Example sentences of "century [coord] has be " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this village off the A40 south of Fishguard is the Tregwynt Woollen Mill , which dates from the middle of the eighteenth century and has been in continuous production of woollen yarns since then . |
| 2 | The pride and joy of the town is the splendid castle , which originated in the 11th century and has been restored through the ages . |
| 3 | This status group — the establishment — emerged as an important social and political force during the nineteenth century and has been seen as a central element in the ‘ antique ’ or patrician' character of the British state … |
| 4 | The tower was converted to a house around the turn of the century and has been lived in ever since apart from a couple of years when architects used it as offices . |
| 5 | The Eurasian steppes had its own bison , the wisent , which was almost extinct in the early decades of this century but has been rescued by captive breeding , and the small saiga antelope , with its peculiar dust-trap of a nose , in shape like an elephant seal 's . |