Sentence examples for long-standing establishment from inspiring English sources

Hassan Rohani, a pragmatic former chief nuclear negotiator and long-standing establishment figure, was elected president of Iran with almost 51% of the vote.

Yet Iran's new president-elect, Hassan Rohani, a centrist, a former chief nuclear negotiator and long-standing establishment figure, was elected as the seventh president of the Islamic Republic with a whisker shy of 51% of the vote, more than twice that of the runner-up.

As kitchens teeter on closure, as layoffs loom and the economic downturn threatens long-standing establishments and their outstanding wine lists, the market is more frenetic and freewheeling than it has ever been.

POGO was [sic] a long-standing organization.

As a disabled Veteran, Jim was co-owner of the popular Pinewood Bar and took over the family business, The FergusII Catering after the death of his father, both long standing establishments in Riverdale.

Ukip is simply the fresh face of a long-standing Eurosceptic establishment, supported by many in the Tory party and significant parts of the press.

In this respect, two long-standing hypotheses stand out.

Karen McKim, Madison, Wis.: This column represents conservatism as it should be practiced — attention to long-standing moral and ethical values, establishment of high standards, and explicit expectation that people, particularly those who desire to lead the nation, will be held accountable to those standards.

"Of course, this discussion only begins to scratch the surface when it comes to the smears and distortions against Senator McCain from some of his long-standing foes in the Republican establishment.

It has a long-standing reputation for legal sniping at establishment personalities, such as the crusading  judge Baltasar Garzon, who ordered General Pinochet's arrest in London in 1998.

Whatever the reasons for the erosion of faith in animal activism, the establishment has a long-standing fear that the movement's respectable face – the people who puts nuts out for birds, walk Labradors and buy free-range eggs – not ask too many questions or demand radical change.