Example sentences of "have long been [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legal theory has long been bedevilled by a sterile debate between positivists and natural lawyers . |
| 2 | Physical beauty has long been seen as a reflection of God 's presence in the world ; mystical texts describe the divine beauty to be found in creation as the female spirit , the bride and the beloved . |
| 3 | Monetary union has long been seen as a way of bringing about greater economic and political unity within the Community . |
| 4 | THE NEED FOR the majority of county cricketers to cobble together alternative employment for themselves for half the year has long been seen as a compromise on the professionalism of the game . |
| 5 | ICI , for all the apparent successes of the 1980s , has long been perceived as a lumbering , bureaucratic conglomerate , in which winners subsidise losers . |
| 6 | Provoked killings are generally thought to be less heinous than unprovoked killings , and provocation has long been accepted as a ground for reducing to manslaughter a killing which would otherwise fulfil the definition of murder . |
| 7 | Ultraviolet light has long been accepted as a provocative factor for herpes of the face and lips and many people find that their annual attack coincides with their visit to Majorca or trip to the ski slopes . |
| 8 | The idea that monetary policy can be used to fine-tune the real economy has long been exposed as a myth . |
| 9 | The Bible has long been recognized as a composite work spanning many centuries , not some kind of monolithic whole , and whilst opinions differ widely as to the precise dating ( and methods of dating ) of its constituent parts , it remains the case that a book , or indeed a chapter , may lie in the received text next to a verse or chapter some several centuries removed in compositional/redactional terms from its neighbour . |
| 10 | Accessibility has long been recognized as a ‘ slippery notion ’ . |
| 11 | Hepatitis B was formerly referred to as ‘ serum hepatitis ’ because percutaneous exposure to contaminated blood has long been recognized as a major mode of transmission ; and cases of hepatitis B from blood transfusion , needlesticks , and sharing contaminated needles among drug abusers have been well documented . |
| 12 | The University of San Carlos has long been regarded as a hotbed of opposition , and the list of those imprisoned , tortured and murdered is long , even since 1986 . |
| 13 | The British countryside has long been regarded as a source of out-migration and a pool of reserve labour for urban areas . |
| 14 | In Britain , with its strong two-party system , a government defeat on a vote of confidence has long been regarded as a theoretical possibility rather than practical politics . |
| 15 | Second , income tax has long been regarded as a tax of central importance in government management of the economy ; it is a major financial and psychological weapon in securing the success of the Cabinet 's economic strategy . |
| 16 | Herodotus has long been regarded as a mythographer as much as a historian , for he records not just the bare facts , but the multiple versions of events he has gathered from a variety of sources . |
| 17 | Preventing the pollution of drinking water by untreated human excrement , for example , has long been recognised as a basic health concern . |
| 18 | In the private sector the quality of leadership has long been recognised as a key factor affecting organisational performance . |
| 19 | ‘ Hepatitis B has long been recognised as a risk to healthcare workers and is now considered by many authorities to be the most important infectious occupational disease , and yet we are still failing our workers , ’ she said . |
| 20 | VT has long been recognised as a complication of severe bradyarrhythmias , and less commonly can be the cause of syncope and death in patients with complete atrioventricular block or sinus node dysfunction . |
| 21 | The air-filled Parafoil has long been established as a stable single line kite so its development as a steerable stunter for two ( or more as we shall see ) lines came initially as a surprise knowing only too well how difficult it is sometimes to get a Parafoil started . |
| 22 | The first guide-book to the city was published in 1781 , and it has long been established as a compulsory item on the tourist itinerary for both foreigners ( especially North Americans ) and Britons . |
| 23 | Edinburgh , has long been established as a cultural and artistic centre and , with its museums , galleries , learned societies and other institutions , makes the Faculty of Arts at Edinburgh University an unrivalled choice for postgraduate study . |
| 24 | Mr Morton has long been rumoured as a possible successor to Sir Bob Reid at British Rail . |
| 25 | Isolating an infected person has long been used as a means of preventing the spread of infection and has been very effective in campaigns against the more serious and highly infectious diseases , such as smallpox ( now eradicated from the world ) , Lassa fever and tuberculosis . |
| 26 | A derivative of cellulose , one of the substances present in dietary fibre , has long been used as a ‘ slimming aid ’ for this reason . |
| 27 | According to one of my sources , it is the origin of the American term ‘ railroading ’ , which has long been used as a slang term throughout the USA to mean compelling somebody to do something they do not want to do , and for which the legal or other administrative justification is marginal or dubious . |
| 28 | Corporatism in various forms has a very long history : for example , professional groups such as doctors and lawyers have regulated themselves for centuries ; indeed , voluntary self-regulation is a defining characteristic of a profession and has long been used as a way of avoiding government control . |
| 29 | Alcohol has long been used as a fuel-in spirit lamps and as methylated spirits , for example . |
| 30 | The Forest of Dean has long been used as a dustbin . |