Sentence examples for for about five centuries from inspiring English sources

It is well attested in inscriptions and texts for about five centuries before the Common Era and was used in official documents until approximately 90 89 bce.

Tofu was exclusive to the upper classes (nobles and samurai) and the vegetarian clergy for about five centuries, in part because the labor required to pulverize dried soybeans (daizu) by hand, with a mortar and pestle, was too costly.

The Stoic school of philosophy existed for about five centuries, from its founding around 300 BCE to the second century CE.

For about seven centuries after the conversion of England to Christianity (beginning in the 3rd century), the common man had no direct access to the text of the Scriptures.

Humans have been selectively breeding horses for several thousand years, and thoroughbreds for racing for about three centuries.

The school continued to develop for about four centuries, reaching its heights with the works of Raghunātha, Jagadīśa and Gadādhara (Ganeri 2014).

"Done" has meant "finished" for about three centuries.

Teleosts constitute more than 99%% of living actinopterygian fishes and fossil teleosts have been studied for about two centuries.

The territory of modern Switzerland was a part of the Roman Republic and Empire for a period of about six centuries, beginning with the step-by-step conquest of the area by Roman armies from the 2nd century BC and ending with the decline of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

Use of solar energy for cooking is a mature technology dating back about four centuries although rarely considered as an alternative today [55].

The Lambakannas ruled for about four centuries.