Example sentences of "[art] [adj] century when a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The failure is said to have its origins in the second half of the nineteenth century when a number of changes were taking place in the structure of British domestic banking , and in the nature of corporate ownership . |
| 2 | Booth 's survey also had an influence on a similar movement in the United States , though its roots go back to the middle of the nineteenth century when a number of small surveys on the " dangerous classes " were undertaken . |
| 3 | The tradition comes from the end of the 19th century when a succession of designers and craftsmen discoverd the Cotswolds for the first time . |
| 4 | A long search ensued for similar formulae in terms of radicals ( that is , formulae involving unc and the coefficients of the given equation ) for the roots of equations of higher degree , but none appeared until the 16th Century when a formula for the cubic was found by the Italian Niccolo Fontana ( more commonly known as Tartaglia , " the stammerer " , because of a speech impediment brought about by injury in childhood ) . |
| 5 | The physical appearance of Chesterfield 's market place was altered by the erection of a huge market hall in 1857 , but even today the shape of the area is that determined upon back in the twelfth century when a decision was taken to found a new market at what was then the edge of the town . |