Sentence examples for as longstanding from inspiring English sources

Given the SNP's opposition to all things nuclear is as longstanding as its support for independence - the UK's Trident missile submarines, based on the Clyde, would be sent "doon the watter" to England.

The rivalry between the gays in New York City and the gays in Los Angeles is as longstanding as gangster-rapper competition and Alexis and Krystal's feud on Dynasty.

Monday's announcement sought to strike a note of respect for a relationship portrayed as longstanding.

She and her two adult children had lost all the rights they had as longstanding tenants.

He counts some generals of the People's Liberation Army as longstanding friends.

Almost as longstanding, perhaps, is the Old World schism between dry "wallers" (that is, farmers) and mortar-smearing "masons" (tradesfolk).

However, these lesions are also seen in patients with AS with longstanding disease, where they may be associated with central ankylosis.

It was therefore anticipated that 18 F-fluoride uptake might also occur in active mineral deposition associated with degenerative spine disease (as exemplified in Figure 2), especially as patients with established, longstanding AS were included in this study.

I first got to know Khaled al-Asaad in the 1980s as a colleague, and subsequently as a longstanding friend.

These findings are noteworthy, indicating that AS patients with longstanding disease may also benefit from TNF-inhibitor therapy.

Critics of the practice say it is cruel as birds are killed before they can breed, but supporters defend it as a longstanding custom.