Example sentences of "over a century of " in BNC.
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1 | Sparks had been my life for only 16 years , but long before I joined I had admired its style , history and clientele — over a century of selling fine Chinese art , for the past 60 years from that great drawing-room of a shop in Mount Street . |
2 | Like her earlier Stand We At Last , which told the story of over a century of Western feminism , Daddy 's Girls shows Zoë Fairbairns to be adept at recreating detail and charting the changes in character 's lives as years pass . |
3 | Be that as it may , Arnold 's and Van Praagh 's schools laid the foundations for over a century of controversy and the beginning of the end of sign-language-dominated educational systems . |
4 | Call us on 01– or write to 1 Savoy Hill , London WC2R 0BP for a copy of our brochure and have over a century of experience available to you and your family . |
5 | The cornerstone of over a century of Russian diplomacy was laid with the signing of a formal alliance with Austria in 1726 . |