Sentence examples for longstanding situation from inspiring English sources

This was amended to more accurately reflect Wollaston's view that this "subsidy" is a current and longstanding situation that ministers need to address.

He was speaking at the introduction of a study into industrial overcapacity in China, a longstanding situation that the chamber believes has grown more serious as a result of the global financial meltdown and Beijing's aggressive response to it.

Wollaston, who is a GP, has also asked the health secretary to clarify what ministers intend to do to address the longstanding situation that people who pay for their own care are also subsidising those whose costs are inadequately met by local authorities.

There are global conditions brewing, however, that are about to disrupt that longstanding situation, and as a result, America is about to enter a period of much greater risk.

Therefore it is not clear whether participants' responses reflect a longstanding situation or just a brief, temporary reaction.

He refused to say much of anything about Mr. McAfee, other than to describe his residence as the site of "a longstanding, uncomfortable situation".

"Wang reiterated China's longstanding position that the key objective at this stage was to prevent the situation on the Korean peninsula from spinning out of control and to establish a positive direction through dialogue and negotiation".

This is, of course, a longstanding position.

Whereas the favoured method of some international humanitarian organisations has been to deliver emergency relief via their own staff, our response is spearheaded by local partners with a detailed and longstanding knowledge of the situation on the ground and how things really work at a grass-roots level.

What is remarkable is the extent to which politicians (primarily, though not exclusively, Republicans) are using the current economic situation to fulfill longstanding political goals.

There was little else in Mr. Ivanov's remarks today to suggest that Russia's longstanding view of the Iraqi situation has changed.