Example sentences of "[noun sg] have long been a " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In the printing trade , mobility had long been a traditional element in the organization of mutual support . |
| 7 | The American Supreme Court has long been a proponent of the rule : |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ( The Thatcher mug has long been a best seller . ) |
| 11 | Road traffic had long been a matter for the police because of the very great concern over road accidents . |
| 12 | Naipaul has long been a reader of Conrad , and Guerrillas can make you think of Nostromo . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The Holy Land had long been a source of exasperation for Rome , and after the revolt of A.D. 66 Roman hostility towards Judaism intensified . |
| 18 | Prostitution , drunkenness , vagrancy and other ‘ unrespectable ’ manifestations of urban popular culture had long been a headache for local borough councils . |
| 19 | At HANNOVER FAIR Industry the integrated European market has long been a reality . |
| 20 | The issue of professional regulation in medicine has long been a matter of both public and academic interest . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The bureaucratization of the party has long been a source of political conflict within communist states . |
| 23 | This region has long been a spawning ground for Croat hotheads who dream of annexing this area to Croatia . |
| 24 | Opportunism had long been a characteristic of princes and alliances and changes of allegiance were connected with the patronage to be gained from the emperor . |