Example sentences of "[noun sg] has a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Although this technique has a long ancestry in the Old World it was unknown in the Americas until the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century .
2 The dose equivalence over 24 hours is more difficult to estimate but since salmeterol has a longer duration of action salmeterol 50 µg twice daily may be equivalent to salbutamol 500 µg four to six hourly .
3 The convent has a long tradition of illustrating cards and books with delicate hand-crafted watercolours and inscriptions .
4 Literature has a long history of feminist interest , but film and media studies are certainly as central to feminist cultural debates .
5 Talk of a realignment on the centre-left of the spectrum has a long history .
6 The Association has a long history ( dating back to the end of the last century ) , and the ESRC funded project will complement existing work on the period before 1946 .
7 ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added .
8 Labour has a long list of priorities : a £3 billion pledge on pensions — presumably health comes after that ; health presumably comes after Labour 's £1 billion recovery programme and it presumably comes after Labour 's £8 billion housing pledge .
9 There is a clear value in reducing the amount of chemical waste which has to be got rid of — and that thinking has a long way to go .
10 The Social Work Department has a long tradition of working in collaboration with other service providers .
11 The technique of biomass gasification by partial combustion has a long history .
12 Visible light has a longer wavelength than UV radiation .
13 This kind of research has a long history in psychology and education but is relatively undeveloped in the rest of social science .
14 Local government audit has a long history .
15 The village has a long history .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Western philosophy has a long tradition so it is not surprising that it has changed over the centuries both in content and in method .
19 A long-stroke engine has a long con-rod , which acts as a longer lever on the crank .
20 If we then look at paragraph five , that 's the first page of appendix two , we see here The appeal site has a long planning history .
21 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 .
22 Large and secretive , this wrasse has a long body of up to 45 centimetres .
23 Anti-parliamentarianism has a long history in France .
24 ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’
25 The CAB has a long history of mobilising professionals such as lawyers , accountants and surveyors , to advise clients on a voluntary basis but there are very few lawyers who specialise in welfare benefits or money advice .
26 The assertion that law is unsuitable or unable to deal with family and personal behaviour has a long history .
27 If properly fitted to the shaft the boot has a long life .
28 It happens to be a physical fact that the light that we call red has a longer wavelength than the light that we call blue .
29 The result is that shops use a work-in-process inventory to buffer themselves against problems and uncertainties , a situation where each station has a long queue of semifinished elements .
30 As outlined earlier , low temperatures past and present are also indicated by the evidence that the Moon has a long history of outer rigidity .
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