The Wodehouse family had been settled in Norfolk for many centuries.

The Reformation also made European peace impossible for many centuries.

It survived Christian controversy, and imperial disapproval, for several centuries more.

Sufi influences in the region go back many centuries.

Art and music Local art has spanned many centuries.

Many Asian countries, such as India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asian nations have used indigo as a dye (particularly silk dye) for centuries.

It became a standard text for the teaching of Latin verse during the next few centuries.

They were, throughout this period, confined to everyday speech, as, subsequent to Late Latin, Medieval Latin was used for writing.

Transformation into aristocracy For many centuries, wealthy and powerful members of the szlachta sought to gain legal privileges over their peers.

Modern linguists consider the metrical hymns of the Rigveda Samhita to be the earliest, composed by many authors over several centuries of oral tradition.

Harmony of miracles in the four Gospels Over the centuries Christian authors have reviewed, discussed and analyzed the miracles attributed to Jesus in the Gospels.

Many of these fiefdoms were united in the Burgundian Netherlands of the 14th and 15th centuries.

Over many centuries, Julfar became a wealthy port and pearling center from which dhows traveled throughout the Indian Ocean.

The town lay buried for centuries.

The construction straddled two centuries.

Based on this idea that a vacuum could not exist, in the West it was widely held for many centuries that space could not be empty.

Ice sheets would continue to disintegrate for centuries.

This has been something that has been refused for centuries, despite the evidence.

Many sejms issued decrees over the centuries in an attempt to resolve this issue, but with little success.

Kuhi The carving of famous haiku on natural stone to make poem monuments known as kuhi (句碑) has been a popular practice for many centuries.

It would be many centuries later that Western Christianity fully split from these traditions as its own communion.

Luckily, all of this changed a couple of centuries later.

Slaves resisted against slavery during all the centuries it lasted.

Although aluminium demand is rapidly increasing, known reserves of its bauxite ore are sufficient to meet the worldwide demands for aluminium for many centuries.

The cuneiform script was used for more than 22 centuries.

The position of the tomb was lost for many years.

There are many, many problems out there.

Poland, or at least its nucleus, was ruled at various times either by dukes (the 10th 14th century) or by kings (the 11th 18th century).

We're against lying, but we're covertly for it in ways that our society has sanctioned for centuries and centuries and centuries.

There it would lie for at least another three centuries until its rediscovery.

Antillia (or Antilia) is a phantom island that was reputed, during the 15th century age of exploration, to lie in the Atlantic Ocean, far to the west of Portugal and Spain.

Administrative usage of Latin persisted until the seventh century, when it was ended by Heraclius.

Culture France has been a center of Western cultural development for centuries.

Present day Turkmenistan covers territory that has been at the crossroads of civilizations for centuries.

The city was affected by the Baroque in the 17th and 18th centuries, and hosted numerous formidable artists, architects and painters of that period, such as Caravaggio and Francesco Hayez, which several important works are hosted in Brera Academy.

Many centuries later, in 2790, driven from Erebor by the dragon Smaug, Thrór, heir of Durin, attempted to re enter his ancestral home despite warnings not to.

In the centuries after 1200 BC, the Phoenicians were the major naval and trading power of the region.

His rhythmic prose style, called cursus leonicus , influenced ecclesiastical language for centuries.

Now this has been a problem for a very, very long time.

Scrooge and Marley were partners for I don't know how many years.

Now, this is of course a topic of philosophical debate for centuries.

Today, this valley is hidden by debris that has accumulated over the centuries.

Centuries later, Anthemius of Tralles mentions burning glasses as Archimedes' weapon.

For centuries, Barra do Sul had no terrestrial roads to other cities, relying on navigation and walking by the seashore.

The work was very popular for centuries, surviving in more than 700 manuscripts.