Example sentences of "[noun pl] have a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The approach of classroom testing against the hearing norms has a long tradition among educators and researchers . |
| 2 | Because the drivers had a long record of bad behaviour and convictions no such expectation existed here . |
| 3 | Swindon Town and Oxford United fans have a long tradition of rivalry . |
| 4 | The wooded area is nice enough but the schools have a long history of desegregation problems , and are now 88% black and 10% Hispanic . |
| 5 | But kids have a long tradition of getting the better of adults , going back to the Famous Five and beyond . |
| 6 | The Welsh lads have a long way to go before they match that sort of consistency , but it only needs one to become a permanent fixture for everything to change . |
| 7 | In Britain the divisions between the public health , general practice and hospital sectors have a long history of often quite bitter dispute . |
| 8 | A campaign for a People 's Front would detract from their attempts to influence the Labour Party , and was felt to be inspired by Lloyd George , with whom the Communists had a long standing feud , dating back to the First World War . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For example , many Northern English accents have a long sound as the realisation of the phoneme symbolised in RP ( which is a simple phonetic difference ) ; but in some Northern accents there is an diphthong phoneme and a contrasting long vowel phoneme that could be symbolised . |
| 11 | Second , a large proportion of the older workers had a long period of service with the same company before being made redundant . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | These ideas have a long history going back to sources such as Aristotle , Archimedes , Galen , and Boethius . |
| 14 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |
| 15 | Hereford cattle have a long pedigree … they can be traced right back to the red cattle of Roman Britain . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The veneration of saints has a long history dating back to the early martyrs ( meaning witnesses ) . |
| 18 | Trebuchets had a long range , and were generally constructed on site . |
| 19 | Elves and Dwarves have a long history of hate yet Legolas and Gimli become friends because they travel in Frodo 's company together . |
| 20 | In Germany , where discounters have a long history , they control a quarter of the market . |
| 21 | This concern about the calibre of councillors has a long history . |
| 22 | On May 18th 60 members had a long session with Howard Pastor , the White House head of congressional liaison , trying to convince him of the need for further cuts . |
| 23 | Marine sponges have a long fossil record from the Cambrian onwards , and at many localities they are abundant enough to be important rock formers . |
| 24 | Other features : the meals have a long shelf life and are light and compact to carry . |
| 25 | Research on natural hazards has a long tradition in geography going back more than half a century . |
| 26 | THE death penalty for heretics has a long history . |
| 27 | Today 's graduates have a long way to go to match the service of the RAF 's longest serving ex-apprentice . |
| 28 | These cases hardly ever go to court , but publishers have a long record of paying up and shutting up . |
| 29 | The concepts of crystal settling and convection in magma chambers have a long history r2–6 . |
| 30 | Plantations outyield by almost 10 times managed ‘ natural ’ forest and these pines have a long fibre suitable for pulp , but hardwoods , notably Eucalyptus spp. yield higher total amounts of dry matter , and the most productive may yield up to twice that of the best pines . |