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century - use in sentences
Converse of object
- span: Spanning almost a century of cinema-going, the list highlights the diversity of the British palate when it comes to choice of film favorites.
- witness: Pope Gregory in the sixth century first witnessed blond hair, blue eyed boys awaiting sale in a Roman slave market.
Adjective modifier
- 19th: The 19th Century The 1844 Bank Charter Act tied the note issue to the Bank's gold reserves.
- 20th: In the late 20th century the devil is having a field day.
- 21st: Today, in the 21st century, the Society is for people who value the rural areas of Scotland.
- nineteenth: Time for tea Later in the nineteenth century then, going out to a tea shop became a popular pastime for women.
- twentieth: To bring the class in to the twentieth century we were then given writing books.
- 18th: Back in the 18th century, Cadiz had no less than 160 towers to watch over its harbors.
Modifies a noun
- ad: We do know he was born in the 4th century AD in an area which today is part of Turkey.
- farmhouse: Sentry Hill is a 19th century farmhouse with a fascinating family history.
- inn: Centrally situated, this picturesque hotel, once a 17th century inn, presents many homely, Austrian features.
- castle: Doune Castle A magnificent 14th century courtyard castle, once the ancestral home of the Earls of Moray.
- cottage: Cherry Tree Cottage ( Sleeps 4 ) This two-bedroomed 19th century stone cottage has been recently renovated to retain the original features.
- tower: St Mary is all of a pleasing mixture, with its elegant unbuttressed 14th century tower, and windows of all periods.
Noun used with modifier
- th: There is also a 13 th Century gilt pulpit.
- st: The flower center is a new hub of growth for the floriculture industry in the 21 st century.
- mid-nineteenth: Until the mid-nineteenth century, it was defended by a wall, now the inner route of the number five bus.
- mid-19th: Although not widespread, invisibility at least is recorded in encounters fairly evenly from the mid-19th century through to the late 1980's.
- mid-eighteenth: During the mid-eighteenth century a house was built on the site for the sixth Viscount Wenman.
- mid-18th: Beyond lie the less formal landscaped grounds and parkland that was laid out in the mid-18th century.
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