Example sentences of "[noun sg] over [art] eighteenth " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the judgement of two recent historians of British transport , the increased supply and quality of road and waterway transport over the eighteenth century are " perhaps the most important part of the build-up of the general facilities of the economy — what economists call its infrastructure — and are therefore to be regarded as a preparation for general economic advance " . |
| 2 | Indeed , as the path of economic development over the eighteenth century moved the composition of retained imports away from manufactured goods towards raw mat-erials , the possibility of increasing revenue without harming the productive side of the economy narrowed steadily . |
| 3 | Although the rapid decline of the church courts into virtual desuetude over the eighteenth century removed the only institutional form of church control over the moral behaviour of the lower orders , they could hardly be unaware of the continuing power of the parson operating both through the vestry and through areas of personal control such as that over charity and at the vital moments of baptism , marriage and burial . |
| 4 | There is little question that overseas markets , by and large the trophies of war , were of great value for the growth of English manufacturing over the eighteenth century . |
| 5 | It seems likely , however , that there was some relative shift away from a traditional leisure preference over the eighteenth century . |
| 6 | The improvement in the speed and comfort of coach travel over the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was very striking , although overshadowed by the even more dramatic later impact of the railways . |