Sentence examples for for 2 centuries from inspiring English sources

For 2 centuries, scientists tried different tacks until the German mathematician Heinrich Bruns pointed out that the search for a general solution for the three-body problem was futile, and that only specific solutions one-offs that work under particular conditionsolutions one-offs

Instead, we are consoling each other because we can't get zoning for our mosque like other religious institutions have been allowed for 2 centuries.

The demographic transition, when countries shift from high to low levels of mortality and fertility, has been underway for 2 centuries, with differences in onset and pace across countries and regions of the world.

"Islam has been the same for 14 centuries," he said.

"Islam has survived here for 14 centuries," she told me.

For 3 centuries, Christians, branded as Western spies, were hunted down and killed, sometimes by crucifixion.

"Egypt has been proud of its Islamic and Arabic identity for 15 centuries," he said.

For 16 centuries, Christianity also defined the validity of a marriage on the basis of a couple's wishes.

For 15 centuries the two mystic colossi gazed down as the trading caravans and warring armies streamed past.

"She walks through history for 28 centuries holding up a mirror to the way men think of women".

Islamic rule over Jerusalem lasted for 12 centuries, longer than any other rule, whether Israelite, Roman, Persian or Christian.