Example sentences of "that [prep] 1870 " in BNC.
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| 1 | The uniqueness of Henry C. Norman lies in the fact that from 1870 until his death in 1913 he painstakingly recorded almost every corner of Natchez , a town in Mississippi ( and model for the musical ‘ Showboat ’ ) . |
| 2 | He insisted that there be no increase for the rest of his reign , a wish which was adhered to , so that in 1870 the original sum had not been altered . |
| 3 | The failure of the Prussian and German people to follow the successful example of the French in a revolution from below meant that in 1870 they were forced to accept the unification of Germany by the reactionary Junker powers . |
| 4 | He calculates that in 1870 0.6% of the population of the USA were engaged in clerical work ; by 1970 it had reached 18% . |
| 5 | It would be too much to say that by 1870 Paris had become a fragrant bower — few cities ever manage that — but it certainly was less odorous and pestilential than it had been . |
| 6 | Once again , as with water , the parsimony of individual householders and landlords prevented a more widespread domestic usage , so that by 1870 there were only 87,000 subscribers — and this in spite of the opportunities offered by gas for heating and cooking as well as lighting . |
| 7 | But Napoleon III 's Second Empire changed all this , decisively and enthusiastically embracing railway-building so that by 1870 11,000 miles had been built by a partnership between the State and the six great companies that emerged from the initial burst of railway fever . |