Antonym: A.D.. Meaning: adv. before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
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1 The temple was built about 206 B.C.
2 born circa 225 B.C.
3 Socrates flourished about 400 B.C.
4 Abbreviations like B.C. and A.D. are usually capitalized.
5 The Great Wall dates from the third century B.C.
6 On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower.
7 The manuscripts date from circa 1100 B.C.
8 By the second century B.C. it had become a large square surrounded by imposing buildings.
9 For B.C., a missed conversion in the final minutes was critical.
10 I.B.C. trades worldwide buying and selling basic commodities such as timber, coal and cement.
11 We thank all our friends at Q.P.B.C. for their encouragement to us and for the love they have shown us.
12 The layout of a seventh century B.C. example shows a large hall with entrance porch.
13 Julius Caesar subdued Gaul in 50 B.C.
14 B.C.95 The Roman army under Julius Caesar invaded Britain.
15 Such concessions are known from the second millennium B.C.
16 Archimedes flourished in the 3 rd century B.C.
17 The vacant W.B.C. junior-lightweight title has been called off.
18 The Assyrian empire collapsed in 612 B.C.
19 Hepu became an urban center in 111 B.C.
20 This oracle was still flourishing in 332 B.C.
21 Sima Qien lived between 145 and 86 B.C.
22 The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the patriotic poet Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings.
23 a site of ancient fortifications dating from about 500 B.C.
24 He thanked the officers and committee for their support and looked forward to the B.C.R.S. continuing to progress during the coming year.
25 Turquoise, originally considered a mere by-product of copper mining, was vigorously promoted by Waddell's father,[www.Sentencedict.com] B.C.
26 The overall sum required to meet the payments due under the scheme to B.C.C.I. depositors is in the region of ￡78m.
27 A comet appeared at the time of the death of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.
28 The largest mineral resource deliberately sterilized by the process was the Windy Craggy copper property in the remote northwestern corner of B.C.
29 If the main troop movements were quicker than in 480 B.C., those of the scouts were faster still, in proportion.
30 But what happened in Jerusalem between 168 and 164 B.C. went beyond the ordinary internal conflicts of the Seleucid state.