Sixteen was the ratio for centuries before massive silver discoveries in the Americas in the 1800s.
Together with Strauss the pair looked to be heading for centuries before spinner Gavin Wallace produced a big, turning leg-break which defeated an attempted drive and hit the England captain's off-stump.
This, arguably, was the contrast that every great Mediterranean mind had to wrestle with for several centuries before and after the life of Jesus Christ.
Trade and commerce between our people has been happening for centuries -- even before we were independent nations.
"York Minster has stood at the heart of the city for centuries, but even before that, this site was instrumental in the growth of York, from a military barracks into a major conurbation, " said the Dean of York, the Very Reverend Vivienne Faull.
Thanks to them, nations that fought two world wars in Europe and in Asia, some of which had battled each other for centuries, now cooperate with each other as never before.
In the two centuries before 1971, people got into financial trouble for all kinds of reasons.
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That left time for captain Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook to each record unbeaten half-centuries before stumps.
Cramped European city centers -- many were laid out centuries before the automobile was invented -- also provide incentive for adopting technology that can help unsnarl traffic.
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For three centuries, generations of Wings slept in that sturdy wood-frame house before the family eventually turned it into a museum.
However, his progression from 99 to 100 centuries took more than a year as he was left stranded for 33 innings before scoring 114 against Bangladesh last week.
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Mathematicians struggled for centuries with the question of what, multiplied by itself, gives the answer -1 before one of them, Leonhard Euler, suggested that the best way to deal with the problem was to invent a new symbol (he chose i) and live with the consequences.
Half-centuries achieved, the pair began to open up ruthlessly and Gambhir drove Anderson through the covers for four before Yuvraj flicked Anderson over the leg side for six.
We have some, but few, written accounts of these cultures before this time period, but earthworks like the great serpent mound have been sources of speculation for centuries.
Gavin Hamilton and McCallum then reached their half-centuries - McCallum in 68 balls and Hamilton in 114 deliveries - before the veteran opener was out for 56, caught at long-on by Olweny off Kamyuka.
That's what makes classical music timeless, because even though it's been around for centuries, musicians like all of you are always reinterpreting and replaying it in ways that we've never heard before -- and that makes it so exciting.
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