Sentences with phrase «to last for centuries»

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, disposable diapers last for centuries in landfills, and a typical baby goes through about 8,000 of them.

Despite Christ's no show and the continuation of civilization, somehow the cult lasted for centuries.

For really, there are some fragments that are only worth throwing into the dustbin... and others whose importance lasts for centuries, because their completion can only be a matter for God, and so they are fragments that must be fragments.

The non-biodegradable type of bag lasts for centuries and are more then just an eyesore as they are a hazard to wildlife when they end up in the food chain.

Books last for centuries.

The most powerful Mayan cities during the Classic Period were Tikal and Calakmul, whose rivalry lasted for centuries.

Carbon dioxide lasts for centuries in the atmosphere, and will be responsible for most of climate change's ill effects.

But warm interglacial periods had certainly been subject to big swings of temperature lasting for centuries.

The footprints left by Apollo astronauts will last for centuries because there is no wind on the Moon.

Not to mention the people who might have been put to work building parks, fixing theaters and arts centers, building the kind of social infrastructure that lasts for centuries instead of just paving more roads to Oklahoma.

We remember the Crusade wars, seven major and several minor, which lasted for centuries.

The tobacco industry has lasted for centuries, leaving millions of dead bodies in its wake.

How many stocks and bonds have lasted for centuries the way precious metals have?

How many stocks and bonds have lasted for centuries?

(I often wonder if Lewis erred on the side of propaganda with Aslan and thus limited his non-Christian audience, whereas Tolkien's greater subtlety may last for centuries.)

It was the recovery of a message that had got buried — a world - changing message which will last for all centuries.

Their greatness usually came after they were dead — so most of them never realized that their contribution would last for centuries.

Again, we see here an excellent illustration of how the static pattern of thought has been the source of much of our false philosophic and theological problems, problems that have lasted for centuries and even to our day.

Marks on clay or papyrus could last for centuries — creating a new sense of history.

In sum, the antidemocratic period of Catholicism must be viewed as an aberration, although, to be sure, an aberration that lasted for some centuries.

Unfortunately religions seem to last for centuries... look how long all the now defunct ones lasted.

Senator Larkin has made an impact on every community he represents and his legacy will last for a century.»

Evidence shows shifts that last for centuries, suggesting these tropical climate patterns have varied more radically and for longer durations than previously believed.

Gargantuan stores of gas hydrates under the oceans and permafrost regions of the globe have many scientists wondering whether they can find an economically feasible way to unlock the methane, creating a natural gas supply that could last for centuries.

Looking for a quick payback also ignores consequences that last for centuries.

This unfolding drama can last for centuries.

Then it decays into carbon dioxide, which can last for centuries.

Murals painted by the Maya and other pre-Columbian cultures often contain a distinctive blue pigment that somehow manages to last for centuries in humid rain forests, as has this mural from Cacaxtla in Mexico.

Now with hope for Lycan freedom within his grasp, Lucian declares war on the Vampires, setting up a ferocious feud that will last for centuries to come.

Meanwhile, Ares (the God of War) has escaped his imprisonment at the hands of the Amazonians and has decided to exact his revenge by starting a World War that will last for centuries and wipe out every living being on the planet, starting with the Amazons.

If so, I hope they last for centuries.»

A charter school operator may be around for three to five years, but these are buildings that must last for a century, notes Ramsey Green, who, as the Recovery School District's chief operating officer, is in charge of creating campuses for both RSD and OPSB schools, charters and direct - run alike.

Speaking about the longevity of the printed word, Mr Waterstone said: «Print on paper has lasted for centuries.

In this remote area between Guatemala and Belize, one of the greatest civilizations of its time built a city that lasted for centuries!

You will create a family dynasty which can last for centuries.

«With his impeccable taste and experience developing and producing entertainment in nearly every format imaginable, Evan is the unique executive to revitalize and canonize our partners» brands by working with Hollywood to create stories that will last for centuries,» said Stories president and CEO Tomoya Suzuki.

I recall reading work by Akasofu a few years back which postulated a linear 0.5 degC / century «recovery from the LIA» that would last for centuries.

The claim that even if we act now the problem will last for centuries is absolutely false.

We need building science so our great works of art can last for centuries.