Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [prep] the [adj] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to set the scene , figure 7.1 shows that average household size has fallen over the past century . |
| 2 | While no radical shift in the distribution of the British people at the macro-regional scale has occurred during the present century , the settlement pattern has displayed a dynamism that has proved difficult to forecast . |
| 3 | Rural depopulation has occurred in the past century and a half , and will continue in the future , because of declining employment opportunities in the countryside . |
| 4 | Power has alternated in the present century between civilian , military and coalition civilian-military governments , mostly involving the Liberal Party of Honduras ( Partido Liberal de Honduras — PLH ) or the conservative National Party ( Partido Nacional — PN ) . |
| 5 | Undoubtedly , the two interrelated movements — the democratic movement and the labour movement which developed so vigorously in the nineteenth century continue to have a major influence in politics , but the relation between them has changed during the present century , in a way which is also relevant to the character of more recent movements . |