Example sentences of "have [adv] been a " in BNC.
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| 31 | There has long been a tradition of separating these ‘ special ’ clinics from the rest of the hospital , and many of them still go under euphemistic titles such as ‘ Martha and Luke ’ clinic , James Pringle House , or ‘ Lydia ’ clinic . |
| 32 | The American Supreme Court has long been a proponent of the rule : |
| 33 | The extent to which Pythagoras and his followers may have been influenced by oriental ideas has long been a subject for argument . |
| 34 | Although insignificant on the map , it has long been a magnet drawing folk from the Dales on repeated visits ; latterly there has been a growing influx of tourists and walkers from outside the county to see the magnificent waterfall of Hardraw Force . |
| 35 | Upper Ribblesdale has long been a magnet for experienced cavers , potholers and geologists . |
| 36 | He is a shy , gentle innocent untouched by any selfish thoughts or feelings , who has long been a pupil of Mr Pecksniff |
| 37 | The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country . |
| 38 | But it has long been a mystery to me why students find proofs to be a mystery , and Solow has the answer : it 's not enough to tell them ‘ a proof is a sequence of logical steps ’ . |
| 39 | There has long been a tradition of skilled furniture-making in the island , making copies of British and French pieces . |
| 40 | This has long been a very popular venue for cruise-ship parties , the descent to Monte or to Funchal being made by toboggan . |
| 41 | ( The Thatcher mug has long been a best seller . ) |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | Kate Greenaway has long been a firm favourite among collectors who will pay £2,000-£3,000 for a collection of her Almanacks and £30-£50 for most single specimens . |
| 44 | The tire has long been a focus for the telling of stories , and for the stimulation of inner vision . |
| 45 | At HANNOVER FAIR Industry the integrated European market has long been a reality . |
| 46 | D Goldstein of Staravia Ltd , Ascot , who has long been a good friend of the aircraft preservation movement , offered a range of instruments . |
| 47 | The effects of observers ' values and predispositions on their perceptions , descriptions , and analyses of ethnographic reality is , of course , an issue that has long been a matter of explicit concern to anthropologists . |
| 48 | All told , the upwelling of the cold waters of the south-eastern Pacific has long been a source of considerable economic importance . |
| 49 | While DEC Europe has long been a strong advocate for X.desktop , DEC US originally opted for the rival Visix Looking Glass product ( UX No 306 ) , and more recently began evaluating HP 's Visual User Environment ( UX No 377 ) . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | declared , ‘ It has long been a rule well established ( the origin of it I do not recollect ) that you can not get discovery except from a party to your action . |
| 52 | The ‘ Victorian Age ’ has long been a synonym for a harsh and repressive sexual puritanism . |
| 53 | There has long been a consensus that this is true of the Lands Tribunal . |
| 54 | The acquisition of dominant positions in markets has long been a concern of US antitrust , where section 2 of the Sherman Act 1890 outlaws behaviour to ‘ monopolize or attempt to monopolize ’ a market . |
| 55 | The numbers of acute beds that a service needs has long been a contentious issue . |
| 56 | There has long been a hidden agenda in foreign language teaching which included the notion that the ultimate aim was to create bilinguals in the foreign and mother tongues . |
| 57 | Although party politics , particularly in urban areas , has long been a feature of local government , its extension after 1974 — mainly a product of the larger authority areas created by reorganization — has helped to transform the operating style of many authorities . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | Gregory Butler has long been a field leader in this domain . |