Sentence examples for given centuries from inspiring English sources

But getting a stable government going could be harder than the military campaign, given centuries of rivalries among groups who will share power.

Showing the conflicting views over the war, even some Democrats who opposed the pullout suggested that the effort in Afghanistan was misguided, given centuries of failed interventions in Afghanistan by foreign powers.

Given centuries of animosity between science and religion, the pontiff's admission astounds for several reasons.

In any given century, the region teemed with traders from around the world – Arabs, Romans, Moors, Chinese and Portuguese, among others.

The "Century-year" is the first year of any given century.

The "Century-day" of any given century is the "Year-day" of the first year of the century.

The Talmudic rabbis, with their disputatious hermeneutics and their attitudes toward Oral Law, gave centuries of Jews a pattern of reasoning and communication.

Given the centuries of bloody history and the trauma of the recent past, there is still much that divides black and white people in the area.

Let's remember, people, that Belgium has given us centuries of good waffles, beer and chocolate, not to mention the French fry and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Jean-Claude Van Damme

But actually, there is a lot of confusion about "what a soul is" beyond the conventional ascriptions given for centuries by theologians.

The creative spirit and diversity of Islamic traditions have given 14 centuries' worth of Muslims a powerful vehicle with which to interact with the world.