lengthy history

collocation in English

meaningsoflengthyandhistory

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lengthy
adjective
uk
/ˈleŋ.θi/us
/ˈleŋ.θi/
continuing for a ...
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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition oflengthyandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflengthy history

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No general characterisation of any genre with numerous exemplars and alengthyhistoryshould be accepted as absolute.
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Clearly, the last thing required in a crisis situation is alengthyhistoryhowever well researched and authoritative.
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Given its by nowlengthyhistory, the idea of listening to environmental soundscapes as if they were music can now be regarded as a tradition.
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This burden of alengthyhistoryof scholarship has recently prompted suggestions for other ways of writing medieval music history.
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They both have alengthyhistory, which has already been discussed.
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I am sorry to say that there is a fairlylengthyhistoryof inspectors' decisions not upholding local plans.
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Some of them had alengthyhistory, at least in part of their activity, of involving young people; others had little history of that.
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This matter has a somewhatlengthyhistory.
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There is alengthyhistoryof their application in circumstances which may differ radically in content from the circumstances we are now considering but do not differ in principle.
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It is one of somelengthyhistory, as it is natural that pensioners should be interested in the future of these funds on which their dependants will depend.
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Although having gone through different names over itslengthyhistory, it was originally two newspapers.
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This area has a fairlylengthyhistoryof human occupation, including archaeological prehistoric and colonial historic resources.
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Lounge singers have alengthyhistorystretching back to the decades of the early twentieth century.
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Thelengthyhistoryof the island's occupation has provided numerous important archaeological sites and the sandstone bedrock provides a platform for fertile farmland.
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Like the majority, the dissenters also provided alengthyhistoryof the right of sovereign immunity, but underscoring the uniform inviolability of the right.
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The village's school also has alengthyhistory, as it has been in existence since at least 1831.
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Inflated praise in the form of flattery and puffery has a similarlylengthyhistory.
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This is due to the large amount of available date due to thelengthyhistoryof the course.
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Especially for those with lengthy histories of association with a community, expulsion from their homes can be devastating.
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Eiseley documented that animal variation, extinction, and alengthyhistoryof the earth were observed from the 1600s onward.
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