He found that the results did not support long-standing claims that Bacon was the true author of the works usually attributed to Shakespeare.

The long-standing claim that the present uniform was first worn as mourning for the death of George III is unfounded.

The findings appear to contradict the GM industry's long-standing claim that any potentially harmful chemicals added to crops would pass safely through the body.

These differentiations occurred following long-standing claims about the alleged differences between the Nordic and the Mediterranean people.

On 16 March 2009, Brunei announced its decision to drop a long-standing claim to Sarawak's Limbang district.

They also contradict the British government's long-standing claim that pollution is worst along the coastlines and falls off further out to sea.

The settlement honors the Zunis' religious beliefs, resolves the tribe's long-standing claims, and protects rural communities' access to water.

He had spoken of the lady as if he thought her his property, and Genji did not wish to contravene these long-standing claims.

Many of them, it seemed, had believed Qaddafi's long-standing claims of a modest salary and an austere Bedouin life style.

Faced with this smoking gun, a red-faced Japanese government immediately dropped its long-standing claim that only private businessmen had operated the brothels.