Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] long history " in BNC.
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| 1 | So began the long history of the temporal power of the pope , of the pope 's control of the Western empire , of papal monarchical powers and of the Papal State , the territories of the pope that survived until 1870 . |
| 2 | It was a fall down the cellar steps of one of these houses which started a long history of back trouble . |
| 3 | A like court for the Hampshire forests , held at Winchester on 11 September 1672 by Sir Thomas Fanshawe , deputy Justice of the Forest , brought the long history of the Forest Eyre in the southern forests to an end . |
| 4 | Candy , who had a long history of violence , reported that , while he was in Reading on 22 June , an Italian named Mike , whom he knew slightly , approached him and suggested that they rob a shopkeeper in the town . |
| 5 | That notion had a long history , and had by no means been deserted by post-classical law . |
| 6 | Unlike un-historical nations , Poland had a long history to recall and refurbish . |
| 7 | The tradition of writing ‘ effusions ’ in blank verse had a long history in the eighteenth century , culminating in The Task by William Cowper . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Verdun had a long history : it was an important city in Roman times ; Vauban , the great fortress builder of Louis XIV 's reign , had fortified it with ditches and bastions ; in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 Verdun had withstood a siege of 10 weeks , falling only through lack of supplies . |
| 10 | Films were cast for an international market in the Hollywood of the 1920s ; and international press syndication had a long history . |
| 11 | Voluntary organisations in many cases became the effective agents of enforcement , as well as pressure groups constantly campaigning for further intervention , and here they became quasi-state apparatuses , a pattern which had a long history . |
| 12 | The male Moodies had a long history of accidental death . |
| 13 | John had a long history of academic failure . |
| 14 | He had a long history of truancy . |
| 15 | The political police in the Soviet Union had a long history stretching back to tsarist times . |
| 16 | The story of Hello , Dolly ! had a long history . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The base had a long history as home to the packers , as well as medical and catering units . |
| 20 | But 41 year old Gould had a long history of crime . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | This ended a long history of credit controls in Britain since the war . |