Sentence examples for matter of longstanding from inspiring English sources

Which it doesn't, as a matter of longstanding policy.

It wasn't just a matter of longstanding antipathy to the sometimes strained mechanics of the genre.

"We only announce grants that are made as a matter of longstanding practice," he said.

"As a matter of longstanding policy, the Fund does not extend payment deadlines," said a spokesman for the IMF.

However, as a matter of longstanding canon law, such decisions are made by the local bishop, who is deemed to be generally in the best position to adjudicate the case relating to the priest in question".

Dinner parties at 272 Berkeley Place, to which Mrs. Ortner regularly invited a mix of old friends and interesting people she had just discovered, were a matter of longstanding ritual.

It's simply a matter of the longstanding demand for carriers finally catching up with the fleet.

They were increasingly posed questions about editorial matters, in complete breach of longstanding protocol.

First, as a matter of religious teaching and longstanding custom, a gemach makes no profit on its loans.

Members of Congress from rural states portray the change as a matter of fairness, redressing a longstanding inequity.

The Brooklyn stadium has been a longstanding matter of contention between the mayor and Mr. Golden, who for years strenuously promoted a grander sports and recreation complex for the site.