Example sentences of "have a long [noun] [prep] [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 This central role for private property has a long history in European thought and goes back to the eighteenth-century notion of the social contract .
9 Most importantly the use of syntactic information has a long history in computational linguistics .
10 She has a long coachroof of medium height and a short-ended hull on which no attempt has been made to distort the lines .
11 Alba Adriatica has a long beach of fine , golden sand where holiday life is taken at a relaxed unhurried pace .
12 Ulster has a long tradition of rural industry and peasant agriculture .
13 Established in 1912 , Olympus has a long tradition of good design , using the finest materials and quality craftsmanship .
14 He has a long list of Parliamentary posts , including chairing the Parliamentary panel on charity law , acting as deputy chairman of the foreign affairs forum and secretary of both the back bench arts committee and smaller businesses committee .
15 Folk music has a long association with classical music , why not include that ?
16 The result is that shops use a work-in-process inventory to buffer themselves against problems and uncertainties , a situation where each station has a long queue of semifinished elements .
17 It has a long body with overlapping scales , with a concentration of fins at the hind end .
18 I have had a long history of muscular trouble , of a weak back .
19 If children have had a long period without normal feeding experiences they find difficulty in accepting oral food , chewing , and swallowing .
20 Northwich-Winsford in mid-Cheshire has had a long record of stable employment provided by companies like ICI and Foden .
21 The ozone pollution problem may have had a long association with southern California but it has now become a very serious problem in the Texas Gulf coast , the north-east corridor , and other heavily populated regions ( figure 8.11 ) .
22 There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew .
23 They all had a long tradition of agrarian troubles , and all suffered from overpopulation and land scarcity .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 The male Moodies had a long history of accidental death .
27 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 .
28 John had a long history of academic failure .
29 By now I had a long list of prospective release sites and sound experience behind me , so things went pretty much according to plan .
30 John Hargreaves , prosecuting , said that Bulmer had a long list of previous convictions .
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