteenth century , and on maps of Wicken Fen and Hatfield Chase , you will find ‘ Poor Piece ’ , which was where the local cottagers could cut peat for themselves , subject to regulations prescribing a limited season for peat cutting and insisting that a man may extract as much peat as he can , provided he does not employ assistance . |
| 4 | This project is a study of the origins of international trade disputes in manufactures since the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | A ‘ phototec ’ which will allow greater access to the museum 's photographic collection which dates from the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | My own favourite example concerns the determination of the atomic and molecular weights of naturally occurring elements and compounds in the nineteenth century . |