Example sentences of "laid [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] century " in BNC.
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1 | The foundations of modern archaeology were laid down in the 17th century , and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries emphasis was put on the recording of archaeological monuments , initially as part of general topographical works , but eventually as part of a study of the monuments themselves . |
2 | Salisbury had been laid out in the thirteenth century , rather in the fashion of the twentieth century garden cities . |
3 | The gardens were laid out in the eighteenth century by a French landscape gardener for the then owner and founder , the first Conde de Carvalhal . |
4 | These high moorland stone-walled fields near Malham , West Yorkshire , were laid out in the eighteenth century . |
5 | The formal gardens were laid out in the 18th century . |