Sentence examples for has long rested from inspiring English sources

The appeal of classical dance has long rested on a measure of distance and idealization.

In the Muslim north, where illiteracy is widespread but where military power has long rested, the Lagos-based press is held in deep suspicion.

The idea that nonresidents should pay little or no tax has long rested both on notions of fairness, since they're not around much to use city services, and pragmatism, because of the fear that higher taxes will drive them away.

"We are a strong community; we are not a second-rate community," Mr. Middleton said of this unassuming steel town of 25,000 southeast of Akron whose main claim to fame has long rested with the locally bred carnation once ubiquitously sported by President William McKinley, a favorite-son politician.

Switzerland has long rested on its many-geared laurels and ignored the average consumer.

The Obama administration has long rested on stating that al-Awlaki was a senior al Qaeda operative.

Mrs. Bachmann's hopes have long rested on an impressive performance in Iowa, but polls have shown her consistently running in the single digits.

I exercised those skills, sharpened my set of tools, and rediscovered passions I had long rested on the side of the road just for the sake of having fun.

Glenohumeral stability must be provided also with the muscles at rest or in extreme joint position; for this reason, muscle fibers have long resting sarcomere lengths to produce adequate passive tension [8].

During the day, the mantled guereza has long rest periods in between periods of moving and feeding.

Hughes's turn in the rotation was skipped once in late June, and he had long rest over the All-Star break in mid-July.