Sentence examples for For some centuries from inspiring English sources

For some centuries, Chu was the archenemy of the Chinese states, yet the nobles of the Chu acquired enough of the northern culture to enable their envoy to the courts of the north to cite the same verses and observe the same manners.

The city was captured by the Arabs in 641 or 642 and for some centuries remained a provincial capital.

And it was the University of Paris, in particular, that for some centuries was to be the most representative university of the West.

Chandela, also spelled Candella, Rajput clan of Gond origin that for some centuries ruled Bundelkhand in north-central India and fought against the early Muslim invaders.

The Nupe have been Muslim for some centuries and are best known for their weaving, embroidery, beadmaking, wood carving, and sheet metalwork.

Sea levels will continue to rise for some centuries to come even if we keep carbon emissions at present day levels.

About the mid-16th century, Unitas emigrants moved into Poland and survived there for some two centuries.

Their language was for some three centuries the lingua franca of the region, but in the 20th century it was supplanted by Russian.

It then remained waterlogged for some 30 centuries – before being discovered by the archaeologists.

Rebanks's family has farmed sheep in the hills of the Lake District, in northwestern England, for some six centuries.

In fact, the campaign to prohibit alcohol had been deeply rooted in Anglo-American society for some two centuries.