Sentence examples for of several centuries from inspiring English sources

(Schonbrunn, it may be noted, is a warren of hidden passages and hallways and entrances and exits, of great interest to the gossips of several centuries).

Dr. Kennett said there also appeared to be a gap of several centuries between the disappearance of the Clovis and the resettlement by other people.

Given that the collection is also from the Royal Court, the show offers an insight into the taste and wealth of several centuries of Spanish nobility.

The country has one of the oldest electoral systems in the world, which has evolved gradually over the course of several centuries.

Only Lovers Left Alive stars the British actors Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as an underground musician and his enigmatic lover of several centuries, while the supporting cast includes John Hurt, Jeffrey Wright and Mia Wasikowska.

How it would have looked when he painted it is another unknown: her currently crepuscular aspect is the result of several centuries of protective varnish, tinged yellowish by oxidisation.

He points out inferences to the Cold War, noting that the spy Sakov in "The Cure" is Russian and concluding that The Secret Service is one of several Century 21 series that "unashamedly capitalised on the Cold War cult of the secret agent whose skills defend the home from enemies unknown".

Certainly it has been a subject of comedy for several centuries.

Stratigraphic columns were augured in contiguous 10 cm sample levels, which produced temporal resolution of decades to several centuries.

Didsbury remained within the manor of Withington for several centuries.

The exact location of the Hutchinson house has been a source of great interest for several centuries.