Sentence examples for centuries for those from inspiring English sources
But whereas it took centuries for those towns to develop into thriving cities, Mendelsohn decided to build out his town before it had any inhabitants.
There are even double-centuries, for those with higher athletic (or pain) thresholds.
It brings alive the holocaust of young men at the beginning of the 20th century for those who might not even be aware that the killing fields existed.
The history of Bulgarian is divided into three periods: (1) Old Bulgarian, 9th 11th century (for those who adopt the view that Old Church Slavonic is based on Old Bulgarian); (2) Middle Bulgarian, 12th 16th century; and (3) Modern Bulgarian, from the 16th century to the present.
Indeed, as Shankman pointed out, although slavery may have been one of the foundations of capitalist ascendance in the nineteenth century, for those committed to Jefferson's vision of an "Empire of Liberty," the daily reality of a developing "Republic of Slavery" was nevertheless deeply troubling.
The first icon of the new century for those who question the administration of justice in America is certain to be the photograph of a federal agent in assault gear approaching Elian in the middle of the night with an automatic rifle at the ready.
Health care is now — in the early 21st century, for those of us who live in mass democracies, where diseases can spread quickly and toxins in the environment produce surprising illnesses, where therapies and cures are available but expensive — something that none of us can secure acting alone.
I'd say it was pretty much the buzzkill of the century for those of us of the African persuasion.
This behavior is in agreement with the increase in NAO index expected toward the end of the 21th century for those scenarios [40].
Here's a hint -- I used up my Paul Ryan Medicare voucher centuries ago for those five bandages.
We therefore stress the need for a greater understanding of fire-ecosystem relationships over time-scales of centuries, for ecosystems such as those at high altitude or latitude that are sensitive to global changes [9].
