Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the last [det] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around Somerton in Somerset , for example , Roger Leech suggests that all the settlements that existed in late Roman times have been located over the last several centuries , and so the pattern we see is probably a true reflection of the state of affairs in the Roman era , showing farmsteads and hamlets 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart , scattered evenly across the landscape . |
| 2 | But the roads on which he drives it also go through most of the art produced in the last half century — shall we say for the sake of convenience , since the death of Trotsky ; or in a more apt frame of reference , since Guernica ? |
| 3 | The explosion of knowledge , skills and ideas , which has occurred in the last half century makes any mapping to some extent arbitrary . |
| 4 | Well taking our rivers , first of all , have the rivers of Sussex changed very much in recent years , and when I say recent years I mean over the last few centuries ? |
| 5 | With the considerable degree of replanting in the last few centuries it is possible that the Weald now exhibits a more wooded aspect than at any time since the early medieval period . |
| 6 | However , some religions including the Christian churches , have in the last few centuries emphasised individual morality to the neglect of public morality . |
| 7 | Instead , I shall draw on some of what has evolved over the last half century as ‘ curriculum theory ’ in education to try to suggest some frameworks and perspectives for analysing the wealth of detail which the system displays . |