Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] [num ord] hundred [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many melodies of the last hundred years could not possibly be made to fit into such a restrictive rule — in fact many of us would avoid the feeling of regularity and ‘ squareness ’ that such a classical scheme produces . |
| 2 | The world production of sugar has increased by nearly thirty times in the last hundred years . |
| 3 | With the exponential explosion of human populations in the last hundred years the natural resources on which such societies traditionally depended have been under increasing pressure both from the indigenous people and from foreigners who had little thought or concern for practising sustainable harvesting . |
| 4 | The report suggests , however , that coral growth will be able to keep pace with sea rises of up to 3 metres over the next hundred years . |
| 5 | Some day , when you 've time , ask one of the Sister Tutors to let you have one of the copies of the Casualty records for the last hundred years . |