Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] origins in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sterling standard for silver ( 925 parts per thousand of silver with the remainder being mainly copper ) has its origins in the fourteenth century and has continued virtually without interruption to the present day . |
| 2 | The failure is said to have its origins in the second half of the nineteenth century when a number of changes were taking place in the structure of British domestic banking , and in the nature of corporate ownership . |
| 3 | Electroencephalography , it is true , had its origins in the nineteenth century but only in recent years has there been an acceleration of interest in lateralised electrophysiological phenomena . |
| 4 | Gynaecology enjoyed an intricate and fraught relationship with obstetrics , which had its origins in the 18th century . |
| 5 | While , as stated , some of the concepts used now have their origins in the nineteenth century and earlier , there were nevertheless different views taken of how far the courts ought to be reviewing tribunals and other inferior bodies . |