Example sentences of "[verb] for centuries " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet other Douglas robber barons continued to indulge in their own intrigues against king and country , in the ‘ almost aimless treachery ’ , as Andrew Lang describes it , which ‘ endured for centuries from the reign of David II to that of James VI ’ . |
| 2 | Many natural foods we have happily consumed for centuries would never be allowed to be sold in the shops today if they were subject to the same tests as modern drugs and edible substances . |
| 3 | The nation has always been aware of its pre-eminent position , and proud of a moral ascendancy in the political sphere which has been sustained for centuries . |
| 4 | Hidden for centuries under plaster , the architrave of the main doorway is now revealed to be a monumental inscription from the time of the Emperor Trajan , which must have come from either the Roman baths or the imperial mint , both of which are nearby . |
| 5 | and suddenly I mean people lived for centuries there |
| 6 | ‘ Two reasons : first , because they moved here , the Sardinians , to find pasture when the land they had grazed for centuries was taken from them for development — the Costa Smeralda , etcetera . |
| 7 | In the course of time the pirates turned merchants became a great hereditary patriciate , and Venice came to rule a mercantile empire much akin to that of ancient Athens , even in the end to acquire a large contado along and behind the Italian coast — but only after it had depended for centuries on piracy and trade for its food and livelihood . |
| 8 | These are ancient divisions of the territory , recognized for centuries past as distinct pays , but you are unlikely to find them entered on a modern map , so I should apologize for introducing what will seem like obsolete names . |
| 9 | It is about a principle for which people have been fighting and dying for centuries — the indisputable right to self-determination . |
| 10 | These mosaics have suffered great damage through the ages , particularly in countries occupied for centuries by the Turks such as Greece and Turkey itself . |
| 11 | The principle of treatment of like by like , however , had been enunciated by Hippocrates in the fifth century BC , but it had been forgotten for centuries until rediscovered by Hahnemann . |
| 12 | In Bulgaria traditional music thrives , and unlike British fold music ( collated and ruined by rich Victorians ) it has for centuries remained undiluted by outside influences . |
| 13 | They managed to finish on grass quite happily and their marbled , lean , tender beef caught the eye of the butchers , as it has for centuries . |
| 14 | On the domestic scene glass has for centuries been worked into fine tableware , chandeliers and ornaments . |
| 15 | The staple crop has for centuries been rice , and wet-rice agriculture has been of crucial significance in the evolution of Japanese society . |
| 16 | The way of life of the Dalmatian peasants and fisherfolk , and of the citizens of the former Venetian colonies of Split , Šibenik and Zadar has for centuries resembled that of the Italians on the western shore of the Adriatic rather than that of their Slav cousins who inhabit the Balkan interior . |
| 17 | Situated on the banks of the River Mondego , on an important crossroads , it has for centuries played a vital role in the life of the centre of the country . |
| 18 | The toppled heads of long forgotten deities and dignitaries observed his passing , the silence they had enjoyed for centuries broken by the rattling of his chains and bells . |
| 19 | The large , powerful estate owners in Castile and Andalusia continued to exercise the social and economic power they had enjoyed for centuries , based on their monopoly holding of the principal economic resources . |
| 20 | They swam for centuries in the sea below the cliffs , until the ringing of the first Christian bell changed them back into children and they drowned . |
| 21 | Invariably jet-black and headless ( though sometimes having the heads of human beings ) Black Dogs have been reported for centuries as loping along lanes by ancient churchyards . |
| 22 | There is another function of playing dead that has been depicted for centuries but which , until recently , was thought to be no more than a fictitious folk-tale . |
| 23 | The legend of the fox that traps birds by pretending to be dead has been depicted for centuries . |
| 24 | The Baptists of Amersham were only doing what the universal Church had done for centuries in insisting on partaking in the Communion as a sign of being ‘ in communion ’ with the church . |
| 25 | People came out of the forest and went into the forest as they had done for centuries , making the deep tracks down Steep Ridgery . |
| 26 | How dare this blanc try to interfere with the way things have been done for centuries ? |
| 27 | It had started as an evening of fun , said Harper 's defence team , 5 young people doing what young people have done for centuries . |
| 28 | As people have mathematicians have done for centuries . |
| 29 | A few years ago Japanese-Americans were compensated for being interned during the second world war , and some ( mostly white ) people have begun to point out that blacks have yet to be compensated for centuries of slavery . |
| 30 | The dual system of rule which had prevailed for centuries was formally ended and national government brought under the aegis of the reigning sovereign whose authority was recognized throughout the country . |