That shift reflected the country's continuing orientation toward the West, and it accorded with the Albanian people's long-standing appreciation of Western technology and cultural achievements even while retaining their own ethnic identity, cultural heritage, and individuality.
Once, on the way to her seat, she took a long, ostentatious bow in LeBron's direction — her long-standing appreciation of the King is well documented — then stood for a moment, until someone behind her (reportedly a higher-up at Apple) shouted for her to sit down.
In Australia, there was little interest in the cultivation of Australian plants until the mid-20th century, despite a long-standing appreciation of their beauty as wildflowers.
Through a long-standing appreciation for film, fashion, and jazz of the 1920s through 1940s, she eventually happened upon the study of historic dances and can be found with her husband several nights a week swinging to live music.
Despite Jarre's long-standing appreciation for lasers, you are unlikely to find him rocking a neon tank-top and an indian headdress at Coachella any time soon, although his disdain for modern festival culture is focused more towards the mode of consumption than the production.
There has been a long-standing appreciation of the close relationship between working memory (WM) and executive control.
I feel very fortunate that we have both an Attorney General and a President with such long standing knowledge of and appreciation for our Constitution.
He received a long standing ovation.
Settlement there is of long standing.
They're all friends of long standing.
Wives of long standing shuddered in empathy.
