Example sentences of "have a long history of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As outlined earlier , low temperatures past and present are also indicated by the evidence that the Moon has a long history of outer rigidity . |
| 2 | Bourgeois individualism has a long history of subversive bohemian variants ; and the struggle for control of the elements of counter cultural musical style was a struggle between different aspects of the same principle . |
| 3 | North Shields has a long history of democratic local government and is currently under the political control of the most left-wing Labour authority in the North East . |
| 4 | It has a long history of urban culture as a market centre for a pastoral and agricultural hinterland , as a garrison town and a centre of services and administration , and it is equally placed as the gateway to the Mittelland . |
| 5 | The region has a long history of human activity ( section 3.2.1 ) , and although erosion has always been a problem it has intensified considerably in the last 100 years as deforestation has accelerated and grasslands have been degraded . |
| 6 | That city , which has a long history of communal grief in the memories of Irish immigrants and desperate experiences of unemployment , knew , intuitively , how to behave . |
| 7 | Literature has a long history of feminist interest , but film and media studies are certainly as central to feminist cultural debates . |
| 8 | I have had a long history of muscular trouble , of a weak back . |
| 9 | Bulgaria also had a long history of Byzantine building of churches and monasteries but remains of original work are not numerous or of high quality . |
| 10 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |
| 11 | The male Moodies had a long history of accidental death . |
| 12 | In both cases the men concerned had a long history of previous convictions , with the killer already in jail following the deaths of two other boys . |
| 13 | John had a long history of academic failure . |
| 14 | Families of people with a learning disability might welcome a less intense form of case management than that offered to single male schizophrenia sufferers who have a long history of compulsory admission to hospital . |
| 15 | Other such opportunities might occur with people with recurring illness , or with couples considering divorce who have a long history of marital strife . |
| 16 | The remote rural areas have a long history of continuing depopulation : there are problems of farm structure and current argument about land use in general raises important issues of concern for the future . |
| 17 | The Andes also have a long history of human occupation which has transformed the landscape . |