Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [num ord] century " in BNC.

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1 According to 18th century principles the painting is ‘ sublime ’ in the roughness and irregularity of the tree , as well as ‘ beautiful ’ in the smoothness of the water .
2 ‘ Bring racing into 20th century
3 Cue cleavage overflowing from 17th Century ball-gown — talks are under way with MADONNA for the part of Lady De Winter in a new version of The Three Musketeers saga .
4 Built high above the river Aude , it constitutes a museum of military architecture extending from fifth century Visigoths to the sixteenth century .
5 The mentality which is good at ‘ arrangiarsi ’ is also brilliant at taking risks , investing in 21st century technology and working at a tremendous metabolic rate .
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