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.
The standing spectators expressed their appreciation, but after nearly an hour there was a growing sense that the evening would have to start rocking at some point.
Baseball requires a willingness to endure long stretches of tedious standing around and an appreciation for subtlety and nuance that may be at odds with a country thought to be experiencing a diminishing attention span.
"I applaud my colleagues for recognizing and agreeing that demonstrating appreciation and standing in patriotic solidarity with our military should not come with a price tag," Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J).
Tsonga's daring play against Djokovic's jaw-dropping precision had prompted gasps, standing applause, laughter and roars of appreciation.
The audience loved it and showed its appreciation by wild applause and standing ovations.
