Example sentences of "[noun pl] have long been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These schools have long been a closed shop and many have n't been inspected for ages . |
| 2 | He takes it for a walk — such walks have long been a ritual activity of the country 's more optimistic male poor , the dog more expensively jacketed than the chap . |
| 3 | The contamination of clay bodies by minute metallic elements has long been a recurring nightmare for potters despite stringent efforts to eradicate the ‘ disease ’ . |
| 4 | The numbers of acute beds that a service needs has long been a contentious issue . |
| 5 | The mere business of shifting passengers has long been a dreary distraction . |
| 6 | Local rates have long been a controversial source of local authority income . |
| 7 | As I mentioned earlier , the saithe or coalfish Gadus virens has long been an important fish in Shetland , the surface-shoaling immatures being utilised by many sea-birds . |
| 8 | HOARDING clothes has long been a British vice . |
| 9 | BADGES have long been a cheap , effective way of making a statement — whether it 's Ban The Bomb or I Love Madonna — but do n't throw them away when your fervour wanes . |
| 10 | Gangsters have long been a good source of drama for the filmakers and there 's barely a star in Hollywood who has n't been ‘ mixed up ’ on screen with the mob at some point in his career . |
| 11 | Its leaders and pastors have long been the only people who can say what they think ; its press , although censored , is freer than the state media and its synods and congresses are the only places where people can openly discuss the problems in the country . |