Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] been [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increasingly related and intertwined fields of education and training have for long been a battlefield for learning technologies . |
| 2 | For example , the relationship between education and economic need — which had for long been a matter of concern in Britain and the object of telling comparisons with Germany and the USA — was never fundamentally tackled [ Robbins , 1963 ] . |
| 3 | ‘ Latest statistics reveal a considerable improvement in the number of 16-year-old pupils who leave school with some qualifications : the plight of low achievers had for long been a matter of concern , ’ it said . |
| 4 | While teleconferencing has for long been the province of very large organisations , codec development together with the digitising of telephone networks and the emergence of ISDNs , will bring teleconferencing within reach of a mass market . |
| 5 | It has for long been the task of the Secretary of State for the Home Department either in the exercise of the prerogative of mercy or more recently on a statutory basis to determine in the case of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment , how much of that sentence should be served . |
| 6 | There has until now been a degree of ambiguity in the presentation of the goal of political union . |
| 7 | What causes the remaining 30 per cent of cases of NGU has until now been a mystery . |
| 8 | To start with there was in the late nineteenth century the growth of America and Germany as industrial powers , having a comparative advantage in the production of commodities such as iron , steel and chemicals which had until then been the preserve of the UK . |
| 9 | Producing such material has until recently been the preserve of highly skilled individuals using methods which effectively date back to Caxton and Gutenberg . |
| 10 | The polytechnic developments had at least been the outcome of clear-cut decisions , however weakly the intentions were defined and followed through with sustained resources . |