Example sentences of "have [prep] [art] long time " in BNC.

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31 However , governments have for a long time been divided over how large a merger must be before it passes out of national hands to Brussels .
32 ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said .
33 Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU .
34 Captain America 's main man EUGENE KELLY got in touch to tell us the latest development , namely the withdrawing of the sleeve , and added : ‘ I have for a long time been a devoted customer of C&A and will only wear socks and pants with the C&A label .
35 I have for a long time had on file one respected artist 's offer to arrange an exhibition of a hundred of his works , and then to hand them straight over as a gift to the Russian Cultural Foundation .
36 Libraries and librarians have for a long time sought to play a role in the educational development of young children in the formative and primary years , particularly in the simple stimulation of the reading habit .
37 The small size of the private-rented sector and the difficulties which council house tenants face in moving between local authority areas have for a long time constituted major barriers to long distance migration by lower-income workers ( Robertson , 1979 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1981 ; OPCS , 1983 ; Hamnett , 1984 ) .
38 As was noted in Chapter 4 , local education authorities have for a long time had a duty to provide special education for handicapped children .
39 I have for a long time been suspicious of the doctrine of gradualism in politics and the foibles of the Foreign Office , which uses the double-speak of diplomacy , as I saw in the Anglo-Irish diktat and now smell in Maastricht .
40 This is not meant to be a criticism of the many carp bait firms which have for a long time sold baits which catch carp .
41 AT ABBEVILLE airfield , l'Aero Club de la Somme have for a long time have shown off Dassault Ouragon No 215 .
42 ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’
43 So erm I 'm looking forward to this season much more than I have for a long time , so I ca n't wait , wherever I end up , we 'll have to see , but erm I 'm looking forward to it anyway .
44 ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’
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