Example sentences of "[art] [adj] few centuries " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Runcie repeated his offer of a limited primacy , involving the limited powers exercised by the popes in the first few centuries of the Christian Church . |
| 2 | For the first few centuries of the Christian era , Ireland was largely isolated from the rest of Europe . |
| 3 | The Engineers School is responsible for many of the Empire 's technical innovations over the past few centuries . |
| 4 | The directing principle of this work is that over the past few centuries sexuality has assumed major symbolic importance as a target of social intervention and organisation , to a degree that differentiates this period from those preceding it . |
| 5 | But can you think of anybody for yourself who you could think of who over the recently or over the in the past few centuries or closer to home have shown the gifts of the Holy Spirit in their lives ? |
| 6 | The physical difficulty of working with oceanic animals has limited cetacean study in the past , and much of the information available on whales over the last few centuries has , ironically , come from the whaling industry . |
| 7 | Where problems can arise is in distinguishing between possible dates in the last few centuries , but prior to the bomb effect . |
| 8 | With the considerable degree of replanting in the last few centuries it is possible that the Weald now exhibits a more wooded aspect than at any time since the early medieval period . |
| 9 | Its reputation as a seat of learning precedes that of Altdorf , although it has been overshadowed by the new capital over the last few centuries . |
| 10 | However , some religions including the Christian churches , have in the last few centuries emphasised individual morality to the neglect of public morality . |
| 11 | It may have even done so within the last few centuries , though no one can know for sure . |
| 12 | Well taking our rivers , first of all , have the rivers of Sussex changed very much in recent years , and when I say recent years I mean over the last few centuries ? |
| 13 | The brewery passed through several hands in the next few centuries , becoming one of several East End specialists in the production of porter . |
| 14 | Clearly , biotechnology will have an increasing role to play in environmental quality during the next few centuries , especially if existing methodologies can be improved by genetic engineering ( see below ) . |
| 15 | Over the next few centuries it shifted from one to the other of the latter two until , with the establishment in the tenth and eleventh centuries of an ‘ English ’ monarchy , it served only as a minor shire , more quoted in tax returns than in high politics before the advent of the Normans . |
| 16 | The rigours of the English winter soon drove them indoors , and the next few centuries saw the minsters linked up with a series of local ‘ parish ’ churches . |
| 17 | ‘ I have interesting plans for the next few centuries . |
| 18 | In fact , it was no longer a glagolitic institution , as Cyrillic had replaced glagolitic in most of Dalmatia south of Split by the fifteenth century , and Cyrillic was in its turn replaced by the Latin script during the next few centuries . |