Example sentences of "[verb] have [art] long " in BNC.

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1 The red chair where I sit has a long seat , comfortable for a tall person .
2 It has had a long and complicated history ; but , at the present day , the form required by law for the creation and transfer of estates and interests in land is both uniform and simple .
3 Today 's theme will serve us satisfactorily as a basis for our meditation , because water has had a long association with such images of healing , blessing and anointing .
4 Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist !
5 He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows .
6 Super-SARA has had a long and troubled gestation period .
7 As your article said ‘ Super-SARA has had a long and troubled gestation period ’ .
8 Ayrshire has had a long association with the aeroplane , mainly centred on Prestwick Airport and the companies which have built aircraft on the site .
9 As most of you will know , Queens Park has had a long standing partnership with the Baptist Church in Doolay Falls near Wichita , Kansas .
10 France has had no super-communications ministry ; but it has had a long tradition of state control , planning and Jacobin centralism .
11 Himalayan skiing has had a long and painfully slow gestation period beginning with the activities of various Indian Army Officers in the early part of the century .
12 Afghanistan has had a long history of neutrality and non-alignment which Soviet leaders have assiduously fostered .
13 This question too has had a long history though it is only quite recently that it has become a precisely defined issue of zoological theory .
14 Visual art education has had a long tradition of emphasizing the practical , so it was not surprising to find similar sentiments being expressed by the visual art teachers interviewed .
15 M&TIS Calibration laboratory has had a long and successful association with Rosemount providing calibrations of differential pressure transducers , typically to an accuracy of 0.09% at 500mbar differential and 200 bar static pressure .
16 Northwich-Winsford in mid-Cheshire has had a long record of stable employment provided by companies like ICI and Foden .
17 Johnson Matthey has had a long and important involvement in the development of cisplatin and carboplatin , the platinum-based anti-tumour drugs used in the treatment of testicular and ovarian cancer .
18 By anyone 's standards Dick Print has had a long innings .
19 The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh also has had a long involvement with the cultivation and development of plants with medicinal properties and we have our own Scottish traditions of herbal cures for a long list of ailments .
20 Home-grown : Edinburgh 's Royal Botanic Garden also has had a long involvement with the development of plants with medicinal properties
21 We bring the Guinness Spot to a close with a local musician who has had a long and distinguished career in the country and blues divisions of rock .
22 If that means sterling has to have a long leave of absence , judicial separation or divorce from the ERM , so be it .
23 The five-star novelist gave me an unfathomable glimmer when I closed the car door for her and remarked that she 'd had a long chat with Harry that afternoon on the telephone .
24 Kate , pregnant with her second baby , thought she knew what to expect when it came to giving birth , especially since she 'd had a long labour first time round .
25 Always with resignation and with grief but buffered by the knowledge that he would no longer be in pain and confusion , by the fact that he 'd had a long and lively life — that he would be at peace at last .
26 The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence .
27 They 'd had a long , hard , cold morning 's work and levity took over .
28 I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’
29 ‘ I 've still got Jasper and he 's going to have a long and happy life , ’ she declared .
30 ‘ No , I 'm just telling you that if you are then you 're going to have a long love affair with your right hand because I 'm straight and so is Rod .
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