Example sentences of "than the [num ord] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derek Fraser 's The Evolution of the British Welfare State ( see n. 9 ) is a good general historical textbook but is stronger on the nineteenth than the twentieth century . |
| 2 | This table of the Nations in Genesis 10 can hardly be more ancient than the seventh century B.C. Not much later Ezechiel or one of his disciples included Yavan in the lamentation for Tyre ( 27.13–19 ) . |
| 3 | It is unusual to find documentary evidence earlier than the fifteenth century , and extremely fortunate to find actual details of buildings . |
| 4 | Presumably they were only here to set the scene for the current convention , as nothing represented a period later than the fifteenth century . |
| 5 | The lane came into existence for this special purpose not later than the tenth century : in no other way can we explain its peculiar and limited course . |
| 6 | Theoretically , for example , none of the entries in E need be older than the twelfth century . |