Their objections were an expression of a longstanding debate about the relationship between architecture and engineering.

The verdicts revived a longstanding debate among officials who deal with terrorism.

There is a longstanding debate within the legal community about the legitimacy of the movement.

There has been a longstanding debate in China about tipping.

It has also renewed a longstanding debate among blacks about whether such objects should be embraced as part of black history.

There is a longstanding and ongoing debate about the most appropriate term to describe these activities.

The American approach is also likely to exacerbate a longstanding debate about the most effective way to reduce drug cultivation.

The decision to withdraw from Subic is expected to end a longstanding political debate.

It is not our province to resolve this longstanding debate.

There is a longstanding debate in Albany over whether the state's election law should be simplified.