Sentence examples for more a century from inspiring English sources

A meal that cost $4 (in today's money) in the 1870s cost $30 or more a century later.

"Who could ask for more?" A century ago virtually all American mothers nursed their babies, but by the 1950s, formula was the norm.

It explains why the remuneration of capital (interest, not profits) has shrunk from 20 percent or more a century ago to less than 10 percent of the national income in modern times.

Attendees were told that five pieces of related legislation are circulating through Congress.In this section Homesick blues Secret no more A century of progress Debt trap Europe flops Dead and buried Basle bust To court Our quarterly portfolio poll Fleming bonds ReprintsReal action, however, is another thing altogether.

Some of the events that attract Lelyveld's attention date back more a century, but they cast a long shadow over more recent history.

In one notable ad, actors mocked the leader's humanitarian-focused foreign policy as "wanting to send winter jackets to Syria," with one saying "like that will stop ISIS?" While a 78-day campaign may seem short compared to the million-furlong horse race that is the road to the American presidency, the lead-up to Canada's election is the longest in more a century.

That was more than a century ago.

Many are more than a century old.

Fast forward more than a century.

Declaring somebody a saint can take more than a century.

Hungary has a film tradition more than a century old.