Example sentences of "[Wh det] date from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considerable care was taken in constructing them , in hardwoods , and there is a conformity in the examples known which date from the fifth to eighth centuries . |
| 2 | There are two chief types of tombs which date from the seventh to first century B.C. One type consists of a tumulus , or burial mound , of earth , circular in plan and surrounded at the base by a stone wall . |
| 3 | The museum is housed in a former manor house , parts of which date from the 15th century including a Great Hall and an oakpanelled room . |
| 4 | Listening to these ‘ old ’ recordings , most of which date from the early days of this century up to 1939 , one is conscious of a technical vocal mastery , musical understanding and intensity of communication that bridges the years . |
| 5 | The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Great Brington contains the tombs of Lawrence , the great-great-great-grandfather of George Washington and the former 's brother Robert and sister-in-law which date from the early 1600s . |
| 6 | The new concept of form reached its fullest expression to date in the work of Picasso done at Horta de San Juan , and some sheets of drawings which date from the early days of his return to Paris , show Picasso methodically applying the Cubist concept of form to objects of different kinds and shapes : to a human head , a box , an apple and so on . |
| 7 | The ( Presidential ) apartments are as faded as the President ( a reference to the Prince 's dressing in sombre colours ) and the bronze chandeliers which date from the First Empire , in the same style as those of the English Embassy , make decent lighting impossible for there are too few lights in the chandeliers on the wall-brackets , and the candelabras . |
| 8 | Indeed there are West African sites , where copper was mined or refined , which date from the first millennium BC and perhaps even the second . |
| 9 | As in so many villages , the parish church is the oldest building , the earliest parts of which date from the 13th century . |
| 10 | Countless other pubs which date from the Georgian period , or at least incorporate a significant element of Georgian building work , have suffered similar fates . |
| 11 | Maps at larger scale ( 1:10 000 or 6 inches to the mile ) can usually be obtained but some may be copies of old , unpublished manuscript maps which date from the last century . |