Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the 19th century " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the context in which gynaecology and obstetrics developed during the 19th century was one of intense conflict among different kinds of medical practitioners , of tremendous change in the organisation of the medical profession , and of social and economic insecurity for many of its members . |
| 2 | Kausmann shows how far we have come from the 19th century , when a girl 's linen box , full of beautifully embroidered monogrammed sheets , was part of her dowry . |
| 3 | It was rebuilt in the 19th century as an extravagant and idealized vision of the Middle Ages for the third Marquis of the Bute by the architect William Burges . |
| 4 | The display easel originated in the 19th century and was commonly used to show off a painting . |
| 5 | The display easel originated in the 19th century and was commonly used to show off a painting . |
| 6 | Some of these mills were fairly small but a number , mainly built during the 19th century , were of considerable size . |
| 7 | They are stories situated in different countries — Villette is set in France , and was written in the 19th century , while ‘ The Catcher in the Rye ’ is set in America , and was written in this century . |
| 8 | The condoms , sold at London auctioneers Christie 's , dated from the 19th century . |
| 9 | At one time confined to the south and east of the country , the stock dove spread as arable farming expanded in the 19th century ; but the introduction of organo-chlorine seed dressings in the 1960s was a disaster . |
| 10 | The house is a large Elizabethan revival mansion built in the 19th century with 152 acres of grounds including river frontage along the entire southern side . |
| 11 | Ironically , though , they demolished an imposing volcanological observatory built in the 19th century and modernized under Mussolini in the 1930s . |
| 12 | Egerton Grey was built in the 19th century as a rectory and , thanks to the Pitkins ' assiduous antique collecting , it retains the appearance of a Victorian private house . |
| 13 | A flax processing mill was built in the 19th century and some workers were brought over from Ireland . |
| 14 | These , and the many other fine Victorian buildings in the city , were paid for by the fortunes made in the 19th century in the wool manufacturing and tailoring trades . |
| 15 | The dramatic story of the royal rescue has always attracted visitors , and an attempt to ‘ restore ’ the house to its appearance when Charles was here was made in the 19th century in deference to this appeal . |
| 16 | The fate of the earlier Halling registers is not known but some of the early entries were copied in the 19th century by Sir Thorn as Colyer Ferguson . |
| 17 | The timber-framed building dating from the late 16th century was demolished in the 19th century . |
| 18 | The house in which Mozart died in Vienna — No 970 Rauhensteingasse — no longer exists : it was demolished in the 19th century and is now the site of the Steffel department store . |
| 19 | The church , uniquely dedicated to St Elgin , was largely renovated in the 19th century , although a Norman font remains and also the remains of a 10th century Viking cross of unusual detail , found in the churchyard . |
| 20 | Indeed , many of the postures struck in the 19th century have been carried through to recent times ; the belief , for example , that the educated do not enter business is still widespread , if not endemic in the national consciousness . |
| 21 | Before the wells were sunk in the 19th century , the San Joaquin Valley was as dry as the Sahara . |
| 22 | Two other directions taken in the 19th Century by the theory of groups should perhaps be mentioned . |
| 23 | The rich variety of pub types created during the 19th century has subsequently been largely lost by redevelopment and remodelling . |
| 24 | Although not infrequently recorded in the 19th century , when it was possibly a fairly regular winter visitor , only six were recorded between 1900 and 1929 , and there has been only one since , at Selsey Bill on 30 July 1961 . |
| 25 | The mill has seen a number of alterations and was extended in the 19th century when dormers were added . |
| 26 | But Karl Hufbauer has provided a thoughtful analysis of how , before Germany was unified and chemistry professionalised in the 19th century , German chemists had already coalesced into a national , discipline-orientated community . |
| 27 | ALTHOUGH it was described in the 19th century as ‘ a land without music ’ , Britain has latterly become a musical powerhouse , particularly rich in its orchestras . |
| 28 | There are sections on Islay in many of the piloting and sailing directions for Scotland , and specialist publications about the geology and the minerals , which were published in the 19th century , none of which tells us about the inhabitants . |
| 29 | There are sections on Islay in many of the piloting and sailing directions for Scotland , and specialist publications about the geology and the minerals , which were published in the 19th century , none of which tells us about the inhabitants . |
| 30 | Western Sahara was divided between Morocco and Mauritania under a 1975 treaty following Spain 's decision to withdraw from a region which it had controlled since the 19th century [ see pp. 27575-77 ] . |