Example sentences of "[pron] has [been] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the products division which has been a long time drag on profitability improved its performance , and was well up too . |
| 2 | There has been a long resistance to accepting that , in spite of the logical stringency with which laws in science are formulated , interrelated and tested , their origin has never ceased to be the same . |
| 3 | There has been a long tradition of professional marketing activities by a wide spectrum of non-profit making organisations including political parties , the Health Education Council with its anti-smoking campaign , the Right to Read programme , Oxfam , Christian Aid and the Salvation Army . |
| 4 | Most of this is in the northwest where there has been a long history of land-use , involving both degradation and successful reclamation . |
| 5 | There has been a long debate as to whether Severn Mill was operated as a tide mill , the general opinion now seeming to favour this idea . |
| 6 | Recently there has been a long ambulance drivers ' strike . |
| 7 | Mr Foster said : ‘ There has been a long period of uncertainty which always causes problems . |
| 8 | Since then there has been a long decline . |
| 9 | Within education there has been the long standing view that the individual teacher is the key resource to developing and delivering a high quality service . |
| 10 | Phil Farrand says it is brilliant … it has been a long slog and has meant a lot of hard work |
| 11 | To a few of us it may seem like only yesterday , but to the Princess , I suspect , it has been a long decade , for she has completed a most extraordinary metamorphosis . |
| 12 | It has been a long day , but there are still a couple of hours to run , and this is Berlin , where anything can happen . |
| 13 | Everyone is contemplating an early night — it has been a long day , one of the busiest for a while . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
| 15 | God it 's only quarter past two , it has been a long day in n it ? |
| 16 | It has been a long time since the women 's game has been so open ; hopefully it will continue . |
| 17 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 18 | It has been a long time . |
| 19 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
| 20 | With more and more database engines sitting on networked servers , it has been a long time coming — the tricky bit , says Shandell is implementing ‘ remote queue pointers ’ . |
| 21 | It has been a long time coming , and apparently impatient fans bombard the Pan press office weekly for information on its appearance . |
| 22 | ‘ It has been a long time , Warren , ’ she said evenly . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , it has been a long time , and I expect you and Marissa … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Well , ’ she taunted foolishly , ‘ it has been a long time . ’ |