Sentence examples for course of two centuries from inspiring English sources

"A cannonball could be moved eight miles by the action of the river in the course of two centuries.

"For the course of two centuries, the Dutch royal house has been linked with parliamentary democracy," Willem-Alexander said.

Central Europe's matchless strength lay in its music, which, from Haydn to Schoenberg, from Liszt to Bartók, over the course of two centuries embraced in itself all the essential trends in European music; Central Europe staggered beneath the glory of its music.

Over the course of two centuries, American presidential elections have exhibited a distinct cycle.

The position of governor has developed over the course of two centuries.

Over the course of two centuries the temple underwent three construction phases; the final phase of development took place during the Tikal Hiatus, which lasted from AD 562 to 692.

Over the course of three centuries a new iconography of wonder had been created.

Old River, 1973, was merely the most emblematic place and moment where, in the course of three centuries, failure had occurred.

Over the course of five centuries, enormous and profitable trade routes ensured this marketplace grew to cover more than 3000 shops and 61 streets.

Over the centuries, these limits, like the "growth rings" of a tree, expanded as Paris pressed against them: "From the wall of Philippe Auguste to the modern Périphérique, six different walls followed one another in the course of eight centuries".

This burden was complicated by the ethnic, linguistic, and legal divisions between the populations brought under Frankish domination in the course of three centuries of conquest, beginning with the reign of the first Merovingian king, Clovis (481 511).