Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] tradition " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet sports writers in America have managed to establish a long-standing tradition of literary credibility — Hemingway , Lardner , Gallico among many others . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , the Senegalese system has dealt with the succession problem impressively , and sustained a multi-party tradition which allows a wide range of opinion to be expressed in public , and in doing so has avoided the most acute problems of localism . |
| 3 | Through a project begun by West Yorkshire Archaeological Unit , Tony became connected with the Holy Wells Research and Preservation Group , and from there came the inspiration to revive a local tradition he had heard tales about since his childhood . |
| 4 | ‘ The Herring Table has a tremendous tradition . |
| 5 | It has a distinctive tradition of expertise in the study both of non-industrialised and industrialised societies . |
| 6 | But , dating back to Biko 's days , the BCM has a strong tradition of ‘ non-collaboration , ’ which means shunning all contact with ‘ collaborators ’ serving in government-established institutions . |
| 7 | In the first place , the left has a strong tradition of defying authority , and smoking fits neatly into this . |
| 8 | Then came France , and now even Spain — which , like other Mediterranean countries , still has a strong tradition of small local shops . |
| 9 | The Department of Celtic has a strong tradition of postgraduate research and supervises postgraduate work in all the main branches of Celtic Studies . |
| 10 | A dislike by Irish clerics for such an explicit and direct church — state relationship has a long tradition and comes out best in De Tocqueville 's ( 1957 ) conversations with Irish clergy on his visit to Ireland in 1834 . |
| 11 | The LGC has a long tradition of providing support services and policy advice to the government . |
| 12 | It is possibly true of ‘ Bonn ’ : Germany has a long tradition of unease about England which has been kept alive.and well in influential papers such as Die Zeit and elsewhere . |
| 13 | That area of Aberdeenshire has a long tradition of producing outstanding personalities . |
| 14 | Research on natural hazards has a long tradition in geography going back more than half a century . |
| 15 | The concept of an independent development agency has a long tradition in Britain . |
| 16 | Established in 1912 , Olympus has a long tradition of good design , using the finest materials and quality craftsmanship . |
| 17 | The approach of classroom testing against the hearing norms has a long tradition among educators and researchers . |
| 18 | Western philosophy has a long tradition so it is not surprising that it has changed over the centuries both in content and in method . |
| 19 | But the notion of an ‘ appeal ’ , of a direct address to the French people — over and above existing intermediaries , authorities , parliaments and parties — has a long tradition in France . |
| 20 | While the formal approach has a long tradition , manifested in innumerable volumes of grammar , the functional approach is less well documented . |
| 21 | What is of particular interest is that direct investment overseas by such enterprises has become increasingly important over the post war years ( as opposed to portfolio investment , of which British capital has a long tradition ) , and that this phenomenon is especially important for the British economy . |
| 22 | Outside those sectors where temporary working has a long tradition , they have usually vigorously condemned it . |
| 23 | It has a long tradition of settlement , the hill having been a fortified place since the mid-tenth century . |
| 24 | The Social Work Department has a long tradition of working in collaboration with other service providers . |
| 25 | This country has a long tradition of accepting genuine political refugees , but there is no doubt that the fact that three quarters of all applications are made by people who have been living in this country for weeks , months and , in some cases , years , is tantamount to an abuse of the system . |
| 26 | Ulster has a long tradition of rural industry and peasant agriculture . |
| 27 | The convent has a long tradition of illustrating cards and books with delicate hand-crafted watercolours and inscriptions . |
| 28 | Scotland has a long tradition of exporting its talents . |
| 29 | All three major rail unions are affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and the Labour party , and the NUR in particular has a long tradition of sponsoring Labour MPs ( Bagwell 1982 : ch. 12 ) , ‘ equalled only by the miners ’ union' ( Eaton and Gill 1981 : 41 ) . |
| 30 | As a bowler at Middlesex , Tuffers has a great tradition to live up to . |