Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] the [num ord] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are bringing Danu into the twentieth century . ’ |
| 2 | The horrors of eighteenth-century madhouses engender disbelieving revulsion in the twentieth century , yet throughout the last thirty years scandal after scandal has been reported in the press with depressing regularity and without the concern that might have been expected in an apparently liberal and caring society . |
| 3 | This was the single most important legislative intervention addressing sexuality throughout the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | But on the whole , a gradually rising population throughout the ninth century seems an acceptable working hypothesis . |
| 5 | PRINCESS Anne must take much of the credit for bringing royalty into the 20th Century . |
| 6 | Black Country Museum — Open air museum at Dudley recreating life in the 19th century . |
| 7 | The faculty has been focusing on the main issues affecting freight into the next century . |
| 8 | Making war in the twelfth century was rather like going on strike in the twentieth : it was a method of exerting economic and financial pressure on your opponent — it was not intended that it should end in his death . |
| 9 | The famous composer Wagner was just one of many illustrious visitors to the town , finding inspiration at the 11th century Villa Rufolo for Kingsor 's Magic Gardens in ‘ Parsifal ’ . |
| 10 | The miller 's house , with a smaller water wheel , was used for threshing clover in the 16th century . |
| 11 | Planning for economic growth is a vital consideration in Lothian 's draft structure plan , the blueprint for planning policy into the next century . |