Example sentences of "long been use [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Forest of Dean has long been used as a dustbin . |
| 4 | Alcohol has long been used as a fuel-in spirit lamps and as methylated spirits , for example . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | While the venerable AT–6 had long been used as the Hollywood Zeke , its resemblance to the real thing was marginal at best . |
| 7 | Bismuth has long been used in the treatment of digestive problems and a typical bismuth drug in the British pharmaceutical codes ( BPC ) for 1949 was Pulvis Bismuth Compositus , BP , a mixture of bismuth carbonate , magnesium carbonate and sodium carbonate . |
| 8 | Champagne has long been used by the city institutions to woo clients . |