This experience revived a long-standing interest in medicine.

Finally, her long-standing interest in naive art resulted in a remarkable collection.

He regards his long-standing interest in the environment as a salvation of sorts.

The purchase marks the fulfilment of the billionaires' long-standing interest in the sport.

He had a long-standing interest and involvement in international development, trade justice and debt campaigns.

Of course this raises a long-standing problem: if we share others' concurrent experience how do we maintain a self-other distinction?

He had a long-standing problem with illegal miners on his land.

He had no idea of his next step, other than recovering from a knee reconstruction to cure a long-standing problem.

This helps you to solve a long-standing problem.

But a long-standing problem has been where early life would have gotten its supply of phosphorus molecules, which typically are found only in tiny amounts in the natural environment.

Many individuals suspect that severing a long-standing relationship with a bank would not bring much benefit and might involve hassle.

In the past, the debt has frequently been held solely by a long-standing relationship bank.

By the 1990s, the state began to acknowledge the long-standing relationship to the book.

Removed from long-standing relationships of mutual accountability and encouragement, the seminarian enters a world that values knowledge above all else.

He emphasises the importance of building long-standing relationships.

Unless your business has a good, long-standing reputation, the customer may not want to hand over any money until the work starts.

The caf has a long-standing reputation as the resort of literati and intellectuals.

The island has acquired a long-standing reputation for being a bastion of chess-playing.

She still drew crowds, though, and had a long-standing reputation for dealing fair.

A flat, 18-hole parkland course with a long-standing reputation for excellent greens.

Soon after, keepers were prohibited from gathering eggs for personal consumption — a long-standing tradition and critical food source.

There's a long-standing tradition of fast play in the game that should be respected.

He refused to honor the long-standing tradition of entering the winning locker room to congratulate the victors.

A long-standing tradition of feeding meat to spotted hyenas also evolved during the 1960s into an impressive night show for tourists.

We have a long-standing tradition of achievement in a variety of sports.