Example sentences of "a longer history " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kingdom of Greece had a longer history ; the Greeks had been the first subject people to break free from Ottoman rule after 1815 . |
| 2 | If these changes in family structure and parental roles are of recent origin , current political dimensions of child care policy , which have rarely been more prominent than today , surely have a longer history . |
| 3 | Indeed , the over spill factor had a longer history than a concern with post-coal industrial restructuring , since the plans of the 1940s and early 1950s had assumed stable employment in coal . |
| 4 | For many freshwater hobbyists , invertebrates are a whole new departure ; we know little about many species , but one with a longer history of captive care is the Apple Snail . |
| 5 | Savory has a longer history than sage , though not considered to be as useful medicinally . |
| 6 | A Longer History of Time ? |
| 7 | If country banks were a product of the latter half of the eighteenth century , country banking functionally defined has a longer history , despite the fact that only a dozen institutions formally known as banks were in existence before 1750 . |
| 8 | Because of their composition , multiplicity of functions , procedures and restricted access to information , modern legislatures are limited in their struggle with bureaucracy even when , like the UK Parliament , they have a longer history , stronger tradition , higher status within the political culture and more central constitutional significance than most . |