Sentence examples for for centuries before from inspiring English sources

Machu Picchu had been abandoned for centuries before Bingham's discovery.

For centuries before 1750, catalysts were used to make beverages and foods.

For centuries before the People's Republic, an evolving list of élite clans combined wealth and politics.

Historically, brown bears were persecuted in Europe for centuries before their gradual elimination from much of Western Europe.

For centuries before the arrival of the first European ship in 1824, the elites ate well.

For centuries, before the population exploded, volcanic soil guaranteed that the city had water underground.

Engineering was an established craft for centuries before the dawning of modern science.

Bronze was cast as church bells for centuries before it was used for cannons.

Salespeople were paid by commission for centuries before economists began writing about the principal-agent problem.

Global commerce existed for centuries before banks built up risks that are large relative to their home economies.

Andrew has been that country's official patron saint since 1320, and he was venerated there for centuries before that.