Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] a long history " in BNC.

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1 The battle of politics and ideas which focuses on the inner city represents a conflict between sets of interests and values which have a long history , dating at least from the 1830s and the New Poor Law of 1834 .
2 He admitted that this would involve ‘ a change in mentalities , ways of thinking and prejudices , all of which have a long history ’ .
3 Feminist thinking does not , of course , exist in a vacuum , and in thinking about women 's autonomy , feminists have drawn on different ( and conflicting ) approaches to questions about the human self , some of which have a long history .
4 Families of people with a learning disability might welcome a less intense form of case management than that offered to single male schizophrenia sufferers who have a long history of compulsory admission to hospital .
5 Other such opportunities might occur with people with recurring illness , or with couples considering divorce who have a long history of marital strife .
6 I do n't know it may be that I 'll be the only member er that talks in terms of a specific Euro seat er in any detail but it does matter in our area and we have a long history of arguing that case .
7 This Tokyo factory is the one that makes the modern Schecter guitars as well as the Casio synth guitars and Kramer electrics ( recently deceased ) so they 've a long history of making quality instruments .
8 In the secondary sector they have a long history of influence as local employers .
9 They have a long history of use in planning practice , there is a wide measure of consensus about their use in control and , where covered by policy , it tends to be as broad , flexible statements in structure or local plans , amplified in detail in supplementary planning guidance .
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