Sentence examples for centuries in terms from inspiring English sources

It goes back to those issues we've been wrestling with in this country for centuries, in terms of how we look at and see minorities, particularly African-Americans, because of the history of slavery.

In the 20th and 21st centuries, in terms of trade and tourism issues, this location is more of a disadvantage because it effectively separates the island from the rest of the country.

His next book is "about the human agenda for the 21st century in terms of dangers, opportunities, questions".

Gede Swantika, a state volcanologist, said it was the biggest eruption in at least a century in terms of the amount of volcanic material released.

"Actually I don't think he understands what has happened in the last third of a century in terms of inequality," he said.

Though many thousands of people earned their living in the streets by the middle of the century, in terms of cultural representation they were practically invisible.

Of the twenty 20 biggest famines of the 20th century, in terms of loss of life, just one (Ethiopia 1983-85) occurred in Africa.

In the 16th century, in terms of attitude and direction of thought, the first two great Epicureans were Michel de Montaigne in France and Francesco Guicciardini in Italy.

The January 2010 Haiti Earthquake was one of the most catastrophic disasters of the century in terms of lives lost and infrastructure damage.

Some of a leftwing temper go further in accounting for the butchery of the first world war – and indeed the rest of the 20th century – in terms of European powers' imperial ambitions.

This is a story that spans a quarter of a century, in terms of people being brought to justice, and even that phrase should be qualified (although I won't spoil your fun by saying how).