Sentence examples for centuries to create from inspiring English sources

It took centuries to create the system of English courts.

We have tried in sport for centuries to create a certain structure.

Its impeccable reputation, which had taken several centuries to create, was suffering from a proliferation of mediocre or poor wine.

When authoritarian regimes buy American universities' prestige and talent, they "shortcut a process that took centuries to create," Harry R. Lewis, a former dean of Harvard College, recently wrote in the South China Morning Post.

Mottisfont, a National Trust property which started life in the 12th century as a priory and has been modified over the centuries to create a beautiful home, is hosting an exhibition of children's illustrations, including 21 new drawings by Quentin Blake made for the West End production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and examples from Helen Oxenbury, Oliver Jeffers and more.

It also took centuries to create today's copyright laws, intangible property rights and contract law.

However it was drastically altered in the mid 19th century to create a rectory and has a definite Tudor/Georgian mix in the architecture throughout.

It is also our chance to realize the greatest economic opportunity of this century: to create millions of good-paying jobs building a future run on clean energy.

"The effort over the past half-century to create a more united Europe is now the principal casualty of the euro crisis," according to a report that Pew published with the survey results.

This may sound dismayingly low-tech, and Hollerith got the idea from something even lower-tech: the punched cards that guided Jacquard looms at the turn of the 19th century to create patterns in cloth.

In one sense, Thaler's Big Bang differs little from the idea that has animated advertising since the birth of the first advertising agencies, at the end of the nineteenth century: to create awareness for a product.