Example sentences of "of the century this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Preface of the Octavo Dictionary ( 1724 ) , Philip Miller remarked that before the beginning of the century this country 's preoccupation with trade had allowed the Italians , French and Dutch to outstrip it in horticulture . |
| 2 | One of London 's leading salons is holding the sale of the century this month . |
| 3 | The use of terms such as ‘ social evil ’ and the ‘ social diseases ’ suggests a widespread fear of the social implications of prostitution , and by the middle years of the century this fear was becoming part of a general social anxiety . |
| 4 | In the second half of the century this trend was reversed . |
| 5 | To get the detail which a copper engraving can show was more difficult , but by the middle of the century this had been achieved and lithography was the normal medium . |
| 6 | The German professor was a powerful figure , hiring and firing his assistants and doing his best to place his favourite students , though by the end of the century this was becoming more difficult . |
| 7 | It is necessary , therefore , to remember that for most of the century this admiration was not felt by most foreigners . |
| 8 | This stripping away of extraneous duties continued under its successor , the College of Foreign Affairs , which began to function in 1719 , and well before the end of the century this process of specialization had been completed . |
| 9 | In the first half of the century this continental balance was envisaged as essentially one of France , supported at times by Spain and some of the German States ( above all Bavaria ) , against the Austrian Habsburgs , supported in general by Great Britain and the United Provinces . |