Example sentences of "[noun sg] had a long history " in BNC.
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| 1 | Films were cast for an international market in the Hollywood of the 1920s ; and international press syndication had a long history . |
| 2 | That notion had a long history , and had by no means been deserted by post-classical law . |
| 3 | On the contrary , the idea of the Kingdom had a long history in the life of Israel , and the coming of Christ coincided with a feverish wave of expectancy within the nation . |
| 4 | The political police in the Soviet Union had a long history stretching back to tsarist times . |
| 5 | The tradition of writing ‘ effusions ’ in blank verse had a long history in the eighteenth century , culminating in The Task by William Cowper . |
| 6 | The base had a long history as home to the packers , as well as medical and catering units . |