Example sentences of "[coord] date [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One recent example is the research on the bronzes excavated in the 1950s at Igbo-Ukwu in south-eastern Nigeria and dated around the tenth century AD ( fig. 6.9 ) . |
| 2 | Definitely an acquired taste was a clunky Spanish colonial gilt-metal mounted mother-of-pearl , tortoiseshell , pewter , ebonised and parcel-gilt cabinet made for a viceroy of Peru , and dating from the second half of the seventeenth century . |
| 3 | Amethyst is concentrated at Faversham , in west Kent , and dates to the seventh century , whereas crystal and probably the wheel-thrown bottles of sixth century date are found in east Kent . |
| 4 | Your example is possibly a poor quality pewter with a rope border design , and dates to the 18th century . |
| 5 | From then one we are taken through a Druids ' Grove to consider swords , war trumpets , and the bronze shield cover discovered in the River Witham in Lincolnshire and dates from the second century BC . |
| 6 | This brick building replaces a stone Romanesque cathedral and dates from the thirteenth century onwards ( 565 ) . |
| 7 | This is on a square plan and dates from the ninth century . |
| 8 | The nave arcade , with its capitals and columns , is the most interesting and dates from the eleventh century ( 401 ) . |
| 9 | The building is brick and dates from the fourteenth century , though with later fenestration and entrance doorway . |
| 10 | It is a substantial brick watermill , and dates from the seventeenth century . |
| 11 | The Trondheim episcopal palace adjoins the cathedral and dates from the twelfth century . |
| 12 | The archway itself is in fine condition and dates from the third century B.C. It forms part of the Etruscan walls to the city and is the best extant example of Etruscan masonry . |
| 13 | It is possible that the origin is naval and dates from the 16th Century when ‘ sucking the monkey ’ described the tapping and topping up of a coconut with rum before the milk mix was sucked from it . |