Sentence examples for first five decades from inspiring English sources

Certainly, his first five decades were highly successful.

The latter half of the 20th century, if less tumultuous than the first five decades, nonetheless produced literature that was no less rich and varied.

The guitar may be the iconic instrument of rock'n'roll, but for the first five decades of jazz it generally trailed behind the charismatic stature of saxophones and trumpets, and the erudition of pianos.

During the first five decades of the subsequent Ming dynasty (1368 1644), Nanjing (Nanking) was the capital, and the old Mongol capital was renamed Beiping (Pei-p'ing; "Northern Peace"); the third Ming emperor, however, restored it as the imperial seat of the dynasty and gave it a new name, Beijing ("Northern Capital").

The opener was Michel Fokine's "Les Sylphides" (1909), which used to be a signature work for Ballet Theater through most of its first five decades; when Fokine staged it for this company in 1940, it was his final version of what was already a classic.

There he passed the first five decades of his life, apparently eking out his living as a poet.

The first — two decades earlier — was Pratt.

Onset is usually in the first two decades of life.

For the Bank's first four decades no borrower defaulted.

One hundred and forty-eight (16%) of them presented in the first two decades of life.

Snags declined significantly in the first two decades of the chronosequence.