Example sentences of "has [prep] [art] [adj] time been " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last has for a long time been the argument most favoured by political theorists . |
| 2 | For example , it has for a long time been generally accepted by students of organisation that any organisation is likely to need a number of rules and procedures to guide the behaviour of organisational members . |
| 3 | 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 ] . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Safety , which has for a long time been assumed to be at odds with commercial considerations , is now a business interest . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | However , the demand for the relevant , the practical , and the vocational that was part of the raison d'être of the GCSE has at the same time been answered in a different way , which may in the end prove embarrassing to the DES and the SEC , and may seem to promise yet another shift of power . |
| 9 | But — with exceptions of course — it has at the same time been unable or unwilling to devote enough time and effort to understanding and pursing financial and accounting matters , perhaps because these often lack the immediate and general glamour of other aspects of policies . |