Sentences with phrase «prior centuries»

There may be far more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the entire prior century than in previous ones — but that hasn't translated into anywhere near temp.

But there were others like the English monk and scholar Bede (672/673 — 735), also known as «The Father of English History», who studied the works of Pliny the Elder, Horace, Virgil, Lucretius, Ovid, and other classical writers and who helped preserve the knowledge of prior centuries.

Preachers today can not operate on the assumptions regarding the hearers» view of the speaker that prevailed in prior centuries when it was generally accepted that authority resided in a few, not the many.

Due to shortages of vellum in prior centuries, monasteries often had scribes cover over ancient text with a kind of «white out», or they would scrape off the ancient text.

In the prior century the GDP for the U.S. was double that of the U.K. yet there stock returns were virtually the same over the long run?

For people who can still appreciate something made in the prior century (and those numbers are dwindling), Murnau's vision of «Faust» begins with what was at the time a revolutionary visual, and still today is a provacative and effective image.

The prior Century post & Inflation post are v relevant too: They highlight why I believe inflation won't prove an issue in the near / medium term, and how to prioritize the choice of real assets (property, natural resources, agri) as inflation pure plays.

Mike Arms and North Shore were making a life - saving difference with strong public support and a broad donation base without being engaged in animal control contracts, shelter killing or any of the nonlife - affirming activities that had been the stock in trade of regional humane societies and SPCAs for most of the prior century.

New York's town and village justices operate under a system devised for a prior century, and many have had their struggles with judicial discipline.