Example sentences of "date [prep] the [num ord] century and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here is a very early crypt dating from the seventh century and a five aisled nave with varied finely carved capitals ( 420 ) . |
| 2 | A drawing attributed to the Persian artist Dust Muhammad , dating from the mid-sixteenth century and depicting the first scene from the tale of ‘ Haftvad and the Worm ’ , bears the estimate of £25–35,000 ( $45–60,000 ) . |
| 3 | It has records of the older companies and boards , plus plans and letter books dating from the eighteenth century and onwards . |
| 4 | At the eastern end of the Ludwigstrasse the street opened out into a small square below the towering walls of the Herzogschloss , a massive fortification dating from the fifteenth century and set back only a few yards from the Danube . |
| 5 | These single-shot service weapons , dating from the mid-nineteenth century and firing a lead bullet which inflicted appalling wounds , had been exported to Abyssinia in great numbers by the French . |
| 6 | In the 1960's , a medievalist scholar , Professor Schlomo Pines , found in a collection of Arabic manuscripts , dating from the tenth century and held in a library in Istanbul , a number of lengthy and detailed verbatim quotes from an earlier , fifth- or sixth-century , text , which the Arab writer ascribes to ‘ al-nasara ’ — the Nazareans . |
| 7 | Similar , but larger , is the Patriarchal Cathedral at Bucharest — dating from the seventeenth century and several times restored ( 235 ) . |
| 8 | If we ignore the majority of buildings in villages which invariably date to the sixteenth century and later , we are left with settlement plans of bewildering complexity . |
| 9 | It was built in brick over a long period ; the east end dates from the ninth century and the west from the tenth and eleventh while the vaults are mainly twelfth century . |
| 10 | The hall dates from the ninth century and is divided in the centre by a row of four circular columns with simple leaf capitals , like the design in S. John 's Chapel in the Tower of London ( 300 ) . |
| 11 | A church was first consecrated there in AD 649 , but the present cathedral dates from the thirteenth century and is a monument to the Split school of architects who gave new life to the Romanesque style in Dalmatia . |
| 12 | The church dates from the eleventh century and is magnificently decorated by fresco paintings in the narthex , dome , apse and on the walls . |
| 13 | The main building dates from the 19th century and two new wings have since been added . |
| 14 | Set in a narrow medieval street , the building dates from the 14th century and is dotted with authentic 14th and 15th century furniture , fine antiques and art treasures , original pillars and sweeping stone staircases . |
| 15 | It dates from the twelfth century and reflects the essence of Norman power and strength in architecture ( 282 ) . |
| 16 | It dates from the eighteenth century and is built on three storeys , and , though no longer in commercial use , it is maintained as a working museum . |
| 17 | Your finger ring dates to the 15th century and is gold on silver . |