Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] the 19th century " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fate of the earlier Halling registers is not known but some of the early entries were copied in the 19th century by Sir Thorn as Colyer Ferguson . |
| 2 | Before the wells were sunk in the 19th century , the San Joaquin Valley was as dry as the Sahara . |
| 3 | There are sections on Islay in many of the piloting and sailing directions for Scotland , and specialist publications about the geology and the minerals , which were published in the 19th century , none of which tells us about the inhabitants . |
| 4 | There are sections on Islay in many of the piloting and sailing directions for Scotland , and specialist publications about the geology and the minerals , which were published in the 19th century , none of which tells us about the inhabitants . |
| 5 | It was rebuilt in the 19th century as an extravagant and idealized vision of the Middle Ages for the third Marquis of the Bute by the architect William Burges . |
| 6 | Something new was developing in the 19th century , argues the historian Albert Hourani , something ‘ created by the vast expansion of the European mind and imagination so as to appropriate all existing things . ’ |
| 7 | The dramatic story of the royal rescue has always attracted visitors , and an attempt to ‘ restore ’ the house to its appearance when Charles was here was made in the 19th century in deference to this appeal . |
| 8 | Egerton Grey was built in the 19th century as a rectory and , thanks to the Pitkins ' assiduous antique collecting , it retains the appearance of a Victorian private house . |
| 9 | A flax processing mill was built in the 19th century and some workers were brought over from Ireland . |
| 10 | They are stories situated in different countries — Villette is set in France , and was written in the 19th century , while ‘ The Catcher in the Rye ’ is set in America , and was written in this century . |
| 11 | The timber-framed building dating from the late 16th century was demolished in the 19th century . |
| 12 | The house in which Mozart died in Vienna — No 970 Rauhensteingasse — no longer exists : it was demolished in the 19th century and is now the site of the Steffel department store . |
| 13 | The mill has seen a number of alterations and was extended in the 19th century when dormers were added . |
| 14 | ALTHOUGH it was described in the 19th century as ‘ a land without music ’ , Britain has latterly become a musical powerhouse , particularly rich in its orchestras . |