Example sentences of "[noun prp] for centuries " in BNC.
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| 1 | Endemic in Bengal for centuries , the first of four epidemics to attack the British population first appeared in Sunderland in 1831 ( the others were in 1848 , 1853 , and 1866 ) . |
| 2 | Comics have been a popular tradition in Mexico for centuries . |
| 3 | Agincourt faces , Jo had called them ; the bony , resolute features of a dynasty which led the people of England for centuries . |
| 4 | Though Cranmer drew from many sources , it was his own touch which gave the Prayer Book the charm , perfection of form and expression which were to endow the Church of England for centuries with unity , strength and a way to the hearts of men . |
| 5 | A hardy , naturally polled breed of a type which has been in southwest Scotland for centuries , the Galloway is capable of growing a thick , shaggy coat of long , rain-shedding hairs over its thick , soft , mossy undercoat to protect itself in the cold , damp climate of the region . |
| 6 | That year , therefore , saw the re-establishment of a principle which had existed in Scotland for centuries , namely ‘ the arrangement by which the formation of the records is committed to one set of officers and the custody of them to another ’ ( Conveyancing Lectures , Menzies , 2nd Edn , 1856 , p 165 ) . |
| 7 | Monks had lived at Beni Hasan for centuries , and their religious graffiti can be seen everywhere . |
| 8 | They say he has traded with the Soul Eaters for centuries , although I do n't know why . |
| 9 | Woodcote Lane for centuries was part of the main Wallingford Road . |
| 10 | The islands could hardly survive without an export crop : some progress was being made in establishing cotton-growing when , in the 1640s , English politics and Dutch commerce worked together in a way that decided the course of the West Indies for centuries . |
| 11 | They are related to corresponding breeds in Norway , Finland and the USSR and have been bred in Sweden for centuries . |
| 12 | The Doges ' Palace was home to the rulers of Venice for centuries . |
| 13 | One form of horizontal devolution has been a feature of the constitution of the United Kingdom for centuries . |
| 14 | ( It is interesting to note that the Jeffery family have been in Donhead for centuries as The Visitation of Wilts 1565 records that the first wife of Alderman Thomas Pople of Salisbury , was ‘ Katherine , daughter to John Jeffery of Doned Marie , Dorset ’ . ) |
| 15 | H. For centuries , groups of farmers have lived together in villages and worked the land around each village to a distance of about 1.5–2.0 km . |
| 16 | Antics of this kind had been the stuff of carnival throughout western Europe for centuries . |
| 17 | Bronze , an alloy of mainly copper and tin , could be polished until it looked almost like gold , and the technique of making it had been known in Britain for centuries . |
| 18 | The ‘ aristocratic ’ character of landowning has been a central basis for social status and political power in Britain for centuries , and the divisions of interest between land and industry have been fundamental to the political development of the upper class . |
| 19 | It is also very effective and has been practised in Holland for centuries . |
| 20 | Pasta has been eaten in Italy for centuries and there are records of the ancient Etruscans eating laganon , or sheets of pasta that we now call lasagne . |
| 21 | Sterling bonds have been traded in London for centuries ; they have been issued by commercial undertakings , by foreign governments and their agencies and above all by the British government . |
| 22 | But they were still respectful to the Emperor ; as fellow-Muslims they were part of the group that had dominated India for centuries , and it is unlikely that he was nearly as worried by their attitude as he was by the threat of Persian invasions like the one that led to Delhi being captured and plundered in 1739 , or by the rebellious Marathas of western India , Hindu in religion and devoted to cavalry raids to plunder their neighbours . |
| 23 | Greek colonies had prospered in Italy not very far from Rome for centuries . |
| 24 | What happens to British examples is unknown , but it has been consumed as a delicacy in Europe and North America for centuries . |
| 25 | Farmhouse cheese has been made in Lancashire for centuries . |
| 26 | The Hudson family have lived in the Manor House in the picturesque village of Wick for centuries . |