Example sentences of "century see [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early nineteenth century saw major developments in embryology , which challenged the mechanical concept of generation and overthrew the preformation theory . |
| 2 | The first half of the 19th century saw many changes in the trade with mills rebuilt and workforces reorganised as the ‘ factory system ’ was adopted . |
| 3 | The 19th century saw two significant changes in the newspaper industry which were to have considerable impact on future developments . |
| 4 | Moreover , the early sixteenth century saw tentative signs of further differentiation . |
| 5 | The latter part of the century saw great progress in organic chemistry , as the atomic theory led to structural understanding and natural products such as indigo were synthesized . |
| 6 | The second half of the nineteenth century saw new standards achieved in art historical scholarship , both through the careful study of documents and by close scrutiny of works of art . |
| 7 | The early 18th century saw various periods of disuse and 400 tons of iron were produced between 1731 and 1732 . |
| 8 | Viewed on the longer scale , this century saw slow progress toward a more equal distribution of income until the mid 1970s , when the process was reversed ( Halsey , 1986 , 39 ) . |
| 9 | By the end of the seventeenth century the danger had receded , and the eighteenth century saw steady economic progress in an atmosphere of stability and calm . |
| 10 | The second half of the nineteenth century saw suburban development along the railway lines stretching out of Paris . |
| 11 | His brief tenure of power in Java in the early 19th century saw more reform than the centuries of Dutch oppression . |