Example sentences of "a long standing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have a long standing arrangement to meet Mr Anderson this week . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Magistrates sitting at the new Court buildings in Liskeard , dealing mainly with motoring offences , together with drunkenness and minor public order offences , are continuing a long standing tradition of ‘ grass roots ’ justice . |
| 4 | Joyce was a long standing member and an Elder . |
| 5 | Spruce needles certainly take longer to decay than some other leaves , releasing humic acid over a longer period but at a slower rate , but being a long standing constituent of the northern latitudes coniferous belt , spruce ( Picea ) is quite compatible with lakes well stocked with fish . |
| 6 | This confusion is partly due to any difficulty we find in accepting that the solution to a long standing problem could be so simple ; confusion may also arise because , being influenced by the pace of today 's world , we presume that we are doing something wrong when we do not achieve immediate results . |
| 7 | As most of you will know , Queens Park has had a long standing partnership with the Baptist Church in Doolay Falls near Wichita , Kansas . |
| 8 | I 'm also sorry to disappoint all those writers on anorexia nervosa who insist that the disease stems from a long standing aversion to sexuality and childbirth . |
| 9 | In 1987 33 per cent of the population , 35 per cent of females and 32 per cent of males , reported the presence of a long standing illness . |
| 10 | Not all of those with a long standing illness report that it restricts their activity . |
| 11 | Consequently 21 per cent of the population of Great Britain report that they have a long standing limiting illness ( 19 per cent of males and 22 per cent of females ) . |
| 12 | The Natural History Museum wanted me to complete some ecology wallcharts of ponds and streams , sponsored by British petroleum , who have a long standing relationship with the Museum , aimed at encouraging and supporting a better understanding of current environmental issues . |
| 13 | A long standing issue in accounting has been how to eliminate from the traditional measures of profit any element due to inflation . |
| 14 | There is also a long standing and somewhat unique tendency in this country to treat front and back gardens as separate entities , the former being for parking and access , the back for everything else . |
| 15 | Guinness has a long standing tradition of community involvement dating back to the eighteenth century . |
| 16 | Part of the lease Arthur signed guaranteed him his brewing water free of tax or pipe money , and in this regard he had a long standing feud with the city authorities which lasted over twenty years . |
| 17 | The special association between Guinness and food is a long standing one , indeed has been the fashion since 1759 . |
| 18 | Although the White Paper claims the government has " a long standing policy of keeping roads away from Sites of Special Scientific Interest " , a Friends of the Earth critique points out that this " rhetoric is not born out when the implications of the Department of Transport roads programme are examined " . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Taking a break from the Bosnian conflict , he kept a long standing promise to his local swimming pool to help raise money for leukaemia and heart research . |
| 21 | ‘ For teams like us to enter the competition is a long standing privilege which enhances the competition and harms no one . ’ |
| 22 | A teacher is needed to take over a long standing recreational class at in September . |