Example sentences of "a long history [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In 1823 a Shorthorn bull was exported to Buenos Aires to begin a long history of the Shorthorn influence on the South American meat trade .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 It noted that ‘ Corbett McDonald has a long history as a lobbyist for the asbestos industry .
5 Sheffield was a very different type of town , but like most other places that developed into great Victorian cities it had already had a long history as a market and craft centre .
6 What 's more it 's one that , contrary to composites ' up-to-the-minute image , has a long history in the specialist motor industry .
7 In this second talk I want to mention a view which has a long history in the Church , far longer than my previous subject .
8 Thirty-seven per cent of the national dairy herd is of the Swedish Friesian ( SLB ) , which has a long history in the country .
9 The tradition of writing ‘ effusions ’ in blank verse had a long history in the eighteenth century , culminating in The Task by William Cowper .
10 On the contrary , the idea of the Kingdom had a long history in the life of Israel , and the coming of Christ coincided with a feverish wave of expectancy within the nation .
11 Whatever we may think of Oliphant 's views , we have to assume there would be little point in attacks on [ h ] -dropping by the educated elite unless it was highly salient and widespread , and it is reasonable to assume for these reasons that it probably has quite a long history in the language .
12 This was known as the ‘ butty system ’ , which has a long history in the area ( Griffin , 1977 , p. 26 ) .
13 There is a long history in the use of case management within rehabilitation services in North America and these have usually been based on psychosocial models in psychiatric rehabilitation .
14 The study of the state has a long history in the social sciences .
15 Whilst recognising that such a survey would be of only indirect relevance to their present situation , the firm has a long history in the area ( since 1890 ) , and its management has an acute awareness that the present local employment situation is likely to deteriorate further without a mix of public/private initiatives .
16 Guinness has a long history in the African continent and has progressively extended its distribution in the last 30 years .
17 More generally the idea of the inseparability of cultural and political revolution has a long history within the libertarian tradition with its roots in revolutionary Romanticism .
18 Opposition to a fixed European exchange rate has a long history within the Labour movement .
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