Example sentences of "[conj] more than [art] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regarding the Red Lion lunch , the town searched its soul , and more than a century later was still justifying the inedible meal . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | No more was heard of the breed , but more than a century later the Devon was very carefully crossed with Indian zebus to contribute to the creation of hot-climate breeds such as the Jamaica Red , the Bravon , the Makaweli and the Santa Gabriela , and it also helped to improve some of the Japanese breeds . |
| 4 | After more than a century it might support oak and birch . |
| 5 | One critic thought it ironic that this building ‘ of which the aim was so obviously beauty , should have achieved so startling an ugliness ’ , but after more than a century Swanage would hardly seem the same place without it . |