Example sentences of "[noun pl] around the turn [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the decades around the turn of the twentieth century , the cultural life of major western cities changed . |
| 2 | It is only with the development of more radical differentiation in the decades around the turn of the twentieth century that it is possible to speak of a fully-fledged and optimally differentiated cultural modernity . |
| 3 | Nordic composers around the turn of the century were not immune from quasi-medieval minstrelsy , or from routinely voluptuous piano arpeggios like Mendelssohn 's . |
| 4 | There is an almost unanimous chorus , unchanging over the thirty or more years around the turn of the century , about the division of labour that existed in printing houses where women compositors were employed . |
| 5 | The decline of organized networks around the turn of the century was the single most striking change in patterns of cattle theft during the British period . |
| 6 | Vitamins were first discovered by scientists around the turn of the century . |
| 7 | And for some unknown reason a lot of Hawaiian musicians played in these travelling shows , and also at the World Fairs around the turn of the century — a lot of people must have seen them there . |
| 8 | The John family were tenants for two generations around the turn of this century and ran a hauliers business from the farm , where they stabled thirty or more shire horses . |
| 9 | This is no elaborate , townie 's re-creation , overburdened with fancy aesthetics , but a living , breathing original — a mixture of plants for use and beauty , like those that appealed to so many artists around the turn of the century . |
| 10 | Dunning and Murphy have tried to argue that violent street-gangs , whose antics led to several alarmed inquiries around the turn of the century , were likely to have been present at football matches from the outset . |
| 11 | In the 1960s feminism was a fairly middle-class affair — some would say it still is — except that in Britain , just as in the earlier suffrage , trade union and legal struggles around the turn of the century , working-class women have been strongly involved in campaigns to do with working conditions and wages , male violence , racism , childcare , housing and community action . |