Sentence examples for had been practiced for from inspiring English sources

October 22 2009 Sarah Ruhl's new play (superbly directed by Les Waters) takes us back to the corseted, alabaster eighteen-eighties, in the early days of electricity, when the vibrator was used by physicians to enhance a form of genital massage, which had been practiced for centuries as a treatment for hysteria.

Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play" (superbly directed by Les Waters, at the Lyceum) takes us back to the corseted, alabaster eighteen-eighties, in the early days of electricity, when the vibrator was used by physicians to enhance a form of genital massage, which had been practiced for centuries as a treatment for hysteria.

Although hand knitting of wool had been practiced for about 2,000 years, it was not until the 15th century that the first knitted shirts or tunics were produced on the English Channel islands of Guernsey and Jersey; hence the English name jersey.

The Maqu case focuses on the Household Responsibility System which induced semi-private property rights of rangeland in pastoral areas where common property had been practiced for hundreds of years.

Holistic grazing areas (HGA) represented areas in which high-intensity grazing, short-duration grazing alternated with rest period had been practiced for 2 years prior to time of the study, while traditional grazing areas (TGA), which were used as controls were sites where continuously grazing had been practiced throughout the year.

The study was conducted in forests dominated by post oak (Quercus stellata) and blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) in wildlife management areas where understory prescribed burning had been practiced for over 20 years and the range of burn frequencies was 0 (unburned) fires per decade (FPD) to 4.6 FPD.

Freud was then 53 and had been practicing for 23 years.

Gross said that his biggest hurdle had been practicing for his bar mitzvah.

Midway through a Saturday workshop, Mr. Kennedy interrupted a rousing rendition of "He Has Done Marvelous Things," a song they had been practicing for more than an hour.

In fact, Greicius had been practicing for 5 years before learning of the data in 2008.

The DVD reveals that the eight dancers had been practicing for over a week before they started working with Jackson.