Example sentences of "little more than a century [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little more than a century ago most people , even in industrialized countries , rarely travelled more than a few miles from their birthplace . |
| 2 | Little more than a century ago , when the river ran free , the Comanche would have taken our scalps for being here . |
| 3 | Little more than a century ago , most of the river bank where huge shipyards now stand was fertile agricultural land . |
| 4 | It 's little more than a century ago that women were still being led to market to be sold to the highest bidder — in England . |
| 5 | With that number about little more than a century ago , it might be thought an easy matter to run one to earth . |