Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the long history " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much is hidden in the mists of the early Triassic , which is probably the least-known episode in the long history of Phanerozoic time . |
| 2 | This is the period in the long history of the evolution of man and his God , which started with the beginning of life on earth , and ended with the dawning of civilisation . |
| 3 | He flew from London to Sweden at the beginning of December , and at the ceremony on 10 December he was described as " a leader and champion of a new period in the long history of the world 's poetry " . |
| 4 | He concentrated on drawing cartoons and in 1932 had his first acceptance from Punch , the beginning of a partnership that established him as a major comic artist and one of the most original talents in the long history of the magazine . |
| 5 | But , after all , man is just one more species in the long history of the earth . |
| 6 | Duclos-Lasalle , 37 , who is likely to retire at the end of the season , converted two previous second places , a fourth and sixth , into victory when he arrived alone on the velodrome at Roubaix to one of the warmest welcomes in the long history of the race . |
| 7 | It was in part because of this love of the specially religious life , and in part because of the affection for the long history of the Church , that he led another pilgrimage ( 1959 ) of several thousand people to Holy Island on the coast of Northumberland and even The Times had a piece about the archbishop walking barefoot . |
| 8 | No account of Churchill 's stewardship of Cabinet government is complete without mentioning the swiftest and most comprehensive Cabinet leak in the long history of unauthorized disclosure . |
| 9 | Now , for the first time in the long history of settling our islands , the guardians have become the destroyers . |
| 10 | The foregoing chapters bring the story to that crucial time in the long history of earthly life when emerging man would find himself unwilling to accept that he must for ever be on his guard against the uncontrolled violence that ruled the evolutionary scene . |
| 11 | Foreign imports into Britain continued to grow rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s while UK exports of manufactures levelled off from the late 1970s , making the UK a net importer of manufactured goods for the first time in the long history we have described ( Figure 2.1 ) . |
| 12 | THE 138th Boat Race will go down as one of the classic encounters in the long history of the event . |