Several were born in the early decades and persisted throughout the century.

Several decades after Pearson's work with early versions of meta-analysis, Glass published the first application of modern meta-analytic techniques and triggered their broad application across the social and biomedical sciences.

Several decades of SETI analysis have not revealed any main sequence stars with unusually bright or meaningfully repetitive radio emissions, although there have been several candidate signals.

Several such raids followed in subsequent decades, in particular the Battle of Abrittus in 251, led by Cniva, in which the Roman Emperor Decius was killed.

Several decades later, the poet Robert de Boron retold this material in his poem Merlin.

Several decades later, Wade Davis, a Harvard ethnobotanist, presented a pharmacological case for zombies in two books, The Serpent and the Rainbow ( 1985 ) and Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie ( 1988 ).

Several members of the orchestra remained there for several decades.

Several African territories under European rule had achieved independence in recent decades.

Several cast members have since appeared in the radio comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, which was originally a spinoff from ISIRTA but has outlived it by decades.

Several now legendary events took place on the Wartburg in the following decades, best known is the " Singers ' Contest on the Wartburg " ( Sängerkrieg, which is part of the Tannhäuser legend ).

Several decades later the region was evacuated due to increased Orc attacks and hidden refuges were built for the Rangers of Ithilien to continue to strike at the enemy.

Several different kinds of screens were proposed during the following decades.

Several proposals to build tidal harnesses for electrical power generation have been put forward in recent decades.

Several New York musicians who had already been performing Cuban dance music for decades when salsa was popularized initially scoffed at the term.

Several new towns were incorporated and added to New London over the next few decades: Preston in 1687, Colchester in 1699, and Lebanon in 1700.

Several decades later Juan Pardo recorded his observation of a predominant Native American tribe, later confirmed to be the Catawba, in the vicinity of present-day Fort Mill, east of the Catawba River.

Several lawsuits have emerged in the last decade with regards to water contamination and ground gas seepage due to decades of dumping on the DuPont site.

Several decades of prosperity followed.

Several of the community's hills and ridges — such as the properties along Laurel Ridge Drive and Fredericksburg Drive — also have been developed in recent decades.

Several mills and factories established operations at Englewood over subsequent decades, but most had shut down by the late 1990s.

Several aging legends in the business, such as Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng, suddenly found themselves the center of attention, receiving acclaim and accolades after decades of being virtually ignored by audiences and industry professionals alike.

Several decades of warring in Hefei between Wu and Wei followed this battle.

Several decades later, Tula was turned by the Demidovs into the greatest ironworking center of Eastern Europe.

Several decades ago, it was the centre of the plastics industry.

Several decades later, Impressionism revolutionized art by a taking a similar approach — quick, spontaneous painting done in the out-of-doors ; however, where the Impressionists used rapidly applied, un-mixed colors to capture light and mood, Corot usually mixed and blended his colors to get his dreamy effects.

Several Soviet Socialist Republics began resisting central control, and increasing democratization led to a weakening of the central government.

Several of these articles advocated his staunchly feminist views, calling for the liberation of women in Chinese society ; alongside his early experiences with forced arranged marriage, this was possibly influenced by the recent death of his mother and his increasing romantic involvement with Yang Kaihui ( 1901 – 1930 ), the daughter of Mao's recently deceased mentor Yang Changji.

Several millennia ago, Arab tribes migrated eastward to Oman, coinciding with the increasing presence in the region of peoples from present-day Iran.

Several people have endeavored to memorize the value of with increasing precision, leading to records of over 67, 000 digits.

Several approaches to the problem of increasing the rate of fire were developed, the earliest being multi-barrelled weapons which allowed two or more shots without reloading.

Several mask treatments combine the enzyme with hydrogen peroxide on the face with the intent of increasing cellular oxygenation in the upper layers of the epidermis.

Several methods have been proposed to remedy this by increasing genetic diversity somehow and preventing early convergence, either by increasing the probability of mutation when the solution quality drops ( called triggered hypermutation ), or by occasionally introducing entirely new, randomly generated elements into the gene pool ( called random immigrants ).

Several commercial growers have converted their crops to guar production to support the increasing demand for guar and other organic crops in the United States.

Several health clinics in the United States ( e. g. Tom Waddell in San Francisco, Callen Lorde in New York City, Mazzoni in Philadelphia ) have developed “ protocols ” for transgender hormone therapy following a “ harm reduction ” model which increasing numbers of providers have adopted.

Several small additions are being added to accommodate the increasing class size, and a major renovation on the existing portion will bring it up to code.

Several small additions are being added to accommodate the increasing class size, and a major renovation on the existing portion will bring it up to code.

Several small additions are being added to accommodate the increasing class size, and a major renovation on the existing portion will bring it up to code.

Several small additions are being added to accommodate the increasing class size, and a major renovation on the existing portion will bring it up to code.

Several small additions are being added to accommodate the increasing class size, and a major renovation on the existing portion will bring it up to code.

Several small additions are being added to accommodate the increasing class size, and a major renovation on the existing portion will bring it up to code.

Several different researchers have proposed methods of increasing the creativity of an individual.

Several works of fiction explain pyrokinetic powers as being the ability to excite or speed up an object's atoms, increasing their thermal energy until they ignite, not necessarily objects, but also air particles.

Several educational interventions have been designed to foster dissonance in students by increasing their awareness of conflicts between prior beliefs and new information ( e. g., by requiring students to defend prior beliefs ) and then providing or guiding students to new, correct explanations that will resolve the conflicts.

Several new private housing schemes have been built in and around Bannockburn since the 1990s, increasing pressure on the already-overcrowded high school.

Several musical festivals have been launched since the early 1990s propelled by increasing demand of the developing youth culture.

Several inns and hotels were built to accommodate their increasing numbers.

Several factors — including growth of education, the influence of the Romantic movement generally and in music, popularization ( including the ' star-status ' of many performers such as Liszt and Paganini ), among others — led to an increasing interest in music among non-specialist journals, and an increase in the number of critics by profession, of varying degrees of competence and integrity.

Several different epidemiological studies indicate antibiotic resistance is increasing in clinical isolates.