Example sentences of "than a century after " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although her satire on wedlock was not published for more than a century after her death , its composition elicited an immediate rebuke from her brother Samuel , who admonished her thus : Repent , renounce all wicked wit : … |
| 2 | Or , as Alfred Pacquement , director of the Jeu de Paume , observes , it may be because , ‘ the 1980s fostered the illusion that a proliferation of exhibitions and museums , together with the overnight success of certain artists , indicated a reconciliation between the general public and avant-garde art , more than a century after the historic rift ’ . |
| 3 | This has always been strongest in the southern States , with their history of slavery and the implicit belief , well-established in the local culture , in black inferiority — a belief capitalized on for more than a century after the Civil War by the Democrats ( see below ) . |
| 4 | For more than a century after 1850 the movement of coal was the life-blood of British railways . |
| 5 | The keys of old harpsichords are indeed often seen to be hollowed ; however , what this suggests is not that Handel had been assiduously practising on it for many years , but rather that ( being at least loo years old when Hawkins saw it ) it had never had the keys replated. 19th-century scholars were intrigued by this tale , and more than a century after Handel 's death embarked on the quest to rediscover the instrument . |
| 6 | A bloody battle has been fought in the region … more than a century after the war ended . |