Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the last century " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price alterations are a study in themselves , an example being the First Return from Craven Arms to Eaton , the original fare perhaps dating from the last century , crossed out and altered by some unfortunate clerk , by gas light , with a fine nib pen and a bottle of railway ink. , round about 1915 . |
| 2 | Is it not a fact that most of the jobs lost have been in industries belonging to the last century and that most of the jobs gained are in industries with a bright future ? |
| 3 | It is not a recent development ; there have been mentally handicapped people for as long as there have been people , and efforts to cope with their presence have been proceeding since the last century . |
| 4 | " The results suggest , however , that a significant part of warming in the last century is not greenhouse-related " , he commented . |
| 5 | There are burial chambers and standing stones from the Bronze Age , Iron Age forts , and tramways from mining and quarrying in the last century . |