Example sentences of "[prep] a long history of " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | At its surface Mercury resembles the Moon : atmosphereless , devoid of volatiles , and still bearing ancient craters because of a long history of geological quiescence . |
| 7 | Despite a long history of hostility between the two organizations the tone of the seven-hour meeting was described as good-natured , while the joint peace strategy which emerged was seen as a positive development . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 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 . |
| 22 | Explore the objects and evidence gathered from a long history of local excavation . |
| 23 | The ideology of Hitler and his cronies derived from a long history of pseudo-philosophical state thuggery . |
| 24 | This low level of activity indicates a lack of extensive interior melting , or a thick lithosphere , or a lack of stress in the lithosphere , or some combination of all three , all of which can result from a long history of low internal temperatures . |
| 25 | The latest in a long history of skirmishes in the palaeontological world has blown up into what one particularly bad press release describes as ‘ one of the nastiest personal and professional feuds in all of science ’ . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | All that now remains is a single tower , a poor monument to a long history of noble residences on the site . |
| 28 | Start2 builds on a long history of arms accords and summits between Moscow and Washington . |
| 29 | It rested on a grant of authority over the whole country by Gregory to the first archbishop , followed by a long history of the exercise of this authority from the seventh century onwards . |