Example sentences of "were built in [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In northern and central France several outstanding cathedrals were built in the thirteenth century . |
| 2 | More than 2.7 million new houses were built in the first ten years of nationalisation , and 1954 , the peak year of Macmillan 's housing drive , saw 354000 completed . |
| 3 | For example on 31 March 1991 , Chelmsford prison had a certified normal accommodation of 244 but an actual inmate population of 403 , making nearly 13,000 prisoners were sleeping two or three to a cell ( NACRO , 1991b ) — typically in prison cells which were built in the nineteenth century and designed for a single inmate . |
| 4 | G. The tourist industry of the South West has been growing since the railways were built in the last century . |
| 5 | RAILWAYS : British Rail 's problem is that most of its structures were built in the last century . |
| 6 | Even today the older houses have gables and mullioned windows which show that they were built in the seventeenth century and some of the later cottages that were erected in rows or clustered in folds during John Hey 's lifetime retain their long ranges of upstairs windows which allowed the maximum amount of light to fall on the looms . |