Example sentences of "late nineteenth [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Shetland a number of pairs of the white-tailed sea-eagle used to nest in the high cliffs , but in the late nineteenth century they went into a decline and the last pair nested in 1914 . |
| 2 | In the late nineteenth century it was also the mother who attended the School Board ‘ s hearing on the case and then , if necessary , appeared before the magistrate , despite the summons being invariably served on the father . |
| 3 | Some women managed to keep their condition secret and in the late nineteenth century it was probably these women who were responsible for many of the infanticide cases . |
| 4 | By the late nineteenth century it was already necessary to demonstrate a scientific approach in order to gain full recognition : the Charity Organisation Society , for example , made much of its promise to organise charity on ‘ scientific principles ’ . |
| 5 | Since the late nineteenth century it has thus become increasingly difficult for critics interested in contemporary literature to ignore problems of linguistic form . |