The Modern Jazz Quartet continued to perform all over the world for sold-out crowds until the late nineteen seventies.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

One would be characteristic of semi-nomadic pastoralists: the sacrifice of the first lamb born in the spring to the deity in order to procure favor and continued blessing on the flocks for the spring.

一种是具有半游牧人的特色：,他们把春天里的第一只羊羔献给神,为了获得神的偏爱,来年春天继续赐福。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The bus ride continued for a few more minutes.

这个旅程持续了几分钟。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

So the voting continued. Finally,on the forty-seventh ballot, support began to increase for one of the minor candidates.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

They say their findings offer one reason why the custom of cursing may have continued for so long.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

To guarantee continued support for the war, Lincoln was forced to recognize that the issue of slavery was, in fact,a major issue.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Early in his career, he continued President Kennedy's desire for social change by helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-four.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Through the years, Rosa Parks continued to work for the NAACP and appeared at civil rights events.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

She continued to write and edit publications for the Bureau of Fisheries for many years.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

Doctors pushed their instruments into the wound as they continued to look for the bullet.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Mister Tombaugh continued to record the motion of the new planet for thirteen years.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

For twenty-five years, Clara Barton continued as the president of the American Red Cross.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

He continued using his violin to perform for sailors at the naval station.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

Eunice Kennedy Shriver continued to work for the disabled in other ways.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

But it continued for more than a year in the southern Philippines.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Senate debate on the bill continued for more than a month.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

The Montgomery bus boycott continued for three hundred eighty-one days.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

The extreme heat continued for weeks.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The ayatollah continued his opposition from Qom, where he spent several years under house arrest for his outspoken views.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

But he stresses that continued U.S.support for democracy in the Muslim world is a key requisite to improving relations.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

It said Gilo is an integral part of Jerusalem and that building in the neighborhood has continued unabated for decades.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

"There will be a continued role for ongoing stimulus in the short-term as we develop the framework for strong,sustainable and balanced growth."

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

"As the engagement went on and the enemy continued with strong fire, air support was called for."

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Backed by the U.N.account, Israeli troops returned to the border area on Wednesday and continued pruning trees and bushes which could provide cover for terrorists.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Usually a one-day event, the celebration continued for several days around the actual holiday.

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

Anger at the Israeli raid continued for a second day across the Middle East.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Advocates for public defenders say continued cuts may threaten the programs needed to provide justice for those accused of crimes and for the victims of crime.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

She said it was not yet time for additional sanctions but the United States continued to believe such a step might be needed if diplomacy fails.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

Professor Hoodbhoy says the government for years tried to ignore or minimize the spreading influence of the militants, without acknowledging that the situation continued to worsen.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

But Tarrin calls for the major industrial countries to ensure continued support to developing economies because they are unable to maintain large stimulus packages like those in the industrial world.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06