Sentence examples for claim was longstanding from inspiring English sources

The claim was longstanding, intermittently invoked, but passionately defended.

A spokesman for the immigration minister, Scott Morrison, said it was longstanding government practice not to confirm or comment on reports of individual acts of self harm, but there was no basis to the claims of self harm or attempted suicide.

"Ford's drug and alcohol abuse, and his association with criminals to facilitate his drug abuse... are longstanding," MacIntyre writes in his statement of claim.

But how longstanding is longstanding?

"The church here is longstanding," he said.

But Portugal's fiscal malaise is longstanding.

The commission's problems are longstanding.

Prenups are longstanding traditions in many cultures.

Nature and culture are longstanding neighbors.

But the problems for commuters are longstanding.

"These rumors are longstanding," he said.