Sentence examples for important centuries from inspiring English sources

In gulches and canyons there are some hardy plants, including the frankincense tree, a species that made this area economically important centuries ago.

Talking to author John Higgs about his new book, which details the pivotal points in one of human history's most important centuries that you're not going to be taught about at school.

But Smith went on to complete, from 173 balls, what is an important century not just for the match but in terms of his position in the Australia side.

"An extraordinary effort again from the top order, with five batsmen passing fifty, and two vitally important century stands to see the side over the line.

Here, we investigate genetic differences between common laboratory stains of D. melanogaster to those recently caught from nature to examine whether this important, centuries-old genetic model has evolved convergent domesticated behaviors by adapting to a bottled existence or being inundated by low-fitness alleles.

As the Quaker example suggests, intragroup trust remained important for centuries.

A 20th century grammar continues to define what surely must be the most important 21st century partnership.

It is difficult, in other words, to think of a single important twentieth-century intellectual who did not cross paths with Arthur Koestler, or a single important twentieth-century intellectual movement that Koestler did not either join or oppose.

How important have century-long shifts in climate been?

Erik Thomsen sold Japanese hanging scrolls and an important 18th-century screen.

The Irish data includes Griffiths Valuation, one of the most important 19th-century sources.