Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a long history " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wooded area is nice enough but the schools have a long history of desegregation problems , and are now 88% black and 10% Hispanic . |
| 2 | In Britain the divisions between the public health , general practice and hospital sectors have a long history of often quite bitter dispute . |
| 3 | The remote rural areas have a long history of continuing depopulation : there are problems of farm structure and current argument about land use in general raises important issues of concern for the future . |
| 4 | Just as the Biesbosch on the Rhine delta was a centre for the Dutch underground opposition to Hitler , so the English wetlands have a long history as centres of resistance . |
| 5 | These ideas have a long history going back to sources such as Aristotle , Archimedes , Galen , and Boethius . |
| 6 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the latter insult is somewhat inaccurate : animators have a long history of injecting a little ‘ adult ’ spice into what is essentially a children 's medium . |
| 8 | The veneration of saints has a long history dating back to the early martyrs ( meaning witnesses ) . |
| 9 | Elves and Dwarves have a long history of hate yet Legolas and Gimli become friends because they travel in Frodo 's company together . |
| 10 | In Germany , where discounters have a long history , they control a quarter of the market . |
| 11 | This concern about the calibre of councillors has a long history . |
| 12 | THE death penalty for heretics has a long history . |
| 13 | The concepts of crystal settling and convection in magma chambers have a long history r2–6 . |
| 14 | Although most nomadic tribes have a long history of weaving rugs specifically for trade , a number of items coming onto the western market may well have been made originally for personal use . |