“In the past, theaters may have opened in other places as well, and a single one was sufficient to render a people famous and memorable for an entire century.”

“If there are factors at work in the preservation of these particular texts, an increased interest in divine dreams in this particular century is not one of them.”

“At the beginning of the century the law of conservation of mass in chemical reactions was checked experimentally by Landolt and various other experimenters.”

“The cohorts, divided into six centuries commanded by a centurion, became the main tactical unit of the army.”

“Mr Edwards said the original stone was an altar erected by a Roman centurion as a dedication to the gods for saving his life.”

“Like Nero, his family had ties to the Legion, but he was not of noble blood, unlike Nero, and could not become a centurion.”

“The Centenier finished his coffee, while Holmes selected and filled his briar pipe.”

“The Centenier is the only officer authorised to charge and bail offenders.”

“Residents in Sabden are celebrating a special centenary today - the 100th anniversary of their small village achieving its ‘independence’.”

“The remarkable double act of two centenarians in one family was achieved by Phyllis Powell and her sister, 103-year-old Gladys Glyde.”

“The median age of the veterans is 77.5 for men and 79.2 for women, and there are 1,000 who are centenarians.”

“The island prefecture of Okinawa has the most centenarians per population, and the official attributed this to the subtropical climate.”

“Both centurions and their centuries rushed to the scene, but it was not what was expected.”

“Senior non-commissioned officers were called centurions, who varied greatly in rank.”

“The centurions club is an elite club of people who can run or walk 100 miles inside of 24 hours.”

“Each parish elects its own force of Honorary Police consisting of Centeniers, Vingteniers and Constable's Officers.”

“Centeniers are elected at a public election within each parish for a term of three years to undertake policing within the parish.”

“Clubs have a habit of recording their histories, usually to celebrate jubilees or centenaries, though sometimes to mourn mergers or closures.”

“This monticule was known as the site where the splendid temple had been built centuries ago.”

“But does misandry even exist? Is there a difference between individual hatred and a contempt that underlies centuries of discrimination?”

“Across the centuries the fortunes of the two religions have risen and fallen in a sequence of momentous surges, pauses, and countersurges.”