Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [verb] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim of the project is to document and interpret the complex relationship between gender roles , family structures and marriage ceremonial and the ways each has changed in the twentieth century . |
| 2 | This came to dominate in the last years of the century . |
| 3 | The transportation of useful plants from one part of the world to another had begun in the eighteenth century , and we saw in the previous chapter how Kew Gardens became the hub of the British empire 's efforts to replace indigenous species with imported ones of greater commercial value . |
| 4 | ‘ Too much has happened in the last year , ’ he said , ‘ and too much change around a candidate is not wise . ’ |
| 5 | Something like twenty-five of these have appeared in the last two years and more are on the way . |
| 6 | I need to know his home address , his occupation , and his business address , and if any of these have changed in the last five years . |
| 7 | How on earth would that have happened in the first instance ? |
| 8 | Both have figured in the last major exhibitions devoted to these painters . |