Example sentences of "[noun sg] have long been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The University has long been a leading centre for research in this field , and just over a year ago Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre ( EPCC ) was established to focus further on these issues . |
| 2 | But dance has long been a popular option at Haughton where teacher Jenny Ruston says its hard to find the time to meet all the demand from boys and girls . |
| 3 | However , the escape from spontaneity has long been a philosophical ideal , at its most intransigent in Sartre 's Being and nothingness , which treats even emotion as a matter of choice , to the point of denying the distinction between genuine and willed feeling . |
| 4 | In the printing trade , mobility had long been a traditional element in the organization of mutual support . |
| 5 | In the freezing barren icelands of the Arctic north , whale and dolphin meat has long been a traditional and important part of the diet for coastal settlements . |
| 6 | Transport of raw materials for energy use has long been a major sector in marine commerce but coal in particular has been the dominant single energy cargo . |
| 7 | ( The Thatcher mug has long been a best seller . ) |
| 8 | Finally , some 520 million year old teeth found in fossilised form have long been a controversial subject — did they come from an early vertebrate creature ? |
| 9 | The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country . |
| 10 | For the sake of those members who are not local I will briefly explain that the More family has long been a prominent one in this area . |