Example sentences of "[noun pl] have a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The approach of classroom testing against the hearing norms has a long tradition among educators and researchers . |
| 2 | Because the drivers had a long record of bad behaviour and convictions no such expectation existed here . |
| 3 | Swindon Town and Oxford United fans have a long tradition of rivalry . |
| 4 | The wooded area is nice enough but the schools have a long history of desegregation problems , and are now 88% black and 10% Hispanic . |
| 5 | But kids have a long tradition of getting the better of adults , going back to the Famous Five and beyond . |
| 6 | In Britain the divisions between the public health , general practice and hospital sectors have a long history of often quite bitter dispute . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Second , a large proportion of the older workers had a long period of service with the same company before being made redundant . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Elves and Dwarves have a long history of hate yet Legolas and Gimli become friends because they travel in Frodo 's company together . |
| 14 | On May 18th 60 members had a long session with Howard Pastor , the White House head of congressional liaison , trying to convince him of the need for further cuts . |
| 15 | Research on natural hazards has a long tradition in geography going back more than half a century . |
| 16 | These cases hardly ever go to court , but publishers have a long record of paying up and shutting up . |
| 17 | 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 . |