Sentence examples for spanning two centuries from inspiring English sources

Together they anchor a pinwheel of scholastic architectural history spanning two centuries.

This hymn to New York City marshals more than 100 voices spanning two centuries, from Washington Irving to Tom Wolfe, Edgar Allan Poe to Dawn Powell.

Britain's "shameful" ignorance of Australian art is to be addressed by the Royal Academy when it stages the most important survey of the country's art ever mounted in the UK, with more than 200 works spanning two centuries.

The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, was yesterday scheduled to apologise for one of the darkest episodes in the country's history: the inhumane treatment of native Americans spanning two centuries.

In his book Piketty draws on data spanning two centuries and 20 countries to show how the western world is reverting to levels of inequality last seen during the Belle Epoque period of 1871-1914.

Never forget that you are part of an unbroken line of heroes spanning two centuries –- from the colonists who overthrew an empire, to your grandparents and parents who faced down fascism and communism, to you –- men and women who fought for the same principles in Fallujah and Kandahar, and delivered justice to those who attacked us on 9/11.

Her exhibition has chairs spanning four centuries.

The Library of Congress holds thousands of Bibles spanning eight centuries.

Thursday night's program offered works by French composers spanning six centuries.

Spanning five centuries, they now fill the Esther B. Aresty Collection on the Culinary Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.

In its 12th season, the artistic director, David Atherton, leads the festival orchestra in works spanning three centuries.