Example sentences of "[pron] has a long " in BNC.

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1 In this second talk I want to mention a view which has a long history in the Church , far longer than my previous subject .
2 The concept of social disorganization , for example , which has a long history in sociology , assumes its contrast to be with a ‘ community ’ , a harmoniously well-organized and integrated society .
3 Thirty-seven per cent of the national dairy herd is of the Swedish Friesian ( SLB ) , which has a long history in the country .
4 Songqiao ( 1988 ) describes that of the Hexi corridor which is situated between the Mongolian and Tibetan plateaux and which has a long history of cultivation based on irrigation .
5 Perhaps the latter term suggests too wide a subject-matter ; it would seem , for example , to include extradition ( which has a long and separate history , and is not examined in this book ) as well as the provision of technical assistance in , for example , legislative drafting .
6 To illustrate , let us consider the case of a word overlapping with two other candidates , the first of which has a long definition and the second has a short definition .
7 Objectivity is itself an ideal which has a long history of identification with the masculine .
8 This was known as the ‘ butty system ’ , which has a long history in the area ( Griffin , 1977 , p. 26 ) .
9 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 .
10 Her skin is blue-black , she has a long red tongue , and snakes twine about her body .
11 She has a long coachroof of medium height and a short-ended hull on which no attempt has been made to distort the lines .
12 The second must be that he or she has a long life .
13 She has a long association with the scouting movement and is president of the East Middlesbrough scout executive .
14 The brush has been developed for easel painters ; each one has a long , silver-grey handle which makes it ideal for easel painting when you need distance from the canvas .
15 He has a long way to go before equalling last year 's prize money of £42,399 , but the wonder horse proved that he is again in irresistible form when opening Whitaker 's account with a first prize of £3,700 .
16 But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority .
17 He has a long and distinguished career in public health medicine : he was the first doctor to give a patient penicillin in 1941 and then moved to the post of director of the Medical Research Council 's Pneumoconiosis Research Unit , investigating diseases of the lung .
18 He has a long involvement with the Institute stretching back over four decades and until recently was Chairman of the Membership Board as well as being Senior Vice President .
19 He might have added : But he has a long memory for those that let him down .
20 I believe that 's something that needs to be looked at and if the government were prepared to embark on a review of auditing er generally then that is something that I think there is some useful point in pursuing further er it 's interesting that er er erm when Bingham examined this point at paragraph three er point three nine in his report er he has a long paragraph er discussing these matters and er he says that er he at the end of the day he does n't come to a concluded view er although he does er acknowledge the fact that there are many people er depositors or example , share holders and employees who might have an interest in a particular company .
21 Obviously he has a long way to mature physically , but he 's surpassed our hopes .
22 He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open …
23 He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open …
24 He has a long way to go but he has the right attitude . ’
25 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 .
26 He has a long nose and a long face .
27 And she said er Angela said to her oh poor Neil has to stays in bed until one o'clock every Saturday and then on Sunday he has a he gets up late and then he has a long rest in the afternoon and Pam said to me he 's copping out .
28 It has a long , narrow plan , the northern end of which may have been used for stabling horses or housing the cattle .
29 It has a long body with overlapping scales , with a concentration of fins at the hind end .
30 The building is an exciting example of 1909 — lo Art Deco , using a wide range of materials including brick , and it has a long glass gallery at roof level .
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