Example sentences of "with a long history " in BNC.
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| 1 | The track would be constructed in Zhuhai , a capitalist-style special economic zone bordering Macau , the Portuguese enclave with a long history of grand prix racing . |
| 2 | Like most other cities with a long history , Milan has evolved as a series of concentric rings . |
| 3 | One belonged to a family with a long history of ill-health ; another was a slattern with a fondness for the bottle ; yet another had a family who had a habit of making other people 's homes their own . |
| 4 | Robert , a man in his late twenties with a long history of occult involvement , grew up in what he now knows to be one of the most haunted farmhouses in Lancashire on the Fylde coast . |
| 5 | the historical biography of the relationship between carer and cared for : how far was it possible for people with a long history on one particular level to relate to each other on a level of physical intimacy , faced with the disgust that caring often demands . |
| 6 | THE two foot gauge Vobster Light Railway , ‘ the new railway with a long history ’ , held its first public event on Sunday , July 19th . |
| 7 | This letter was only the beginning of a case with a long history , and by piecing together a number of disjointed fragments of information we can obtain an unusually clear picture of the sequence of events and of Anselm 's reactions to them . |
| 8 | Concepts of people with learning difficulties as sub-human ; as a menace to society and to the genetic make-up of the race ; as eternal children ; or as objects of pity , are all beliefs with a long history which still have some currency today . |
| 9 | Although mineral rights are generally held by the surface landowner , they may have been retained by a previous landowner when the surface freehold was sold , particularly in areas with a long history of mining such as South-west England . |
| 10 | What is being suggested here is a distinct historical switch in notions of the family , away from traditions which stressed the links with kin and the importance of lineage ( being part of a family with a long history which marriage sought to sustain ) towards a new stress on sexual choice as the basis for alliance . |
| 11 | Fundamentally , many regard the ‘ conflict ’ over housing as an extension of the major divisions in society and argue that the allocation of housing is determined largely by the power that each group has come to possess in a society with a long history of class conflict ( Haddon 1970 ; Duncan 1976 ; Mellor 1977 ) . |
| 12 | Rue is an example of a common , well-known garden herb , with a long history of use , yet with properties that make it unsuitable for general use by the layman . |
| 13 | Skelton is a village with a long history and an attractive character in the area of the church . |
| 14 | With a long history of severe depression and alcoholism , Jean was arrested for arson and spent seven months on remand on C1 , the psychiatric unit of Holloway prison . |
| 15 | Earlier induction of labour would obviously be preferable for a 40 year old primigravid woman with a long history of infertility , even after an uncomplicated pregnancy , whereas it may be inappropriate for a 25 year old multiparous woman . |
| 16 | A 40-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia was arrested in a public car park while attempting to break into a car to steal a blanket off the back seat . |
| 17 | Just when the hero really needs the girl 's help , she stands revealed as a killer with a long history of leading enslaved men to destruction , a siren wrapped in furs and degeneracy , venom in her veins , murder in her mind … |
| 18 | The objections to the use of the term case management has resulted in the abandonment of a term with a long history of service use , evaluation and exploration , and the substitution of one with few if any empirical referents at all . |
| 19 | Extreme right-wing elements in the government and army were suspected ; the newspaper , with a long history of opposition to authoritarian governments , had been highly critical of the armed forces for their alleged involvement in the massacre on Jan. 28 of 15 peasants in El Zapote , near San Salvador . |
| 20 | Martin Smout says : ‘ Wimpey is a company with a long history of fine traditions . |
| 21 | The observation that despite increased stool frequency , stool weight was not greater in the patients is likely to reflect dietary changes , which inevitably occur in patients with a long history of diarrhoea . |