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Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [art] long tradition " 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 Social Work Department has a long tradition of working in collaboration with other service providers .
3	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 .
4	Western philosophy has a long tradition so it is not surprising that it has changed over the centuries both in content and in method .
5	A dislike by Irish clerics for such an explicit and direct church — state relationship has a long tradition and comes out best in De Tocqueville 's ( 1957 ) conversations with Irish clergy on his visit to Ireland in 1834 .
6	Outside those sectors where temporary working has a long tradition , they have usually vigorously condemned it .
7	While the formal approach has a long tradition , manifested in innumerable volumes of grammar , the functional approach is less well documented .
8	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 .
9	The concept of an independent development agency has a long tradition in Britain .
10	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 .