Example sentences of "[verb] long been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ special relationship ’ has long been a myth , one which the UK has more of an interest in perpetuating than the US , where the reality is that Britain is regarded as a second-rank nation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Upper Ribblesdale has long been a magnet for experienced cavers , potholers and geologists . |
| 4 | Alassio has long been a favourite , and its ‘ little wall ’ — The Muretto of the Café Roma — boasts hundreds of tiles bearing the signatures of its past illustrious guests . |
| 5 | THE LAYOUT of the bookmakers ' pitches at Down Royal has long been a bone of contention , with bottlenecks the main drawback , causing frustration among the punters — and no doubt among the men who lay the odds as well . |
| 6 | The extent to which Pythagoras and his followers may have been influenced by oriental ideas has long been a subject for argument . |
| 7 | Marrakesh has long been a winter watering hole for the rich , the chic and the famous and the Shah had arrived at the height of the tourist season . |
| 8 | The acquisition of dominant positions in markets has long been a concern of US antitrust , where section 2 of the Sherman Act 1890 outlaws behaviour to ‘ monopolize or attempt to monopolize ’ a market . |
| 9 | More importantly , the city has long been a centre of manufacturing excellence ; why then should it still arouse such hostility ; is there something deeper to the disapproval of Birmingham than the quality of its goods . |
| 10 | Although party politics , particularly in urban areas , has long been a feature of local government , its extension after 1974 — mainly a product of the larger authority areas created by reorganization — has helped to transform the operating style of many authorities . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There has long been a tradition of skilled furniture-making in the island , making copies of British and French pieces . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Getting industry to adopt new technologies has long been a problem . |
| 16 | Gregory Butler has long been a field leader in this domain . |
| 17 | There has long been a consensus that this is true of the Lands Tribunal . |
| 18 | This region has long been a spawning ground for Croat hotheads who dream of annexing this area to Croatia . |
| 19 | The American Supreme Court has long been a proponent of the rule : |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | The tire has long been a focus for the telling of stories , and for the stimulation of inner vision . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | He is a shy , gentle innocent untouched by any selfish thoughts or feelings , who has long been a pupil of Mr Pecksniff |
| 25 | The effects of observers ' values and predispositions on their perceptions , descriptions , and analyses of ethnographic reality is , of course , an issue that has long been a matter of explicit concern to anthropologists . |
| 26 | The issue of professional regulation in medicine has long been a matter of both public and academic interest . |
| 27 | All told , the upwelling of the cold waters of the south-eastern Pacific has long been a source of considerable economic importance . |
| 28 | The bureaucratization of the party has long been a source of political conflict within communist states . |
| 29 | For example , the Keynesian saving function in which the rate of acquisition of new financial and real assets is a function of the level of income has long been a source of dissatisfaction . |
| 30 | ‘ Unionist ’ has long been a misnomer for both parties of that name in the Province , which are Protestant first and Unionist second . |