Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] the early [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MacWhirter , though settled in London from his middle years on , was a Scottish painter whose best work was in the tradition of landscape painting traced back to the early seventeenth century . |
| 2 | Public expenditure control has a long history dating back to the early eighteenth century . |
| 3 | ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ lay a quarter of a mile up-river , and dated back to the early seventeenth century , a long , low , white-painted house on a terrace cunningly clear of the flood level of the Comer , and with ideal fishing water for some hundreds of yards on either side of it . |
| 4 | The family live near Hexham somewhere and they have connections going back to the early nineteenth century , ’ Constance said , quoting Miss Hatherby almost verbatim . |
| 5 | As for the records being destroyed , it is true nothing now predates 1465 , but early records certainly existed up until the early seventeenth century . |
| 6 | An early regard for the quality of life was shown when the walls of the medieval town were pulled down in the early nineteenth century . |
| 7 | Shortly afterwards came the Chronica Gentis Scottorum of John of Fordun , again stressing the achievements of the Scots , and the villainy of Edward I. This was followed up in the early fifteenth century by the verse chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun , prior of Lochleven . |
| 8 | The deeds of Hall Farm , Rimswell ( originally Manor Farm ) go back to the early 18th century although there was probably a house on the site before that date . |
| 9 | The rigid structure of Tokugawa society was beginning to break down by the early nineteenth century . |
| 10 | The original building of the Hotel Lapershoek dates back to the early 20th century when it was a grand stately home , and it has since been thoughtfully converted in to a very comfortable four star hotel . |
| 11 | The Sephardic community in Belgrade dates back to the early sixteenth century and was well established in the commercial life of the city . |