Example sentences of "[noun] have a long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Swindon Town and Oxford United fans have a long tradition of rivalry . |
| 2 | The wooded area is nice enough but the schools have a long history of desegregation problems , and are now 88% black and 10% Hispanic . |
| 3 | But kids have a long tradition of getting the better of adults , going back to the Famous Five and beyond . |
| 4 | In Britain the divisions between the public health , general practice and hospital sectors have a long history of often quite bitter dispute . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | For example , many Northern English accents have a long sound as the realisation of the phoneme symbolised in RP ( which is a simple phonetic difference ) ; but in some Northern accents there is an diphthong phoneme and a contrasting long vowel phoneme that could be symbolised . |
| 7 | Just as the Biesbosch on the Rhine delta was a centre for the Dutch underground opposition to Hitler , so the English wetlands have a long history as centres of resistance . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Both orchestra and conductor have a long list of international commitments every year . |
| 10 | Elves and Dwarves have a long history of hate yet Legolas and Gimli become friends because they travel in Frodo 's company together . |
| 11 | These cases hardly ever go to court , but publishers have a long record of paying up and shutting up . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |