Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a long history " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , events arising out of long-standing difficulties would increase risk of depression : where , for instance , a husband left home after years of arguing and discord ; a child was arrested for burglary after a long history of behavioural problems at home and school ; or a substantial fine was incurred after a long period of extreme financial difficulty ( Brown et al. , 1987 ) . |
| 2 | In the Netherlands , as a result of a long history of legislative enactment in socio-economic affairs and close involvement of unions and employers with government in this area the two national employers ' confederations ( denominational and non-denominational ) also carry somewhat greater weight than their member associations . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | The case was the latest episode in a long history of antagonism between the government and the Far Eastern Economic Review , the circulation of which had been severely restricted in Singapore . |
| 6 | All that now remains is a single tower , a poor monument to a long history of noble residences on the site . |
| 7 | Skelton is a village with a long history and an attractive character in the area of the church . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But the ‘ national ’ problem of-Kosovo is a consequence of a long history of Serbian oppression and chauvinism , which has provoked the natural response of Albanian nationalism . |
| 10 | However , in order to expose the nature of capitalism , Marx first had to show that capitalism is not based on some eternal immutable truth , as presented by economists , but is the product of a long history . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Like most other cities with a long history , Milan has evolved as a series of concentric rings . |
| 13 | Both men were bound over to keep the peace , but the incident was the beginning of a long history of misbehaviour which was to drive a wedge between Gallacher and the unfortunate clubs who tried to tame his wayward spirit . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | THE two foot gauge Vobster Light Railway , ‘ the new railway with a long history ’ , held its first public event on Sunday , July 19th . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Martin Smout says : ‘ Wimpey is a company with a long history of fine traditions . |
| 23 | In the Middle East , the experience of modernity and modernisation could only be negotiated in the context of a long history of colonial and missionary activities . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |