Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [adj] [adj] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ordeals had taken place in or close to churches — the chronicler , Eadmer , writes in the early twelfth century of ordeals being conducted in the baptistery at the east end of Canterbury cathedral where former archbishops were buried — and so confused the ecclesiastical and the secular law , the law of the Church and the law of the State . |
| 2 | The Zunfthaus zur Waag , where the linen craftsmen used to meet , survives from the early seventeenth century , and the Zunfthaus zur Meise , built approximately a century later , was the meeting place of the wine merchants . |
| 3 | It seems clear from the overseers ' accounts for the late 18th century that two of the four adult Titford brothers were living as occupants of houses once held as leasehold properties by their better-off ancestors . |
| 4 | The question of prohibited degrees , within which marriage could not take place , also appears in the late seventh century , when bishop Leodegar of Autun is said to have attacked the marriage of Childeric II to his cousin Bilichild . |
| 5 | To such details may be added the evidence of an episcopal coinage which appears in the late sixth century . |
| 6 | From her sample she recorded 1,964 separate job descriptions in the 1770s and 1780s , yet lists from the late seventeenth century designate only a few hundred . |
| 7 | It has never been docile — the press was resisted with great violence in both North and South Shields in the early nineteenth century — but it has always been ordered . |
| 8 | Looking recently at some vintage notes on the early nineteenth century , I was struck by how many were classified as ‘ useless ’ , one ‘ the worst possible ’ and another ‘ so bad that proprietors in desperation left grapes hanging on vines ’ . |
| 9 | The four-storey flour mill built of brick and weatherboarding on the River Lea dates from the early nineteenth century , and cast-iron columns were used , relatively early , for the interior structure . |
| 10 | It was begun c. 1140 , but the impressive arcaded façade dates from the early thirteenth century . |
| 11 | The main building dates from the early 19th century . |
| 12 | The central keep dates from the early twelfth century but concentric walling with mural towers was added during the Middle Ages , bringing its fortification up to date ( 526 ) . |
| 13 | Although no clear account of this episode dates from the early sixth century , Gregory 's evidence is confirmed by the chronicle of his own contemporary , Marius of Avenches . |
| 14 | This largely dates from the late thirteenth century ( PLATES 66 and 70 ) . |
| 15 | The present church of St Laurence dates from the late 12th century although the tower is probably of 15th century addition , being built from ashlar and cobble and various types of old bricks . |
| 16 | Gradually the business declined , but the mid-1980s saw a dramatic change of use when it was substantially renovated and converted into a restaurant , care being taken to retain the two undershot water wheels and much of the machinery , some of which reputedly dates from the late 18th century . |
| 17 | item No 2 : is a candle snuffer of the type used with a candle dish and dates from the late 18th century . |
| 18 | The town hall at Olomouc dates from the late fourteenth century . |