Example sentences of "[noun] have for a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organ jazz has for a long time been club-trendy but it has taken until now for a new artist to come through to match the likes of Jimmy Smith and ‘ Big ’ John Patton with whom she shares a clear affinity in her choice of rhythms and blues inflections . |
| 2 | Doubt was cast on Cameron 's results partly by the lack of control data he offered , and , later , after his death , his reputation for scientific integrity was irretrievably damaged by the revelation that much of his experimental work had for a long time been secretly supported by the CIA , including some rather insidious studies of the effects of covertly administered LSD on the behaviour of unsuspecting people . |
| 3 | The small size of the private-rented sector and the difficulties which council house tenants face in moving between local authority areas have for a long time constituted major barriers to long distance migration by lower-income workers ( Robertson , 1979 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1981 ; OPCS , 1983 ; Hamnett , 1984 ) . |
| 4 | High acidity of the duodenal contents has for a long time been found to be associated with gastric metaplasia , both in humans and in laboratory animals . |
| 5 | However , governments have for a long time been divided over how large a merger must be before it passes out of national hands to Brussels . |
| 6 | Special education has for a long time been fertile ground for curricula based on linear models of learning , guided and assessed through hierarchies of objectives . |
| 7 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |
| 8 | The geographical concentration of the relatively high per capita income services — especially in finance — in London and the South East has for a long time been a feature of the British economy [ Brown , 1972 ] . |
| 9 | As was noted in Chapter 4 , local education authorities have for a long time had a duty to provide special education for handicapped children . |
| 10 | In his first policy statement as President , Nujoma on March 21 promised to redress the distortions of the apartheid economy , and appeared to assuage fears of the white minority and potential Western aid donors by rejecting the idea of large-scale nationalization , which SWAPO had for a long time held to be a cornerstone of its Marxist ideology . |
| 11 | Libraries and librarians have for a long time sought to play a role in the educational development of young children in the formative and primary years , particularly in the simple stimulation of the reading habit . |