Example sentences of "there [vb -s] [been] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Most of this is in the northwest where there has been a long history of land-use , involving both degradation and successful reclamation . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Recently there has been a long ambulance drivers ' strike . |
| 6 | Mr Foster said : ‘ There has been a long period of uncertainty which always causes problems . |
| 7 | Since then there has been a long decline . |