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Example sentences of "[noun] have a long history " in BNC.

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1	The wooded area is nice enough but the schools have a long history of desegregation problems , and are now 88% black and 10% Hispanic .
2	In Britain the divisions between the public health , general practice and hospital sectors have a long history of often quite bitter dispute .
3	The remote rural areas have a long history of continuing depopulation : there are problems of farm structure and current argument about land use in general raises important issues of concern for the future .
4	Just as the Biesbosch on the Rhine delta was a centre for the Dutch underground opposition to Hitler , so the English wetlands have a long history as centres of resistance .
5	These ideas have a long history going back to sources such as Aristotle , Archimedes , Galen , and Boethius .
6	Unfortunately , the latter insult is somewhat inaccurate : animators have a long history of injecting a little ‘ adult ’ spice into what is essentially a children 's medium .
7	Elves and Dwarves have a long history of hate yet Legolas and Gimli become friends because they travel in Frodo 's company together .
8	In Germany , where discounters have a long history , they control a quarter of the market .
9	The frailties of the holiday romance have a long history .
10	The concepts of crystal settling and convection in magma chambers have a long history r2–6 .
11	Such associations of sexual deviance and political threat have a long history sedimented into our language and culture .
12	WUS and educational assistance to South Africa WUS International and WUS(UK) have a long history of supporting the efforts of the black majority of South Africans to overcome the educational discrimination which is an integral part of apartheid .
13	The cattle of Wales have a long history : they are usually described as ‘ Celtic ’ types which have been indigenous to Wales for many centuries .
14	Although most nomadic tribes have a long history of weaving rugs specifically for trade , a number of items coming onto the western market may well have been made originally for personal use .