Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] have a long tradition " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is of particular interest is that direct investment overseas by such enterprises has become increasingly important over the post war years ( as opposed to portfolio investment , of which British capital has a long tradition ) , and that this phenomenon is especially important for the British economy . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Research on natural hazards has a long tradition in geography going back more than half a century . |
| 4 | Swindon Town and Oxford United fans have a long tradition of rivalry . |
| 5 | Outside those sectors where temporary working has a long tradition , they have usually vigorously condemned it . |
| 6 | Western philosophy has a long tradition so it is not surprising that it has changed over the centuries both in content and in method . |
| 7 | While the formal approach has a long tradition , manifested in innumerable volumes of grammar , the functional approach is less well documented . |