Example sentences of "a long [noun] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A long experience of working in the health care market puts Wimpey on top of the waiting list when it comes to hospital projects . |
| 2 | In the Pennsylvania primary , Lynn Yeakel , a 50-year-old Democrat with a long experience in working for battered women , job training , abortion counselling and family health care , scored a big upset victory after running ads on TV showing excerpts from the Hill hearings . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The CAB has a long history of mobilising professionals such as lawyers , accountants and surveyors , to advise clients on a voluntary basis but there are very few lawyers who specialise in welfare benefits or money advice . |
| 5 | Jenkins has been in the job for about ten days , so she can be forgiven for forgetting a lot of names , but she does have a long history of dealing with elderly people . |
| 6 | The Centre for Human Ecology , with its origins in the late C.H. Waddington 's ‘ School of the Man-Made Future ’ of the 1960s and a long history of promoting environmental awareness within the University , today finds itself at the hub of current ideology . |
| 7 | WUS and educational assistance to South Africa WUS International and WUS(UK) have a long history of supporting the efforts of the black majority of South Africans to overcome the educational discrimination which is an integral part of apartheid . |
| 8 | No other industry has such a long history of coming up with environment-friendly selling points that are profit-friendly too . |
| 9 | It may seem obvious to suggest that the level of understanding about purchasing among general practitioners and primary health care teams is extremely varied , but primary care has a long history of suffering from being physically distanced from other parts of the service and the discussions taking place there . |
| 10 | Although most nomadic tribes have a long history of weaving rugs specifically for trade , a number of items coming onto the western market may well have been made originally for personal use . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , the latter insult is somewhat inaccurate : animators have a long history of injecting a little ‘ adult ’ spice into what is essentially a children 's medium . |
| 12 | I do n't know it may be that I 'll be the only member er that talks in terms of a specific Euro seat er in any detail but it does matter in our area and we have a long history of arguing that case . |
| 13 | This Tokyo factory is the one that makes the modern Schecter guitars as well as the Casio synth guitars and Kramer electrics ( recently deceased ) so they 've a long history of making quality instruments . |
| 14 | ‘ Edinvar has been serving tenants for 20 years and Link has been a landlord for nearly 30 years , so we both have a long history of putting tenants first . ’ |
| 15 | During a lawsuit brought by environmental groups against NMFS to compel observer coverage of the total US tuna fleet , the legal counsel for Earth Island Institute and the Marine Mammal Fund stated : ‘ The National Marine Fisheries Service has a long history of ignoring the will of Congress and working closely with the fishing industry . |
| 16 | Gaselee , 53 , has a long history in racing in several capacities . |
| 17 | ‘ You horrid little toad , ’ his sister yelled after him in exasperation , foreseeing a long night of sewing ahead of her . |
| 18 | However there was a long delay in sending out a rescue launch as the raid was still on , and he was dead when eventually picked up ; Waghorn was also killed . |
| 19 | But Customs officials at the Channel port said last night that they would be ‘ very surprised ’ if a long delay in clearing the consignment was because of suspicion of drug smuggling . |
| 20 | It 's been a long day of trundling past an infinity of fir trees , and photographer Ridgers has hardly survived it . |
| 21 | After a long day of wiping her son 's eyes , arse and office floors , mummy was often too exhausted to continue the struggle . |
| 22 | Logging GNP per capita goes a long way towards holding the midspreads constant by making them similar in size . |
| 23 | Mr Gandhi has an election coming up and a big one-day cricket tournament not only goes down well with the electorate , but also goes a long way towards providing a short-term solution to the unemployment problem . |
| 24 | The French have gone a long way towards providing a road and water supply and members of the ‘ Pater Nostra ’ organisation are studying in Budapest , Vienna and Germany to obtain qualifications in medicine , physiotherapy , occupational therapy and other skills which will enable them to provide the day-to-day care of the residents in the future . |
| 25 | A Labour Party which offers an alternative agenda , involving as many people as possible in its ownership , will go a long way towards providing the ‘ vision ’ factor it currently lacks . |
| 26 | If it were made good , it would go a long way towards providing a justification for denying English the place in our educational system which we demand for it . |
| 27 | The document before us goes a long way towards providing for the independence of the monetary institution , which will be a crucial element in the success of a single currency . |
| 28 | The Thatcher governments have gone a long way towards puncturing claims about the power of the unions . |
| 29 | Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’ |
| 30 | The ministerial position went a long way towards meeting the US criteria , but the British side had worries as well . |