Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the last century " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only for the last century and a half that a direct picture becomes a convincing possibility . |
| 2 | The story goes that ealy in the last century the then owner , a reverend David Edwards made a good marriage to a rich but stout lady , Miss Purnell . |
| 3 | This smaller and shyer animal once ranged from the Spanish Sierra Nevada to the Urals , but has suffered greatly in the last century from hunting and the disturbance of agricultural development . |
| 4 | Celtic excavations began in earnest only in the last century , and much remains untouched . |
| 5 | The potential of hoard studies has been realised only over the last century . |
| 6 | This probably explains why menarche the age of which er menstruation begins menarche er why the age of menarche has dropped progressively in the last century from about fifteen and a half to about twelve and a half er today . |
| 7 | Before the surrounding land was built over in the last century and subsequently , you could have seen it from miles away in every direction . |
| 8 | Of the mysterious stranger and his goblet no more was heard until , perhaps , a strange chance discovery early in the last century . |
| 9 | The theatre is a more enterprising place of entertainment now than it was in the days , early in the last century , when , as a small boy , the great French writer Victor Hugo stayed in Bayonne for a month , on his way to meet his father , a general in the Napoleonic army in Spain . |
| 10 | They are not even about the accessibility of services , and they are certainly not about the development of economic and social policies — something that is so often ignored in the scramble to fragment and disintegrate what was built up over the last century by local government people of all political persuasions . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I think it 's high time you stopped looking like something out of the last century , do n't you , my sweet ? ’ her stepmother said . |
| 12 | Well a way back in the last century they they had to go looking for a life a living elsewhere because of the poverty of the place . |
| 13 | The café , which dates back to the last century , has been maintained intact , at least in its decor . |
| 14 | Although some attempts at tackling air pollution problems date back to the last century or even earlier , most countries introduced their strategy for air pollution control in the 1950s , 1960s or 1970s . |
| 15 | As we have observed in earlier chapters , one of the major concerns of government one which can be traced back to the last century — is the control of the level of expenditure by the state . |
| 16 | I am especially pleased to welcome JCI back as a shareholder , a position they held from 1918 until 1979 , cementing the close relationship between our two companies dating back to the last century . |
| 17 | O7 ppm although naturally high concentrations of mercury have been found in a number of locations , including Lake Windermere where mud dating back to the last century contains 0.7 ppm . ’ |
| 18 | Mr Owen has prepared a £100,000 plan to make the building , which dates back well into the last century , safe by partial demolition , repairs and site clearance . |
| 19 | Since the historical study of coins began , in the Italian Renaissance , many different methods have been developed , particularly within the last century , and the most important of these are considered in the following pages . |
| 20 | The trade in wild animals as pets and status symbols has increased dramatically over the last century to the point at which many animals are now very rare and in danger of being wiped out . |
| 21 | It 's 4 years since the D'Oyley Carte Opera Company found a new home in Birmingham , but many of the stage clothes date back to 40s ; some even to the last century . |
| 22 | In the Blaxhall and Tunstall district earlier in the last century , the sexton used to ring the church bell at eight o'clock in the morning as a signal that the gleaning could start in the parish . |
| 23 | The attempt to minimise industrial conflict has been a goal of public policy in Britain at least since the last century when the Conciliation Act of 1896 was passed . |
| 24 | Thompson shows that again and again in the last century these men resented efforts to make them into ‘ tools ’ or ‘ implements ’ . |
| 25 | Although we might over-estimate the risk of crime , it has grown steadily since the last century . |
| 26 | As measured by the mortality index , the health status of the population has improved markedly over the last century and a half . |
| 27 | A lot of quite a lot o cattle traffic in those days , agriculture and cattle traffic , and the normal practice er in certainly in the last century , er to avoid disease , was to use a lime wash . |