Example sentences of "[vb base] be [vb pp] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most historical accounts have been influenced by a long sociological tradition going back to Frederic le Play 's L'Organisation de la famille selon le vrai modèle signalé par l'histoire de toutes les races et de tous les temps ( 1871 ) , which saw a broad change in the family from the extended form in the middle ages to nuclear form in modernity . |
| 2 | Examinations with a scanning electron microscope show that cowpeas that have been stored for a long time readily lose protein when soaked , whereas samples stored without soaking do not lose protein . |
| 3 | The concepts of each civilization , like the soil of its homeland , have been cultivated by a long tradition of directed effort , but in the last resort are not invented but given . |
| 4 | Other diuretics have been known for a long time , especially arsenical compounds of mercury . |
| 5 | These are called reaves and , while they have been known for a long time , their age , extent and probable purpose have only recently been recognised . |
| 6 | ‘ These events are occurring now because human rights have been violated for a long time , ’ he said . |