Sentence examples for centuries prior from inspiring English sources

Early applications of iron in construction are found several centuries prior to the industrial age.

So what were people reading and writing in the centuries prior to schooling?

We found that patterns of fire frequency, size, and severity were relatively stable for at least several centuries prior to 1880.

Sediment accumulation at Jenny Lake began centuries prior to 13.8 ka and cores from three lakes demonstrate that Teton glacier extents were greatly reduced by this time.

Those ruined walls are generally dated to the 6th century bce, although it is thought that the area was occupied for several centuries prior to that.

Of all centuries prior to the present, only the 16th, mindful of his quarrel with Rome, recognized some of his quality.

For half a century prior to that position, Mr. Strippel worked for the New York Pub lic Library.

The earliest written examples date from the 10th century, prior to which music was transmitted principally by oral tradition.

Undeniably, there were remarkable finds: Inscribed lintels named a 16th-century prior as creator of the building.

The Moving Day Pageant began with a parade of drummers and oar-wielding rowers — a nod to MIT's crossing of the Charles River a century prior.

It all comes down to the fact that Marvel Comics sold off rights to a number of its key titles around the turn of the century (prior to forming its own independent film-making arm in 2005), but retained others.