long-standing tradition

collocation in English

meaningsoflong-standingandtradition

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long-standing
adjective
uk
/ˌlɒŋˈstæn.dɪŋ/us
/ˌlɑːŋˈstæn.dɪŋ/
having existed for a ...
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tradition
noun[C or U]
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society ...
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(Definition oflong-standingandtraditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is along-standingtradition.
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That has been thelong-standingtradition.
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This merely recognises along-standingtradition.
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These debates do not have along-standingtradition.
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There is along-standingtraditionof refreshment after worship.
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They already had along-standingtraditionof democracy.
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In many cases, these cities had also already been explored in along-standingtraditionof extensive excavations.
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It is part of along-standingtradition.
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A longitudinal approach contrasts with thelong-standingtraditionof considering only one period of assessment as a correlate or predictor of temperament.
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There existed in that city a powerful andlong-standingtraditionof anti-semitism, already well entrenched by the nineteenth century.
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It was along-standingtraditionfor people to protest and for something to be done.
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In this country we have along-standingtraditionof religious toleration.
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They seek to bypass that process rather than follow along-standingtraditionin this country.
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There is along-standingtraditionof strategic units at the centre of government.
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I represent a rural constituency where hunting has been along-standingtradition.
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They feel that theirlong-standingtraditionis again being whittled down.
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But nevertheless, it is sad to see the breaking of such along-standingtradition.
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Carloforte boasts along-standingtraditionof wooden boatbuilding.
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We want to uphold this country'slong-standingtraditionof giving shelter to those who flee persecution.
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We have along-standingtraditionof tempering justice with mercy in the administration of the law.
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We have along-standingtraditionhere that the matters discussed should be relevant to the subject of the debate.
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There is a quitelong-standingtradition, especially (and understandably) among utilitarians, of thinking in terms of the sum of a number of pleasures and pains (or other goods and evils).
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We have along-standingtraditionof achievement in a variety of sports.
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