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Example sentences of "have the long [noun] of " in BNC.

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1	Equally , Lyell has the long succession of faunas and floras brought about by a continual , one-by-one extinction of species and their replacement by new ones .
2	This region has the longer history of continuous occupation by tundra , for at no time during the post-glacial period was it invaded by forest .
3	Red has the longest wavelength of visible light , and violet the shortest .
4	Each format has its own cassette design ( anticlockwise from top ) : VHS is the largest in size and has the longest runtime of up to four hours ( PAL ) ; VHS-C cassettes are more compact but the runtime is reduced to a maximum of 1 ½ hours ( Long Play ) ; Video 8 has the smallest cassettes but runs for up to four hours ( LP ) .
5	The US has the longest tradition of natural gas use of any country in the world .
6	She , the ‘ bootlace ’ of Latin America , has the longest coastline of any country on the Pacific — 3,317 miles , longer by far than the entire Pacific coastline of Australia , which is a mere 2,450 miles from Cape York to Tasmania .
7	Despite my files tellin me this month has the longest list of genre titles , it is the one with least to offer .
8	Although humans may have the longest lifespan of any mammal , giant tortoises have the longest recorded lives among vertebrates .
9	That he had the long record of offenses , mainly dishonesty and some for violence against the police .
10	The Diplodocus had the longest neck of all the dinosaurs .
11	The position of Thakin Soe , who had the longest record of underground resistance , was even more unclear .
12	Following this we have the long period of isostatic emergence , rapid weathering of the new mountains with the formation of molasse-type deposits , widespread red bed sedimentation and also perhaps a period of glaciation , before peneplanation , widespread marine transgressions and the recommencement of the cycle in new troughs .