Example sentences of "[noun sg] have a long " in BNC.

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1 Although this technique has a long ancestry in the Old World it was unknown in the Americas until the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century .
2 The convent has a long tradition of illustrating cards and books with delicate hand-crafted watercolours and inscriptions .
3 Literature has a long history of feminist interest , but film and media studies are certainly as central to feminist cultural debates .
4 Talk of a realignment on the centre-left of the spectrum has a long history .
5 The Association has a long history ( dating back to the end of the last century ) , and the ESRC funded project will complement existing work on the period before 1946 .
6 ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added .
7 Labour has a long list of priorities : a £3 billion pledge on pensions — presumably health comes after that ; health presumably comes after Labour 's £1 billion recovery programme and it presumably comes after Labour 's £8 billion housing pledge .
8 There is a clear value in reducing the amount of chemical waste which has to be got rid of — and that thinking has a long way to go .
9 The Social Work Department has a long tradition of working in collaboration with other service providers .
10 The technique of biomass gasification by partial combustion has a long history .
11 This kind of research has a long history in psychology and education but is relatively undeveloped in the rest of social science .
12 Biological research has a long and distinguished tradition in the University and the excellence of research within the Division is recognised nationally and internationally .
13 Cancer research had a long tradition of support from private contributions , but new charities devoted to particular diseases , such as arthritis and rheumatism , leukaemia , and muscular dystrophy , were founded and became a great source of strength to workers whose interests had or might have application to the desired objectives .
14 Local government audit has a long history .
15 The village has a long history .
16 Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike .
17 THE QUEEN 'S HEAD , said to be a 14th Century inn has a long gallery , now glassed in , facing east , but it is not an original structure .
18 Western philosophy has a long tradition so it is not surprising that it has changed over the centuries both in content and in method .
19 A long-stroke engine has a long con-rod , which acts as a longer lever on the crank .
20 Schemes for arranging Perpetual Peace had a long and depressingly futile history .
21 To take one example , in November 1987 the North-West Regional News introduced by Stuart Hall had a long feature as their opening item :
22 This journal has a long and distinguished history , publishing mainly shorter papers on a wide spread of subjects .
23 This journal has a long and distinguished history , publishing mainly shorter papers on a wide spread of subjects .
24 If we then look at paragraph five , that 's the first page of appendix two , we see here The appeal site has a long planning history .
25 The UK group has a long standing commitment , made to the Hong Kong Government , to broaden the shareholder base of Hong Kong Telecom and a deal with CITIC would be consistent with that .
26 This distinction has a long and respectable history .
27 Large and secretive , this wrasse has a long body of up to 45 centimetres .
28 Anti-parliamentarianism has a long history in France .
29 Martha saved herself from relegation to a junior class by reciting the whole of Psalm 103 , one of Nana 's favourites , in morning assembly ; after this feat her teacher had a long conversation above her head with her mother , and began to come to their house on Saturdays to give her extra lessons .
30 Films were cast for an international market in the Hollywood of the 1920s ; and international press syndication had a long history .
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