Until his arrest, ministers had long been in the habit of taking Mr Cakici's calls.

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In recent years, the Ferrari ace has made a habit of taking a long break over the winter in his holiday home in Norway.

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It came ashore with immigrants from Hamburg, who had long since acquired the habit of eating ground beef, raw with onion juice, from nomadic Tatar tribes.

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Most studies conclude a cigarette costs 10 minutes of life, so a pack-a-day smoker (20 cigarettes a day) loses 13.9% of a year to the habit over the long haul.

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This is largely because members of long-running teams get into the habit of culling their ideas from a narrow band of sources: one another.

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Even if some questions remain unanswered, F1 is not in the habit of dwelling on the past for too long.

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Class prejudice has long had a nasty habit of making us attack the wrong targets.

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When it comes to kicking the cigarette habit, the United States certainly has come a long way, baby, to borrow the old Virginia Slims tagline.

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Most of these nations have had a long-standing habit of putting off real reform by taking the drug of currency devaluation.

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From a risk management standpoint, giving up over a 10% gain is a bad habit to develop if you want to make money over the long haul.

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More importantly, the habit of paying for sanitation, by using public conveniences, was long established among its inhabitants.

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