Most of these tribes have maintained their aboriginal lifestyle for centuries, and government policy has been to not interfere with them unless essential.

There are also a few examples of ō-yoroi in Shinto shrines where they have been maintained and protected for centuries.

It has maintained its popularity for centuries.

The body of the building was based on a parish church which had not been maintained for several centuries.

The divinity and the purity of this place is been maintained for centuries, with its breath-taking beauty.

The caretaker order had to be maintained for centuries, perhaps millennia, until the nomads, in their own time, outgrew it.

The castle's military character was maintained for several centuries, the last siege occurring in 1746 during the Jacobite Risings.

It seemed to match the rigid social codes that have maintained peace and order for centuries in this and thousands of Indian villages.

We have maintained it for centuries.

Traces of the original paint on the capitals, which had been maintained for several centuries, still remain visible today.