Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] have a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I SPENT most of Friday morning having a long talk with Paul Seddon — Assistant Commissioner Seddon , who is our department 's special representative at New Scotland Yard . |
| 2 | Similarly , in England football hooliganism has a long history . |
| 3 | The Social Work Department has a long tradition of working in collaboration with other service providers . |
| 4 | Opposition to a fixed European exchange rate has a long history within the Labour movement . |
| 5 | Folk music has a long association with classical music , why not include that ? |
| 6 | National Assistance which followed on Poor Law Relief has a long history . |
| 7 | But the intelligence fraternity has a long track record of trying to fool others and in the process usually ends up fooling itself . |
| 8 | A new song , ‘ Pussy Cat Meow ’ , celebrates them and a dream Kier had a long time ago . |
| 9 | Ideal dairy land has a long growing season , no summer drought period , a stable soil structure with good drainage to avoid excessive poaching , and an unfailing water supply . |
| 10 | JC seh has a long history , almost certainly originating from a verb ( which later became reanalysed as a complementiser corresponding to " that " ) in one of the West African languages of the Kwa group . |
| 11 | The University of Chicago Press has a long list of titles for the coming spring season , in contrast with last year 's more restricted offering . |
| 12 | The UK group has a long standing commitment , made to the Hong Kong Government , to broaden the shareholder base of Hong Kong Telecom and a deal with CITIC would be consistent with that . |
| 13 | The 17.5 per cent stake represents roughly a quarter of Anglia 's market capitalisation , but David McCall , chief executive , said he believed ‘ the share price has a long way to go yet ’ . |
| 14 | The ‘ need ’ theorists ' concept of self-actualization or self fulfilment has a long history ( Jung , Adler , Goldstein , Rogers ) yet remains one of the fuzziest and least developed in psychology . |
| 15 | The concept of an independent development agency has a long tradition in Britain . |
| 16 | We recall that the confessional idea has a long history . |
| 17 | Delhi Junction had a long , curving , double-arcaded front , in redbrick Eurasian Gothic , with small crenellated towers , the only hint of decoration being supplied by blinds on all the windows . |
| 18 | The typical pilgrimage church has a long , aisled and galleried nave , wide transepts and a large sanctuary . |
| 19 | Local government audit has a long history . |
| 20 | Nothing much between the two teams on form … they 're two places and eight points apart … both are in the frame for the play-off places but the promotion race has a long way to go yet … |
| 21 | Like copyright , patent law has a long history and has developed as a means of protecting innovation which has a benefit to innovator and public alike . |
| 22 | To take one example , in November 1987 the North-West Regional News introduced by Stuart Hall had a long feature as their opening item : |
| 23 | The Oxenhope Straw Race has a long way to go before it reaches its centenary , but the aims of the people who organise it and take part are the same as those who in the nineteenth century began the hospital sings at Holmfirth and Mapplewell . |
| 24 | The Training scheme has a long and proud history . |
| 25 | Cancer research had a long tradition of support from private contributions , but new charities devoted to particular diseases , such as arthritis and rheumatism , leukaemia , and muscular dystrophy , were founded and became a great source of strength to workers whose interests had or might have application to the desired objectives . |
| 26 | THE QUEEN 'S HEAD , said to be a 14th Century inn has a long gallery , now glassed in , facing east , but it is not an original structure . |
| 27 | Films were cast for an international market in the Hollywood of the 1920s ; and international press syndication had a long history . |
| 28 | Public expenditure control has a long history dating back to the early eighteenth century . |
| 29 | The frailties of the holiday romance have a long history . |
| 30 | Colin French has a long record for animal cruelty , and there were cheers in the public gallery as he was taken away . |