Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain has proved to be one of the least ‘ community-minded ’ members of the EEC and has for long been at odds with other states about the level of British contributions to the EEC budget . |
| 2 | ( Germany 's unemployment has for long been extremely high , and is currently catastrophically so in the former East Germany . ) |
| 3 | A banquet-hall deserted — Broadstone Station would henceforth be only that to thousands for whom it had for long been associated with happiness — the happiness of the day 's work , the happiness of companionship , the happiness of simply being alive on a fine day . |
| 4 | It has for long been held that our modern idea of time derives from that of early Christianity , which in turn can be traced back to that of ancient Israel and Judaism . |
| 5 | This structure had for long been partially responsible for delay in their legal recognition , since the civil law had not yet come to express it in terms it could comprehend . |
| 6 | The public road to Killilan has for long been the usual route taken by motorists wishing to see the Falls of Glomach , permission to use a private road continuing into Glen Elchaig being a formality . |
| 7 | The Bourbon variety ‘ Mme Isaac Pereire ’ , with huge crimson blooms , has for long been widely regarded as the most powerfully scented rose of all . |
| 8 | For example , the relationship between education and economic need — which had for long been a matter of concern in Britain and the object of telling comparisons with Germany and the USA — was never fundamentally tackled [ Robbins , 1963 ] . |
| 9 | The influence of party structures had for long been curtailed by the arrangements for selecting chairmen ; arrangements which made it possible for situations to arise where the president , the Congressional party leadership and a majority of the majority party could all be united on a particular issue yet might be thwarted by the whims of an all-powerful committee chairman . |
| 10 | The ability of Philip Augustus and his immediate successors to translate what had for long been no more than theoretical claims into judicial , and sometimes geographical , reality changed the balance of forces . |
| 11 | Manchuria had for long been subject to encroachments by Russia . |
| 12 | The subject of dependent nomic conditionals has for long been a disputed one , and part of larger disputed subjects , those of larger categories of " if " statements and of " if " statements generally . |
| 13 | Immigration control had for long been advocated and in 1917 , under pressure of war , an Immigration Act was passed forbidding the entry of aliens over 16 years of age who were unable to read a 40-word passage . |
| 14 | Surprisingly , in the last decades is that literary studies , perhaps especially classical studies , which may seem to be at the other extreme of the academic spectrum from the sciences , have shown themselves more self confident in the use of computers than history has done , even though history is closer to the social sciences which have for long been acclimatized to quantification and computerization . |
| 15 | If it is a view you are after , then better to go to the top of the Pic du Midi than remain down on the col , for from there the prospect has for long been famous , especially to the north over the plains and , on a good day , westward to the Atlantic . |
| 16 | Whereas in the UK a general degree is a particular type of undergraduate curriculum , in the USA general education has for long been part of everyone 's undergraduate degree , along with electives ( options ) and a major subject . |
| 17 | It has for long been the task of the Secretary of State for the Home Department either in the exercise of the prerogative of mercy or more recently on a statutory basis to determine in the case of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment , how much of that sentence should be served . |
| 18 | Legitimacy … does not deal so much with whether activities of government are lawful as whether they accord with what are generally perceived to be or what have for long been held up to be , the fundamental principles of the constitution according to which government is or ought to be conducted . |
| 19 | In the result I have not been persuaded that any doubt has been cast upon principles which are soundly directed as being both desirable and reasonable and which furthermore have for long been firmly established by authority . |
| 20 | Londoners have for long been perversely proud of a health service that does not serve them well . |
| 21 | Rotifers have for long been know to survive repeated freeze-thaw cycles . |
| 22 | A brief literature review of the popular sedimentological journals indicates an increasing emphasis on petrography within Europe , whereas within the United States and Canada sedimentary petrology has for long been a necessary component of integrated sedimentological research projects . |
| 23 | This began with some flattering words about us both , and implied that he had for long been unable to make up his mind about the abdication . |
| 24 | I have for long been concerned to provide an opportunity for children to revise their choice of school between the ages of 11 and 13 . |
| 25 | The increasingly related and intertwined fields of education and training have for long been a battlefield for learning technologies . |
| 26 | While teleconferencing has for long been the province of very large organisations , codec development together with the digitising of telephone networks and the emergence of ISDNs , will bring teleconferencing within reach of a mass market . |
| 27 | Bookselling has for long been stereotyped as a sheltered world , separated from the usual pressures of everday business concerns , where change is almost instinctively resisted . |
| 28 | Butler had for long been heir-apparent , and had given devoted and distinguished service to the Conservatives . |
| 29 | Programmes in cookery , waiting , house-keeping , reception have for long been the recognised route by which the industry 's craftsmen and supervisors have acquired their qualifications at all levels . |
| 30 | More importantly , the amalgamation of consular with diplomatic services , the ending of the inferior status to which the former ( and therefore by implication all commercial considerations ) had traditionally been relegated , had for long been a favourite panacea of reformers in several countries . |