Sentence examples for rich in centuries of from inspiring English sources

But "Istanbul Passage" is enlivened by intelligent plotting and its vivid evocation of the city itself, a setting rich in centuries of intrigue.

The house is rich with centuries of history.

(JJ) Degas is the most misunderstood of all the artists who became controversial and then rich in 19th-century Paris under the nickname of impressionism.

Indeed he concludes his whistle-stop tour across the centuries with the sentence: "The victory of the super rich in the 21st century is a product of 2,000 years of history".

The list of alumni is long and extremely rich in household names of the past half-century: Disney CEO Michael Eisner, Eva Marie Saint, Bruce Willis, a ton of anchormen and chatshow hosts, and Joan Rivers.

After growing rich in the early 20th century off the byproducts of its pasture, New Zealand imposed subsidies not so much to protect farming but as part of a plan to insulate its domestic manufacturers from global competition.

For millions of people downstream this is the color of life: the Mekong, teeming with hundreds of species of fish and rich in minerals, has for centuries been the lifeline of villages and towns stretching from the rocky rapids of Tibet to the lazy meanderings of the river in the Vietnam delta.

Today, at the end of a century rich in abstract painting, it's not easy to imagine the magnitude of the hurdle at which Dove had arrived by 1910.

Wine made from grapes was a luxury enjoyed by only the very rich in the first half of the 20th century.

Yet, as in centuries past, for most of the super-rich, status symbols are not enough.

Deep, easily crumbled, and rich in base minerals, some of those dark soils have been farmed continuously for many centuries.