Example sentences of "they have [art] long " in BNC.

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1 This Tokyo factory is the one that makes the modern Schecter guitars as well as the Casio synth guitars and Kramer electrics ( recently deceased ) so they 've a long history of making quality instruments .
2 They 've a long way to go if one of these youngsters are to compete at Sydney in the year 2 000 … but already they 've claimed a notable scalp .
3 ( They had a long argument over this . )
4 They had a long discussion on the longevity of seeds and no doubt Kalm delighted in the Dictionary and later set out in his Diary a splendid commendation :
5 They had a long chat in Afrikaans ; Herbert specially mentioned the language because it was only the survivors of the family 's oldest generation who still habitually spoke it .
6 They had a long way to go .
7 They had a long walk over the moor to Bingley and Alfred Carter could n't afford to wait for them if they were late .
8 They forced themselves to eat the porridge , the eggs fresh from the nest , for they had a long day before them .
9 Flushed and triumphant after this orgy of extravagance , they left the store at last , keeping an eye on the time because Mabel must n't be late with the boys ' tea whatever happened and then they had a long , annoying wait at the bus-stop .
10 Fortunately , Viktor valued him and they had a long association before he ever worked with Irina .
11 One of the things we did n't mention , deliberately , which I , I know Richard said they had a long debate about was child labour .
12 It was a relief to all of them when at half-past ten Robina got up and declared firmly that they had a long journey and must now go .
13 They had a long , long garden , with a high wall at the end .
14 They had a long way to go before that could happen .
15 They had a long and very happy life together , and when her husband finally died Lucia only lingered a few days before following him . ’
16 They have a long tradition of solid trade union organisation .
17 If uranium prices are going to swing in favour of fast reactors , they have a long way to go .
18 Left unprocessed , they have a long storage life if kept dry .
19 Unfortunately , as this book points out , some of the alternatives may look good on paper but they have a long way to go before they can match the tokamak .
20 They have a long way to go .
21 But they have a long way to recover .
22 Consequently 21 per cent of the population of Great Britain report that they have a long standing limiting illness ( 19 per cent of males and 22 per cent of females ) .
23 In the secondary sector they have a long history of influence as local employers .
24 They have a long history of use in planning practice , there is a wide measure of consensus about their use in control and , where covered by policy , it tends to be as broad , flexible statements in structure or local plans , amplified in detail in supplementary planning guidance .
25 They have a long agenda that includes the GATT trade talks and a host of foreign issues , including Iraq , Bosnia , Russia and , to British embarrassment , Northern Ireland .
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