Sentence examples for of centuries old from inspiring English sources

But there is no translation issue with the Constitution, and it's only a couple of centuries old.

The results presented highlight that the two methods give comparable sugar profiles, whether the samples analysed are simple raw materials, pigmented and unpigmented paint replicas, or paint samples collected from hundreds of centuries old polychrome art objects.

The idea of the 'real' Robin Hood, a medieval character, is less than a couple of centuries old.

Although it has an "Old Town" and remains of centuries old stone walls, its population and development have lagged behind its now-larger neighbors.

The result of Donoghue's canvassing centuries of literature is a narrative the author presents as a "family tree" of centuries-old themes "hybridizing and mutating in every generation".

Italy had thousands of centuries-old structures that were difficult to modify.

The Kazakh professional bard once preserved a large repertoire of centuries-old poetry.

Criminal trials also proceed in accordance with a pair of centuries-old legal principles.

Instead it's a strikingly illustrated picture book for older readers, piquantly evocative of centuries-old historical events.

Poverty is entrenched here, the result of centuries-old relationships between the large landowners and the villagers.

But he added that he believed the images should be seen in context, as pieces of centuries-old history.