Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] the [adj] century " in BNC.
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| 31 | Roughly translated it means new beginnings — it dates back to the thirteenth century and confers a purely honourary degree — something to put in a ’ Who 's Who ’ entry . |
| 32 | CAMRA would prefer beer to be brewed solely from barley malt but the use of sugar dates back to the 19th century and many renowned beers , such as Marston 's Pedigree , have recipes that include 10 per cent or more brewing sugars . |
| 33 | Clements Farm is of great antiquity , the building itself probably dates back to the 15th century , and happily has been boarded up to prevent more deterioration . |
| 34 | We took them to lunch at the Bull Inn which dates back to the 15th century , and afterwards explored the local market . |
| 35 | The parish church of St Michael dates back to the 13th century . |
| 36 | It dates back to the 13th century . |
| 37 | They hope to raise £1 million for the upkeep of the Manor which dates back to the 13th century . |
| 38 | Herriot 's Hotel and restaurant at Hawes has a price tag of £295,000 , while Kirkbymoorside 's George and Dragon , which dates back to the 13th century , is for sale at £400,000 . |
| 39 | Herriot 's Hotel and restaurant at Hawes has a price tag of £295,000 , while Kirkbymoorside 's George and Dragon , which dates back to the 13th century , is for sale at £400,000 . |
| 40 | Stoneywood Mill dates back to the eighteenth century , and is now part of the Wiggins Teape Group . |
| 41 | Dates back to the fourteenth century . ’ |
| 42 | The so-called ’ swan-upping ’ ceremony dates back to the fourteenth century … but nowadays its as much a fun day out as a way of keeping the swans healthy . |
| 43 | The café , which dates back to the last century , has been maintained intact , at least in its decor . |
| 44 | The house itself is , not surprisingly , a little younger and dates back to the 16th century when it was owned by the great-great-aunt of President George Washington . |
| 45 | This attractive country home dates back to the 16th century when it was once a farm labourer 's cottage . |
| 46 | This old farmhouse resting in the village of Raskelf ( the name means ‘ the shelf of the roe deer ’ ) , probably dates back to the 18th century . |
| 47 | Scott , Hogg , Lockhart and other literary stalwarts are reputed to have frequented this old hunting inn , part of which dates back to the 18th century . |
| 48 | The beautiful crown spire caps the historic High Kirk of Edinburgh , which dates back to the fifteenth century . |
| 49 | There is St John 's Hospital , the first in Europe , built in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries , although founded much earlier , and still in use until the 1970s ; the Beguinage , a religious foundation for women that dates back to the twelfth century , now a convent ; the thirteenth-to fifteenth-century Church of our Lady , with a 350ft tower ; the Stadhuis , a magnificent Gothic town hall dating from 1376-1420 . |
| 50 | Well , I will have you know that the office of coroner dates back to the twelfth century , before civil servants were thought of ! |
| 51 | The church dates back to the 14th century , and in the grass fields to the south of Station Road can still be seen the ridge and furrow of the open field arable strips which probably originated before the charter . |
| 52 | There are numerous castles , including Chirk Castle which dates back to the 14th century and has some lovely formal gardens , and a little further away , Powis Castle , built in the 15th century but altered through the years and now very much a stately home with a large deer park . |
| 53 | The windmill in full working order on the heath is a post mill of 1665 , the earliest mill still operable , though its machinery dates mainly from the nineteenth century . |
| 54 | Tolba belongs to a political species that will become more common as the decade rolls on towards the next century . |
| 55 | She probably knows more about the nineteenth century industrial novel than anyone else in the entire world . |