The Earps had a long-standing dispute with the Cowboys.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

So I've given this first lecture a title, the title being "Milton, Power, and the Power of Milton," because any introduction to Milton has to confront the long-standing conviction in English letters of Milton's power or his strength as a poet.

所以我给这第一场讲座起名叫做，米尔顿，力量，以及米尔顿的力量“,因为只要要介绍米尔顿，就无法绕开,米尔顿作为诗人的力量,这一英国文学一直以来的话题。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Now we've been charting for a couple of weeks now Milton's long-standing project to purge his lips of secular interests and to cleanse his literary consciousness of the tempting influence of secular literary voices, and one of those voices is obviously Shakespeare's.

现在我们已经讨论了几个星期了,弥尔顿长期坚持的项目像净化世俗利益,净化世俗的文学看法的影响,对他文学意识诱惑，其中有一个看法显然是莎士比亚的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The meeting violated a long-standing rule of Egypt's press syndicate, or union,that forbids any contact between its members and Israelis.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

But it says that has allowed some long-standing disputes among national and regional leaders to re-emerge and become a concern for the long term.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

Last year,President Obama revived a long-standing request for Saudi Arabia to move towards recognition of Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

President Assad noted that dialogue was the best means to end long-standing disputes with Tehran, arguing that any attempt to contain a country ends by strengthening it.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

The high court is expected to rule soon on a case unresolved from last term involving long-standing restrictions on corporations and labor unions contributing to political candidates.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Pakistan says resumption of the dialog must focus on resolving the long-standing disagreement over the Kashmir region, claimed by both countries and a catalyst for several of their wars against each other.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

A long-standing drought, along with recent devastating bushfires and widespread floods have given some scientists more reason to think that the vast continent is likely to be one of the countries hardest hit by a shifting climate.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

"They're not quite there yet. There have been some serious efforts to deal with a combination of long-standing problems in the auto industry and the current crisis which has seen the market for new cars drop from 14 million [vehicles in annual sales to nine million.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30