Example sentences of "has been a long time [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Peter Preston , editor of the Guardian , yesterday said : ‘ This has been a long time coming and there are things in it like the enhanced role for proprietors that I 'm not very keen on , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Gooch 's biography has been a long time coming but Ivo Tennant has been thorough in his survey of hitherto uncharted waters , and the wait has been worthwhile . |
| 3 | But Boogie 's TriAxis has been a long time coming , and there are great expectations to live up to … |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | It has been a long time coming , and apparently impatient fans bombard the Pan press office weekly for information on its appearance . |
| 6 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |