Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the late 19th century " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original clock and watchmaker business expanded in the late 19th century and a separate clock factory was set up in Robert Street , Middlesbrough to cope with the demand . |
| 2 | Built in the late 19th century , it had been hardly touched since . |
| 3 | Marsh Farm was built in the late 19th century by James Formby , the Formby family were well known in Halling during the whole of the 19th century through their connection with the cement industry and were also active members like the Linghams in village life . |
| 4 | Dr Palmer had a horse and trap in the late 19th century but eventually had a chauffeur driven car . |
| 5 | In the southern states , where in 1940 three-quarters of the blacks lived , the " Jim Crow " laws , dating from the late 19th century , condemned them to separate and inferior facilities on trains , in waiting-rooms and lavatories , in restaurants and drinking-fountains . |
| 6 | This lack of curiosity about the past was probably largely caused by the fact that the Bible was accepted as a complete account of the beginning of the world and its early history , a view that was not seriously challenged until the late 19th century . |
| 7 | During 1990 average global temperatures were the highest since records began in the late 19th century , according to analyses by the Meteorological Office in the United Kingdom and by scientists from the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) . |
| 8 | Average global temperatures during 1990 were the highest since records began in the late 19th century , according to analyses carried out by the Meteorological Office and NASA scientists . |
| 9 | Inspired by the late 19th century , the emphasis is on luxury and opulence . |
| 10 | Distortion near the equator and the central meridian is small , but increases considerably towards the poles and the outer meridians. ( b ) Hammer projection , developed in the late 19th century by a German professor of sur is also an equal-area projection and looks more realistic than the Sinusoidal . |
| 11 | This situation only started to change in the late 19th century as more excavators tried to understand what they were finding . |
| 12 | The population recorded in the late 19th century was 305 and today has grown to 2,370 . |