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Example sentences for: century

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The church was almost certainly built in the ninth century, as evidenced by the tomb of Wilfred II, dated 912, that was found here.
Bailey directed Chatterbox's attention to a chart that seemed to support this in a World Bank report called Entering the 21 st Century (see figure 8 in the introduction, "New Directions in Development Thinking").
The first American show of classical Cambodian art in 50 years is said to "carry the force of a revelation" (Holland Cutter, the New York Times ). Time 's Robert Hughes calls the pieces, which mostly depict Buddha and other deities and date to the 6 th century, "some of the greatest stone carving and bronze work in human history."
Without access to foreign markets, there was no way to counter the rash of catastrophes — plague, drought, floods, and famine — at the end of the 18th century.
The latter was a royal palace for much longer than Versailles, with certain additions made over seven centuries, notably from François I in the 16th century.