Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not a model that holds up for the twentieth century , when liberalization of the divorce law was not a matter of last resort but was rather always proposed as a means of strengthening the institution of marriage ( by permitting those ‘ living in sin ’ to remarry ) ; when opinion shifted with dramatic speed , for example between the conservative recommendations of the 1956 Royal Commission on Divorce and the endorsement of profound liberalization given a mere ten years later by both the Law Commission and the Church of England ; and when the change in views of key institutions such as the Church of England were as important as those of lawyers . |
| 2 | The papal banner , the vexillum sancti Petri , goes back to the eleventh century , perhaps to Alexander II ( 1061 – 1073 ) . |
| 3 | The recorded history of the church goes back to the mid-12th century , and in this study the Author describes church life in Foleshill from the outbreak of World War Two , right through to the restoration of the Old Church ( as it is known locally ) . |
| 4 | The history of the perehera goes back to the second century AD , when King Gajabuha won a great victory against his foes in southern India , the Tamils , chasing them back across the narrow strait into their homeland . |
| 5 | The work of solicitors goes back to the 15th century and as time has gone on they have become increasingly influential . |
| 6 | The first indisputable evidence of the use of nailed horseshoes goes back to the ninth century . |
| 7 | Anthropology as an organized subject goes back to the mid-nineteenth century [ Fortes 1969:6 , following Kroeber ] and was closely associated with the study of evolution . |
| 8 | The system goes back to the sixth century , when the founder of the Persian Empire , the great Cyrus , presented seven cities in northern Anatolia to Pytharchos ( see p. 18 ; FGrHist . |
| 9 | The recognition that ideas are not the pure result of cognition but are affected by the human context of cognition , can be traced back through philosophy — Larrain goes back to the fifteenth century to Machiavelli ( Larrain 1979 : 17 ) . |
| 10 | The reputation of Vertus 's richly perfumed still red wines goes back to the fourteenth century ; in the seventeenth century these wines were favoured by William of Orange . |
| 11 | The tradition of literacy in the army goes back to the seventeenth century and the Civil War , which was fought with texts and pamphlets as much as with weapons , and beyond to the Reformation , and beyond that again to the mediaeval orders of chivalry such as the Knights Templar . |
| 12 | The Brularts , who held the rank of Marquis of Sillery and Marquis of Puisieulx , were a winemaking family whose reputation goes back to the sixteenth century . |
| 13 | ‘ The de Sciorto name and title goes back to the sixteenth century . |
| 14 | The fine church of St Wilfrid dates back to the 12th century , although there is mention of a church in the Domesday Book . |
| 15 | Laugharne Castle dates back to the 12th century and Carmarthen Castle to 1109 , restored some 200 years later by Edward I at a cost of £169 15s. 6d ! |
| 16 | New Hall dates back to the 12th century and is reputed to be the oldest fully moated manor house in England . |
| 17 | The Causey Mounth dates back to the 12th century , when it was first established as a drover 's road . |
| 18 | There was a church on this spot in the ninth century , and part of the existing building dates back to the thirteenth century ( including the tower which houses the record-breaking clock ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We took them to lunch at the Bull Inn which dates back to the 15th century , and afterwards explored the local market . |
| 23 | The parish church of St Michael dates back to the 13th century . |
| 24 | It dates back to the 13th century . |
| 25 | They hope to raise £1 million for the upkeep of the Manor which dates back to the 13th century . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Stoneywood Mill dates back to the eighteenth century , and is now part of the Wiggins Teape Group . |
| 29 | Dates back to the fourteenth century . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |