Example sentences of "have long be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naipaul has long been a reader of Conrad , and Guerrillas can make you think of Nostromo . |
| 2 | Non-evaluative criticism , as propounded by the successive Merton professors , Gardner and Carey , has long been a popular ideal at Oxford . |
| 3 | HOARDING clothes has long been a British vice . |
| 4 | Street children like Manoel now fear more than temporary incarceration at Febem , the Dickensian state orphanage that has long been a synonym for alienation and violence . |
| 5 | IT HAS long been a precept at Leicester Rugby Club . |
| 6 | It has long been a nightmare in Moscow that the region could be highly vulnerable to Islamic militants from the indigenous population 's ethnic and religious brothers across the borders in Afghanistan and Iran . |
| 7 | It has long been a nightmare in Moscow that the region could be highly vulnerable to Islamic militants from the indigenous population 's ethnic and religious brothers across the borders in Afghanistan and Iran . |
| 8 | THE seeds of popular revolt that appear to be taking root across Romania were sown last Thursday in the north-western town of Timisoara when President Nicolae Ceausescu 's security forces moved to evict the Protestant pastor , Laszlo Tokes , who has long been a thorn in the side of the regime . |
| 9 | The mere business of shifting passengers has long been a dreary distraction . |
| 10 | The Ley eventually reverted to the Garnstone estate and has long been a farmhouse , which it remains to this day . |
| 11 | In the freezing barren icelands of the Arctic north , whale and dolphin meat has long been a traditional and important part of the diet for coastal settlements . |
| 12 | Whereas Mr Orlando has long been a troublesome hero for his party , Mr Segni does not look like a troublemaker . |
| 13 | Getting industry to adopt new technologies has long been a problem . |
| 14 | This , too , is unlikely , for Mr Morita has long been a noisy critic of America and was saying nothing new . |
| 15 | Confiscating savings has long been a demand of the most reactionary groups who think that all private business is conducted by ‘ the mafia ’ , which the confiscation is supposed to hurt ( actually , the most criminalised businesses hold much of their savings in dollars and gold ) . |
| 16 | Making money out of the misfortune of others has long been a speciality of Swiss banks . |
| 17 | Advances in medical knowledge might lead to the conclusion that some are simply too dangerous : there has long been a debate about the status of boxing , with increasing knowledge of the risks of brain damage to boxers . |
| 18 | ‘ Unionist ’ has long been a misnomer for both parties of that name in the Province , which are Protestant first and Unionist second . |
| 19 | Igls has long been a popular summer haunt of the Austrians , and therefore has much to offer the visitor . |
| 20 | It has long been a house . |
| 21 | There has long been a tradition of separating these ‘ special ’ clinics from the rest of the hospital , and many of them still go under euphemistic titles such as ‘ Martha and Luke ’ clinic , James Pringle House , or ‘ Lydia ’ clinic . |
| 22 | The American Supreme Court has long been a proponent of the rule : |
| 23 | The extent to which Pythagoras and his followers may have been influenced by oriental ideas has long been a subject for argument . |
| 24 | Although insignificant on the map , it has long been a magnet drawing folk from the Dales on repeated visits ; latterly there has been a growing influx of tourists and walkers from outside the county to see the magnificent waterfall of Hardraw Force . |
| 25 | Upper Ribblesdale has long been a magnet for experienced cavers , potholers and geologists . |
| 26 | He is a shy , gentle innocent untouched by any selfish thoughts or feelings , who has long been a pupil of Mr Pecksniff |
| 27 | The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country . |
| 28 | But it has long been a mystery to me why students find proofs to be a mystery , and Solow has the answer : it 's not enough to tell them ‘ a proof is a sequence of logical steps ’ . |
| 29 | There has long been a tradition of skilled furniture-making in the island , making copies of British and French pieces . |
| 30 | This has long been a very popular venue for cruise-ship parties , the descent to Monte or to Funchal being made by toboggan . |