Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | Both orchestra and conductor have a long list of international commitments every year . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | The frailties of the holiday romance have a long history . |
4 | Such associations of sexual deviance and political threat have a long history sedimented into our language and culture . |
5 | The Sun is certainly 5000 million years old , and by stellar standards it is no more than middle-aged ; not for another 5000 million years at least will anything drastic happen to it , so that we on Earth have a long reprieve ( unless , of course , we decide to indulge in another major war , which would not destroy the world but would certainly wipe out the human race ) . |