Example sentences of "have long [be] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Finally , some 520 million year old teeth found in fossilised form have long been a controversial subject — did they come from an early vertebrate creature ? |
| 32 | Local rates have long been a controversial source of local authority income . |
| 33 | Caricatured images of ‘ natives ’ — African , Asian and Arab — and selective and often fanciful representations of their histories and cultures , reinforced in comics , adventure stories and films , have long been a powerful presence in the official curriculum of British schools ( Mackenzie , 1984 , 1986 ; Klein , 1985 , ; Ahier 1988 ) . |
| 34 | In France there 's long been a high priority on keeping the birth rate up , so there are very high maternity grants and family allowances , especially if you 've got three or more children . |