Example sentences of "[be] a long [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of this is in the northwest where there has been a long history of land-use , involving both degradation and successful reclamation . |
| 2 | Mr Foster said : ‘ There has been a long period of uncertainty which always causes problems . |
| 3 | Lining the walls of the display hall are a long series of photographs and displays which trace not just the history of Yakovlev but the whole history of Soviet aviation , both civil and military , from the very earliest days right up to date and covering significant events through the years . |
| 4 | The first of what promised to be a long series of show trials of former senior officials of the ousted Ceausescu regime ended on Feb. 2 when a military tribunal in Bucharest found Emil Bobu , Manea Manescu , Ion Dinca and Tudor Postelnicu guilty of " co-authorship of genocide " in connection with the killing of demonstrators in Timisoara , Bucharest and elsewhere at the start of the December 1989 revolution [ see pp. 37104-05 ] . |
| 5 | ‘ It is the first in what we hope will be a long line of animation series from HTV . |
| 6 | You might think that there would be a long line of officials queuing up to undertake such a testing spying mission — and apparently there was . |
| 7 | Instead it was understood that there would be a long period of commodity circulation and all that that implied . |
| 8 | The committees are empowered to suggest amendments , and the bill which is returned to the house ( if it ever is ) may be substantially different from its original form ; there may be a long period of debate between representatives of the two houses of the Legislature and the Executive before consensus can be reached . |
| 9 | Erm Oh dear this is going to be a long list of things I was supposed to do but did n't . |
| 10 | But if character assassination were a crime , there 'd be a long list of suspects . |
| 11 | There 's a long bit of ash on the end of her fag , and when she talks it falls off onto the chickens . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's a long list of equipment here , ’ Ruth pointed out . |
| 13 | He says it 's a long stretch of road and you need at least two service areas . |
| 14 | It 's it 's a long stretch of time the troops need pinning down with it that 's all I 'm saying . |
| 15 | Aye , it 's a long number of years . |
| 16 | Similarly , there is a long tradition of receipt of state benefits . |
| 17 | The nature of language is more complex than amateurs think , and there is a long tradition of scholarship and study to draw upon . |
| 18 | There is a long tradition of by-employment , much of it non-agricultural in nature , in Japanese farming families , and the extension of this practice since 1945 — accentuated by the sharp decline of the previously all-important silkworm cultivation — has made part-time farming a dominant feature of the rural sector . |
| 19 | Compared to the USA , where there is a long tradition of debate about general education ( Squires 1976 ; Gaff 1983 ) , the main influence of the concept of a liberal education in British higher education has probably been on the enactment of the curriculum — on the methods and styles of teaching , the role models and relationships involved , and the general learning ethos and environment . |
| 20 | You can see those rows of abbots on either side and behind them is a long tradition of succession of abbots including great saints and I suppose a few sinners as well . |
| 21 | There is a long run of teak grabrail on each side of the coachroof and the side decks and foredeck are skinned with laid teak , as are the cockpit seats and sole . |
| 22 | There is a long history of concern for the potential significance of childhood parental loss through separation or death , and the development of emotional and behavioural problems in childhood and later life . |
| 23 | Judith Ochshorn , a specialist in Near Eastern culture , points out that there is a long history of women as mourners and attendants on the dead : thus ‘ in its cultural context , the presence of women at the cross or at the tomb of Jesus was not exceptional ’ . |
| 24 | There is a long history of members of the aristocracy seeking an alternative Merovingian lord ; effectively it begins with Arcadius calling Childebert into the Auvergne . |
| 25 | Much of Britain is densely populated and intensively farmed , and there is a long history of metal mining and movement of minerals and metals . |
| 26 | ‘ There is a long history of MPs , ’ said Evans earnestly , |
| 27 | Secondly , there is a long history of reaction against abuses of judicial interrogation . |
| 28 | ‘ Secondly , there is a long history of reaction against abuses of judicial interrogation . |
| 29 | as you 'd expect , the big attraction is the nightlife and the main drag is a long procession of bars . |
| 30 | If you study textbooks or correlation charts , such as those produced by the Geological Society of America and the Geological Society of London , you come inevitably to the conclusion that the stratigraphical column in any one place is a long record of sedimentation with occasional gaps . |