The religious police, a long-standing feature of Saudi life, are easily spotted, with their untrimmed beards and calf-length white gowns.

Corporal punishment is a long-standing feature of the disciplinary system, whereby the offending student receives a number of strokes with a rattan cane across the seat of his uniform trousers.

Anti-Catholic stereotypes are a long-standing feature of English literature, popular fiction, and even pornography.

In 1999 local government had been a long-standing feature of Irish political life.

Handicapped contests have been a long-standing feature of many regional and national level events.

Melodrama and parody (including self-parody) were other long-standing features of the Gothic initiated by Walpole.

A long-standing, unusual feature of Eckerd College is that a few residence halls are set aside as "pet dorms" for students wishing to bring small animals to campus.

Overnight services for sleeping cars are a long-standing feature of BR's Anglo-Scottish routes, but this market has also changed.

The emphasis on education is a long-standing feature of Chinese life as a result of the Confucian tradition of learning and scholarship.

A stress on responsibilities as well as rights has been a significant and long-standing feature of the British culture and has been well imbued by a large part of the nation's political elite.