Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The base had a long history as home to the packers , as well as medical and catering units . |
| 2 | The convent has a long tradition of illustrating cards and books with delicate hand-crafted watercolours and inscriptions . |
| 3 | Talk of a realignment on the centre-left of the spectrum has a long history . |
| 4 | The Association has a long history ( dating back to the end of the last century ) , and the ESRC funded project will complement existing work on the period before 1946 . |
| 5 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 6 | The village has a long history . |
| 7 | As outlined earlier , low temperatures past and present are also indicated by the evidence that the Moon has a long history of outer rigidity . |
| 8 | The CAB has a long history of mobilising professionals such as lawyers , accountants and surveyors , to advise clients on a voluntary basis but there are very few lawyers who specialise in welfare benefits or money advice . |
| 9 | If properly fitted to the shaft the boot has a long life . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | At present , we are the only party prepared to grasp the nettle and to recognise that consumers ' interests require both effective competition in the marketplace — the Government have a long way to go before they create that — and effective regulation where the market can not produce a solution . |
| 12 | The study of the state has a long history in the social sciences . |
| 13 | The valley has a long history of fact and legend , and age has mellowed its few buildings . |
| 14 | It is not surprising , then , to find that the clause has a long career in the documents . |
| 15 | Whilst recognising that such a survey would be of only indirect relevance to their present situation , the firm has a long history in the area ( since 1890 ) , and its management has an acute awareness that the present local employment situation is likely to deteriorate further without a mix of public/private initiatives . |
| 16 | The matter has a long history and is illustrative of how law can lag behind what is thought to be economically desirable . |
| 17 | Additionally , the needle has a long groove in its front face . |
| 18 | Freedom of the press has a long history , but it is only since 1980 that the right to communicate and the freedom that it entails has been seen as the very centre of human rights , and indeed as a precondition for a meaningful implementation of other human rights . |
| 19 | The company has a long association with Ford , and recently introduced the 1400 cc Rover powered K-Series of cars . |
| 20 | The unit had a long servicing history |
| 21 | If the individual has a long position , his actual rate of return over the one-year holding period ( rh ) ( assuming T= I ) is . |
| 22 | Within the family itself , each member contributes as part of the system , being in some way a member from birth through to death , so that the system has a long history . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Social theory of the family has a long history of debate on structural explanations , that is on whether family types adapt as appropriate to the social and economic world . |