Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the century " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further north , in Poland , extensive Romanesque work in stone and/or brick was carried out , but much of this has been altered through the centuries and the limited remains suffered damage in the Second World War . |
| 2 | Most States developed during the century some system of compulsory service ; but all of these were in varying degrees incomplete , haphazard and inequitable . |
| 3 | Whether these urges are instinctive or the products of generations of indoctrination it is difficult to decide , but the fact remains , they do exist and survive through the centuries despite the ceaseless disapproval and discouragement of those individuals who would have the world abandon all gods and religion . |
| 4 | A number of writers have drawn attention to the fact that although Rameau 's name was never quite forgotten during the century after his death , the Rameau ‘ revival ’ came about as a consequence of the Franco-Prussian War . |
| 5 | Now , although the haven is badly silted , little fishing vessels and a handful of pleasure craft have moorings here and so maintain the ceaseless nautical atmosphere which Saltfleet has exuded throughout the centuries . |
| 6 | One tree in a school near Worcester has remained in its original position , while the buildings around it have been demolished and rebuilt over the centuries . |
| 7 | really answer the first part of the Noble Lord 's question by saying that er er it is a question of future cost , er we are er we are already spending a great deal of money on the first part er of this er library and er we will have to examine the future cost very carefully and I put it to you to the Noble Lord that it would be a really sad reflection where the field of creative endeavour in which this country is m has most excelled over the centuries , in other words literature to have no single focus for celebration , preservation and active use , it really is er very important that this library continues , but may I remind Your Lordships also that we 're not talking about the s the library in this question , we 're talking about the u the site at present used by the builders . |
| 8 | As sea levels rose over the centuries , due to the slow sinking of the south-east of England , the marshes gradually retreated inland . |
| 9 | The final stage of work is on the desalinisation of the vault and walls which have suffered through the centuries from water seepage ( from 1580 until 1811 the crypt was completely closed to visitors for this reason ) . |
| 10 | And what terrible damage they do , have done through the centuries , from the Inquisitor General to Stalin , to your young neighbour in the IRA who believes in the Catholic God and uses that to justify his murdering you in your bed , to the Mullah who whips up the faithful to civil strife in the name of Allah , to the Moonie who steals your children 's money and affections . |
| 11 | The lines on his forehead and round the top of his nose looked chiselled in mahogany , as if his face had not been aged but tempered through the centuries . |
| 12 | A change in the character of Ragusan trade came in the century following the Age of Discovery . |
| 13 | We are now back where we were in Elizabeth I 's days : a middle power , making our way in a world dominated by two superpowers , and doing so through intuitive manipulation of balances of power , as we have always done over the centuries . |
| 14 | And is n't that just the case with everything you gone and done over the centuries of black oppression ? |
| 15 | From such new creations , notably in France , came a high proportion of the most important writing on military problems produced during the century . |
| 16 | Shen-sei was a Manchu cult , preserved during the centuries of their isolation from the Empire . |
| 17 | Erm the rose i has been used through the centuries . |
| 18 | The most striking vein he mines is that of conversational and epistolatory poems ; they run through the century , offering character sketches , rural and city scenes , drawing-room and marital exchanges . |
| 19 | Now the colour of stars , and especially whether they were red or white , became something of interest ; and like natural history , the observation and recording of red stars was something which amateurs could do , and astronomical societies flourished throughout the century , bringing mathematicians and owners of telescopes together . |
| 20 | The proportion of the population living in the countryside had been declining throughout the century . |
| 21 | The DSM laboratory has also shed light on areas such as the composition of the plasterwork and authentic binding agents ( organic compounds such as gelatin prepared from animal bones ) and the pigments used in the centuries old paintings and frescos : vermilion ( crimson ) ; malachite ( green ) ; azurite ( blue ) ; or carbon ( black ) . |
| 22 | Chinese philsophers , gourmets and poets have produced over the centuries an extensive literature devoted to tea and its presumed effects upon the body and soul . |
| 23 | The scrutiny would further reveal the utter confusion created by the phenomenal amount of — holy ’ writings or scriptures produced over the centuries . |
| 24 | As well as those mentioned , there are others too that have been domesticated over the centuries providing food , clothing and transportation . |
| 25 | These Severnsiders : a breed apart , that mixture of ancient races mingled over the centuries to form a perfection of self sufficiency and social harmony . |
| 26 | The number of women poets swelled through the century , not least because they learnt they could speak to one another in this way . |
| 27 | Nottinghamshire has always been an industrious county and the skills of local people have contributed over the centuries to the growth of a diversity of well known products . |
| 28 | The columns of this building were originally of wood , replaced over the centuries by stone . |
| 29 | Wage differentials notwithstanding , the nominal wages of London 's skilled men did not much move over the century until the last decade . |
| 30 | Nothing on the exterior , however , prepared one for the stunning exhibition of color , texture , and mural art in the interior , features that constituted a major step in an architectural revolution that was most fully developed in the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago ( 1933–74 ) . |