Sentences with phrase «hundreds of years ago»

I loved the fact that the aura it creates is «old glass» that was manufactured hundreds of years ago rather than a modern feel.

In the Yorta Yorta decision, the High Court specified requirements for native title to be recognised: what characteristics the relevant claimant group must have, their connection to land, and the continuity of their observance of culture.120 The Court's ruling affixed much of the potential for native title to the time of British imposition of sovereignty, hundreds of years ago.

«We all grow up in school — most of us, sadly, in public school — but, nevertheless, we learn about this thing that happened hundreds of years ago, which was the separation of church and state.

A map maker's error hundreds of years ago reversed the name of the island (San Juan) with the name of its capital (Puerto Rico, or «Rich Port») and the error was never corrected.

However, there is evidence that a large quake of at least a 7.5 magnitude struck this area hundreds of years ago, so it is something for residents to keep in mind.

Additionally, Bill C - 24 punishes criminal activity with exile — a practice abandoned hundreds of years ago that has no place in today's democracy.»

I am not speaking about events hundreds of years ago.

Court decisions written hundreds of years ago form the basis for our common law system and are still used as tools to educate law students on legal doctrine.

Hundreds of years ago, the United States found itself serving as a prime catalyst for the industrial revolution which spanned to encompass both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Soils and sediments in England now contain higher levels of metals like copper, lead, and cadmium than they did hundreds of years ago.

It also might also be terrific for houses and apartments, where service people could come and deal with it, sort of like the nightsoil people did hundreds of years ago; as we hit peak phosphorus we may find again that there is money in pee and poop.

«Our intention is not to go back to the way things were done in the past, but to integrate old techniques from hundreds of years ago with modern architecture.

Numerical risk assessment was invented hundreds of years ago to reduce losses in games of chance.

I also don't think that we've got good enough proxy data to get a world mean accurate to + / - 0.1 C hundreds of years ago.

It also means that the oceans COULD BE giving up heat that went down hundreds of years ago just as with CO2!!!

They don't even know how much of the increased CO2 in the atmosphere is anthropogenic and how much has been released from the oceans as a result of warming periods many hundreds of years ago.

It goes without saying that attempting to distinguish anthropogenic from natural forcings hundreds of years ago is a complex science.

In considering the value of using historical material the sceptical question first needs to be asked as to whether there is likely to be documentation / records available that let us look in detail at events that happened many hundreds of years ago and combine them with scientific material in a structured fashion that can elevate them above the easily dismissed «anecdote» which — whilst often interesting in themselves - tend to be one off snapshots that are not corroborated from other sources.

Towns have been found underwater from sea levels rising from hundreds of years ago.

Apparently she's also unaware of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, the Little Ice Age and what CO2 levels were hundreds of years ago.

Luther was HOW MANY hundreds of years ago?

From «lower latitudes» since science started (a few hundreds of years ago) temperature averages for any «zone» you define are calculated from many measurements over centuries.

These plants came to the UK hundreds of years ago as ballast in old boats — and now they are growing again.

That would certainly be painful and there's no guarantee that things wouldn't just revert to conditions last seem hundreds of years ago, including a much smaller population on Earth.

Sometimes a paper or two does turn a history of science on its head, and I do not mean, Galileo or anything from hundreds of years ago either.

These two court portraits were created hundreds of years ago and spend their lives in neighboring Texas cities.

That's why a painting today, no matter what it looks like, is connected to a painting made hundreds of years ago, to a Pontormo for example.

[Game Story] Hundreds of years ago, the ground was split by the cataclysm all of a sudden.

There are also vantage points which allow can use with her Focus that allows her to see parts of the world as they were hundreds of years ago.

Searching Arctic ruins for a lost civilisation, looking for a rare species thought to be extinct hundreds of years ago in the Amazon Rainforest or even maybe searching for some sort of Mayan ruins, the choices really are endless.

A tradition started hundreds of years ago.»

The two land in an isolated village called Wormwood Creek, whose residents have come to despise outsiders after an attack by the Gittish Empire hundreds of years ago.

Gray whales used to inhabit the North Atlantic, but the population became extinct hundreds of years ago.

Trekkers will pass many magnificent archeological ruins and native flora and fauna, while treading along a truly unique path, carved hundreds of years ago, on the way to the ancient citadel of... + More information +

This area is a glimpse into what California looked like hundreds of years ago, before urban sprawl, before smog and pollution, before Kim Kardashian.

One more unique feature of this beach is that occasionally in the winter when bigger waves scour sand off the beach, a very old forest emerges from the sand, perhaps an indicator of the location of the shoreline hundreds of years ago.

After touring around we go back to Nazca to visit a ceramic studio, where a craftsman will give us a better insight about the Nazca civilization and the colorful vessels they made hundreds of years ago.

Experience the best of Australia and New Zealand on an unforgettable tour filled with fascinating wildlife, dramatic scenery, and the region's favorite cities.In New Zealand, float by boat through the Waitomo caves under the brilliance of thousands of glowworms, visit the picturesque farm that brought the Hobbiton movie set of The Lord of the Rings trilogy to life, and find inspiration from the majestic beauty of Fiordland National Park, where you'll cruise the stunning Milford Sound to experience its pristine natural setting just as the Maori and European explorers did hundreds of years ago.

Fish from a kayak like the Native Chumash people did hundreds of years ago.

Hundreds of years ago, the native island Chumash traveled these ancient waters for hunting, fishing, and trading.

A journey to the underground river will take you on a tale that started many hundreds of years ago.

Every year thousands of tourists flock to Cusco to embark on a four day trek to Machu Picchu, along a truly exceptional mountain trail, made hundreds of years ago by the Inca civilization.

After a long ascent up yet another stone staircase and hiking along these trails the Incans make hundreds of years ago, we arrived at Intipunku (Sun Gate in Quechua).

The answer may lie with this pinniped's brush with near extinction hundreds of years ago.

The expedition also included a visit to petroglyphs along the river wall itched hundreds of years ago.

It's like going back in time to purchase your raw produce just as you would have hundreds of years ago.

Gaze at stunning frescoed walls, and climb the bell tower as you learn about the solitary monk who founded this small hermitage hundreds of years ago.

Occupying the south tip of Isla Mujeres are two related structures; a Caribbean village with its lighthouse overlooking the vestiges of the Mayan temple of Ixchel, the goddess of love, fertility and the moon and that signaled Mayan sailors and settlements as far away as Cozumel hundreds of years ago.

Bob: The fact that you can escape into nature on a trail and see what the Native Americans saw hundreds of years ago — it's cool.

History and Facts: The Lhasa Apso originated hundreds of years ago in the isolated reaches of the Himalayan Mountains.