Sentence examples for for almost four centuries from inspiring English sources

The British have been mulling over this possible change for almost four centuries.

For almost four centuries, English Catholics have been praying for the reconversion of their homeland from Protestantism.

Evangelicals' growing support for immigration reform suggests an important shift in how conservative Protestants — who policed the boundaries of our national identity for almost four centuries — think about what it means to be American.

The state that they established in Iberia, and maintained for almost four centuries, is the subject of David Levering Lewis's "God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570 to 1215" (Norton; $29.95).

WITH a 2.3-million-square-foot convention center as its vanguard, a new commercial neighborhood with luxury housing is emerging on Boston Harbor, which for almost four centuries has been the heart of this compact city perennially in search of expansion space.

A lottery mechanism, known as insaculation, was used for almost four centuries in Spain to appoint public officers at different levels.

For almost two centuries, Governors Island had been a military base, first for the United States Army.

For almost two centuries Charleston thrived as a central port in the slave trade.

For almost two centuries the British have managed without the process.

But the truth is that it can, and serious economists have been aware of this possibility for almost two centuries.

For almost two centuries after America was founded, more than 80% of its citizens were whites of European descent.