Example sentences of "[noun] have a [adj] tradition [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The convent has a long tradition of illustrating cards and books with delicate hand-crafted watercolours and inscriptions . |
| 2 | The approach of classroom testing against the hearing norms has a long tradition among educators and researchers . |
| 3 | Sussex has a longstanding tradition of interdisciplinary work in this area . |
| 4 | Founded in 1583 , the University has a distinguished tradition of learning and of innovation , including examples in the Arts ( Edinburgh established the first Chair of English Literature in Britain ) , in the Sciences ( with the UK 's first Chair of Agriculture and latterly the first Chair and Department of Artificial Intelligence ) and , of course , in Medicine and the other professions . |
| 5 | It is possibly true of ‘ Bonn ’ : Germany has a long tradition of unease about England which has been kept alive.and well in influential papers such as Die Zeit and elsewhere . |
| 6 | The Social Work Department has a long tradition of working in collaboration with other service providers . |
| 7 | Established in 1912 , Olympus has a long tradition of good design , using the finest materials and quality craftsmanship . |
| 8 | But the Mesopotamian Jews had a firm tradition of loyalty to the Seleucids , whereas the Palestinian Jews had become part of the Syrian state only about 200 B.C. The Seleucids gladly used the Mesopotamian Jews as soldiers , and the contribution of the Babylonian Jews to the defence of their city during an enemy attack was regarded as being so famous by the author of II Maccabees that he did not think it necessary to specify the circumstances ( 8.20 ) . |
| 9 | Cancer research had a long tradition of support from private contributions , but new charities devoted to particular diseases , such as arthritis and rheumatism , leukaemia , and muscular dystrophy , were founded and became a great source of strength to workers whose interests had or might have application to the desired objectives . |
| 10 | Swindon Town and Oxford United fans have a long tradition of rivalry . |
| 11 | But kids have a long tradition of getting the better of adults , going back to the Famous Five and beyond . |
| 12 | Scotland has a long tradition of exporting its talents . |
| 13 | Scotland has a wonderful tradition of well-planned and designed urban and rural development , Inverary and Edinburgh 's New Town being but two examples . |
| 14 | The Department of Celtic has a strong tradition of postgraduate research and supervises postgraduate work in all the main branches of Celtic Studies . |
| 15 | Several European countries have a rich tradition of master painters and sculptors and vast collections of works of art have undergone extensive restoration over the centuries . |
| 16 | Ulster has a long tradition of rural industry and peasant agriculture . |
| 17 | The LGC has a long tradition of providing support services and policy advice to the government . |
| 18 | Nor when the Tory press informs us , as it does unceasingly , that ‘ Britain has a profound tradition of unregimented , tolerant order ’ should we rush to indict the historical embroidery of newspaper editors . |
| 19 | Research on natural hazards has a long tradition in geography going back more than half a century . |
| 20 | The concept of an independent development agency has a long tradition in Britain . |
| 21 | That area of Aberdeenshire has a long tradition of producing outstanding personalities . |
| 22 | Psychology has a secondary tradition of studying exclusively female samples , particularly in the female-identified areas of heterosexual and parental relationships , and social and emotional attitudes and behaviours . |
| 23 | This country has a long tradition of accepting genuine political refugees , but there is no doubt that the fact that three quarters of all applications are made by people who have been living in this country for weeks , months and , in some cases , years , is tantamount to an abuse of the system . |
| 24 | The University of Edinburgh has a distinguished tradition of research and postgraduate study in many fields . |
| 25 | Cultural support measures by member states have a centuries-old tradition behind them . |
| 26 | In the first place , the left has a strong tradition of defying authority , and smoking fits neatly into this . |
| 27 | But , dating back to Biko 's days , the BCM has a strong tradition of ‘ non-collaboration , ’ which means shunning all contact with ‘ collaborators ’ serving in government-established institutions . |
| 28 | There will be no lack of determination , after all Lancashire have a fine tradition in the competition . |