Example sentences of "[verb] have a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The red chair where I sit has a long seat , comfortable for a tall person . |
| 2 | The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh also has had a long involvement with the cultivation and development of plants with medicinal properties and we have our own Scottish traditions of herbal cures for a long list of ailments . |
| 3 | Home-grown : Edinburgh 's Royal Botanic Garden also has had a long involvement with the development of plants with medicinal properties |
| 4 | He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows . |
| 5 | France has had no super-communications ministry ; but it has had a long tradition of state control , planning and Jacobin centralism . |
| 6 | Visual art education has had a long tradition of emphasizing the practical , so it was not surprising to find similar sentiments being expressed by the visual art teachers interviewed . |
| 7 | Afghanistan has had a long history of neutrality and non-alignment which Soviet leaders have assiduously fostered . |
| 8 | This question too has had a long history though it is only quite recently that it has become a precisely defined issue of zoological theory . |
| 9 | As most of you will know , Queens Park has had a long standing partnership with the Baptist Church in Doolay Falls near Wichita , Kansas . |
| 10 | By anyone 's standards Dick Print has had a long innings . |
| 11 | Today 's theme will serve us satisfactorily as a basis for our meditation , because water has had a long association with such images of healing , blessing and anointing . |
| 12 | Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist ! |
| 13 | Ayrshire has had a long association with the aeroplane , mainly centred on Prestwick Airport and the companies which have built aircraft on the site . |
| 14 | Northwich-Winsford in mid-Cheshire has had a long record of stable employment provided by companies like ICI and Foden . |
| 15 | If that means sterling has to have a long leave of absence , judicial separation or divorce from the ERM , so be it . |
| 16 | The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence . |
| 17 | The five-star novelist gave me an unfathomable glimmer when I closed the car door for her and remarked that she 'd had a long chat with Harry that afternoon on the telephone . |
| 18 | Kate , pregnant with her second baby , thought she knew what to expect when it came to giving birth , especially since she 'd had a long labour first time round . |
| 19 | I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No , I 'm just telling you that if you are then you 're going to have a long love affair with your right hand because I 'm straight and so is Rod . |
| 21 | Indeed it could be argued that a family crisis ( for example the suicide of a father ) is bound to have a long term effect upon the child . |
| 22 | The Prince , of course , had to go and say hello , and disappeared once again , emerging ten minutes later having had a long discussion with the chief brass player . |
| 23 | She came to Queen 's Park about 11 years ago , having had a long association at Findlay Memorial Tabernacle . |
| 24 | If she had said no he would have had a long way to jump . |
| 25 | But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history . |
| 26 | This week 's extension of the suspension has lead to a further letter to unit trust holders.But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history . |
| 27 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 28 | The ozone pollution problem may have had a long association with southern California but it has now become a very serious problem in the Texas Gulf coast , the north-east corridor , and other heavily populated regions ( figure 8.11 ) . |
| 29 | I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’ |
| 30 | The practice of coppicing has a long history in Britain . |