Example sentences of "is a long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards the end too , there is a long exhortation of the need to keep the sea , as the means of protecting England . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Certainly the word for spirit is female in Hebrew , and there is a long tradition of the divine wisdom being conceived to be feminine . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , there is a long tradition of general education in higher education there ( which suggests that it is England rather than Scotland which is atypical in this respect ) . |
| 6 | It is worth noting that in the USA there is a long tradition of national commissions on the curriculum , as well as a considerable academic literature that has influenced British thinking . |
| 7 | Similarly , there is a long tradition of receipt of state benefits . |
| 8 | There is a long tradition of attending Ballycastle Fair , and some still go . |
| 9 | The nature of language is more complex than amateurs think , and there is a long tradition of scholarship and study to draw upon . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In Jamaica there is a long history of environmental change due to land-use practices . |
| 13 | Much of Britain is densely populated and intensively farmed , and there is a long history of metal mining and movement of minerals and metals . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | There is a long history of the use of conciliation in employment relations , justified because one objective is to secure the continuance of the relationship between the parties in dispute . |
| 16 | Secondly , there is a long history of reaction against abuses of judicial interrogation . |
| 17 | ‘ Secondly , there is a long history of reaction against abuses of judicial interrogation . |
| 18 | In a study of miraculous images of Mary which weep , the author , Father Hebert SM , after saying there is a long history of these writes , ‘ There has never been such an outpouring of tears as there has been in this century … more explicitly during the ten years , 1971–1981 , particularly so in Italy and in the United States ’ . |
| 19 | there is a long history of decentralised management in the field of housing where local offices on council estates have their own budgets for minor repairs . |
| 20 | ‘ There is a long history of MPs , ’ said Evans earnestly , |
| 21 | The notion of a " post-Creole continuum " , first put forward by De Camp ( 1971 ) , is an attempt to explain the complex linguistic situation in those places where there is a long history of native speakers of British English in contact with speakers of an English-based Creole . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | as you 'd expect , the big attraction is the nightlife and the main drag is a long procession of bars . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Historically there is a long period of overlap between patronal and market social relations in the arts . |
| 27 | Er this is a long sort of type of er barrel used for probably importing wine . |
| 28 | There is a long catalogue of people who will queue up to write the Secretary of State 's epitaph . |
| 29 | This too is a long sequence of fences at each of which interested but busy teachers will be ‘ lost ’ . |
| 30 | Where there is a long chain of distribution , the plaintiff may find it difficult to identify who was the producer or importer into the European Community . |