Sentences with phrase «unchanged for centuries»

This incredible country has remained unchanged for centuries, its landscapes and communities frozen in time — but now it's opening up.

The natural landscape and the way of life has been relatively unchanged for centuries and Lombok is considered to be an «unspoilt Bali».

Explore Inca ruins and rural villages, admire scenic vistas overlooking the Vilcabamba and Urubamba ranges, and get a first - hand glimpse at the local farming culture that has remained unchanged for centuries.

The mountain villages and their terrace farming have remained unchanged for centuries.

Its historic center, which has remained largely unchanged for centuries, is unrivaled in its magnificence and grandeur, while Edinburgh Castle itself appears as if it could withstand any modern - day attack.

• Potosi — the opportunity to enter a working silver & tin mine where techniques have remained unchanged for centuries.

Here it is thought they remained relatively unchanged for centuries, with little interbreeding from outside sources.

It has remained unchanged for centuries.

Across publishing, once an industry virtually unchanged for centuries, revolutionary transformation is under way.

Across publishing — once an industry virtually unchanged for centuries — revolutionary transformation is under way.

Not exact matches

This past year I observed an Easter ritual in Jerusalem that will be repeated soon, unchanged, exactly as it has been performed each year for centuries — the Miracle of Holy Fire.

Aztec cookery was the basis for the Mexican food of today, and, in fact, many Aztec dishes have lasted through the centuries virtually unchanged.

While those lawmakers who have been bold enough to speak on the topic today have repeatedly bemoaned the fact that it has been over 17 years since their $ 79,500 pay has been been raised, the $ 1,500 established in the 1870s remained unchanged for over a half - century.

Students in the United States spend much less time in school than do students in most other industrialized nations, and the school year has been essentially unchanged for more than a century.

Take a basic concept that's been unchanged for three - quarters of a century, add continual refinement and development, and you have defined the reliable, go - almost - anywhere, do - anything, on - and - off - road vehicle for all of us.

At that time, at the beginning of the fresh century, the village was almost untouched by the modern world, by a future that would, in a few years, sweep aside a way of life unchanged for hundreds.

The French School of the Far East, responsible for its conservation, fought for the temple where the jungle had reasserted itself for five centuries, to be left unchanged.

The estate has been preserved to the finest detail with rooms kept unchanged since his death for more than a century — with books, furniture, paintings and even some of Tolstoy's clothes.

The opulent interiors, which have remained virtually unchanged for three centuries, reflect the aristocratic grandeur of the early Georgian era and feature Scottish carving, plasterwork, gilding and ceiling painting.

(As mentioned in the paper, when downscaling the GFDL CM2.1 model, rather than the ensemble mean, the number of hurricanes stays roughly unchanged by the end of the 21st century, and we see a substantial increase in the strongest model storms, those that exceed the surface pressure criterion for category 3.

«Projections for the 21st century indicate that it is likely that the global frequency of tropical cyclones will either decrease or remain essentially unchanged, concurrent with a likely increase in both global mean tropical cyclone maximum wind speed and rain rates (Figure TS.26).

Last year, carbon emissions were unchanged even as the global economy grew by 3 per cent compared with 2013, according to a report by Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), a think tank linked to the UN Environment Programme.

For this reason, the proportion of resources that we expend on lighting has remained virtually unchanged for the past three centuries, at about 0.72 percent of gross domestic produFor this reason, the proportion of resources that we expend on lighting has remained virtually unchanged for the past three centuries, at about 0.72 percent of gross domestic produfor the past three centuries, at about 0.72 percent of gross domestic product.

We see the last half century, with 95 % lower and upper bounds and linear trend lines through a dual pass prime 13/11 filter (which should minimize distortions), and for comparison both Mauna Loa and the last line, «plot / best - lower / from: 1960 / trend / detrend: 0.9» in dark blue, far below the real global temperature curve, maintaining the slope Girma claims is the actual temperature trend «unchanged in 160 years».

The basic premise of a legal agreement was unchanged for generations before the 20th Century.

Unlike the financial services industry, which has long embraced technology as a means to generate better bottom line profits (think algorithmic trading), real estate is an industry that has remained largely unchanged for over half a century (or several centuries in certain respects).

Transport yourself back to the 60s with this Birmingham home that has remained unchanged for half a century!