Example sentences of "[prep] [det] than a century " in BNC.
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| 31 | Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten . |
| 32 | 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 ) . |
| 33 | Though the making of contracts with crews had been required of shipowners and masters for more than a century , these had , it seems , been corrupted by the inclusion of conditions which even the courts regarded as outrageous . |
| 34 | They had served deaf people faithfully and with devotion for more than a century and were correctly described in the same editorial as " dedicated men , universal guides philosopher , and friends who had been on call at every hour of the day . |
| 35 | If you 're Toronto based , The Briars , a 200 acre world class resort on the south shores of Lake Simcoe , has welcomed guests for more than a century . |
| 36 | For more than a century after 1850 the movement of coal was the life-blood of British railways . |
| 37 | I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’ |
| 38 | Among untravelled Europeans fantasy remained dominant for more than a century . |
| 39 | Those papers have been there for more than a century . |
| 40 | For more than a century the Board has been providing qualifications for industry that are internationally recognised and this pedigree leaves it ideally positioned to contribute to the growing need for transportable workplace focused qualifications . |
| 41 | Our awards are renowned for their transportability across the many countries in which the Board has been recognised for more than a century . |
| 42 | That image of things would dominate men 's notions of space and time for more than a century . |
| 43 | The future and prosperity of the north-west are best served by a Government who are determined to keep inflation down , who want to keep taxes down — and will not let interest rates rise as the Opposition would — and who recognise that the level of strikes is at its lowest for more than a century . |
| 44 | Although experimental aesthetics has been an active field of research in psychology for more than a century , many interesting questions remain unanswered . |
| 45 | The French education system has had many of the features now introduced into the British system for more than a century and studying them may shed some light on future possibilities for schooling in this country . |
| 46 | Only the wealthier trusts could afford his standards , but if they did so they purchased a road good for more than a century . |
| 47 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 48 | The Black Sea only recycles its water once in every 140 years and it is estimated Turkish beaches will remain contaminated by waste for more than a century . |
| 49 | LCH was incorporated as a company in 1888 and has been providing market services continuously for more than a century . |
| 50 | In the last 12 months , as well as losing a number of small commercial businesses the town has lost it 's fish shop which had been run by the Crudgington family for more than a century . |
| 51 | And for more than a century they were home to livestock . |
| 52 | A pub which has been run by the same family for more than a century has won an award for its traditional charm . |
| 53 | It 's been women-only for more than a century . |
| 54 | The retailers Carpenter 's have been trading for more than a century . |
| 55 | A furniture shop which has been in business for more than a century is closing down . |
| 56 | For more than a century , they 've come from far and wide to Tenbury Wells for the pre Christmas auction of holly , mistletoe and wreaths . |
| 57 | His family has been involved in braiding and ropework for more than a century , and four years ago he came to Newtonmore to set up a small , high quality production facility for climbing ropes . |
| 58 | It was important that government and the European Commission looked beyond the narrow confines of the current legalistic approach and took full account of the practical consequences of this onslaught on the system which has served the Community and world trade so well for more than a century , he said . |
| 59 | The history of three German invasions in less than a century , together with the ambiguous record of the French under German occupation onwards , and the sudden , unexpected , role as one of the victorious powers , have left a mixed historical residue composed of fear , awe and mistrust . |
| 60 | In less than a century the world of sound-recording had expanded from a plaything for amateurs to a world-wide billion-dollar industry , and it looks set to stay that way . |