Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] have [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The city of Shechem has a long and important history . |
| 2 | This kind of research has a long history in psychology and education but is relatively undeveloped in the rest of social science . |
| 3 | While the Duke of Argyll had indeed a well-established interest in the county , and John Campbell of Mamore had a long tenure of the parliamentary seat , it is hardly to be wondered that some of the gentlemen resented that blunt statement of Campbell power . |
| 4 | The veneration of saints has a long history dating back to the early martyrs ( meaning witnesses ) . |
| 5 | This concern about the calibre of councillors has a long history . |
| 6 | The University of Edinburgh has a long and distinguished history and at a time of difficulty for the institutions of higher education throughout the country , Edinburgh is in a process of constantly reappraising and improving standards to meet the growing demands of a changing world . |
| 7 | That area of Aberdeenshire has a long tradition of producing outstanding personalities . |
| 8 | The use of sex crime in the media as a source of titillation has a long and inglorious past which has emerged spectacularly again in the Thatcher years . |
| 9 | The cattle of Wales have a long history : they are usually described as ‘ Celtic ’ types which have been indigenous to Wales for many centuries . |
| 10 | This boyish hatred of military interference to put down Communism in Russia had a long consequence . |
| 11 | The Sun is certainly 5000 million years old , and by stellar standards it is no more than middle-aged ; not for another 5000 million years at least will anything drastic happen to it , so that we on Earth have a long reprieve ( unless , of course , we decide to indulge in another major war , which would not destroy the world but would certainly wipe out the human race ) . |
| 12 | THE death penalty for heretics has a long history . |
| 13 | This gives complete pain relief and is helpful for women having a long labour or who are getting very distressed , but it has disadvantages in that it obviously makes women feel quite passive and helpless . |