Example sentences of "long been a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ( The Thatcher mug has long been a best seller . ) |
3 | ‘ These schools have long been a closed shop and many have n't been inspected for ages . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | ICI has long been a major supplier of surfactants , which are the active ingredient in detergents . |
6 | A brief literature review of the popular sedimentological journals indicates an increasing emphasis on petrography within Europe , whereas within the United States and Canada sedimentary petrology has for long been a necessary component of integrated sedimentological research projects . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Caricatured images of ‘ natives ’ — African , Asian and Arab — and selective and often fanciful representations of their histories and cultures , reinforced in comics , adventure stories and films , have long been a powerful presence in the official curriculum of British schools ( Mackenzie , 1984 , 1986 ; Klein , 1985 , ; Ahier 1988 ) . |
9 | D Goldstein of Staravia Ltd , Ascot , who has long been a good friend of the aircraft preservation movement , offered a range of instruments . |
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 | I have long been a avid reader of books about islands . |
12 | Whereas Mr Orlando has long been a troublesome hero for his party , Mr Segni does not look like a troublemaker . |
13 | Agricultural hard labour , primarily the cultivation of cotton , had long been a prominent feature of TDC activity . |
14 | The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country . |
15 | It had also long been a great source of amusement to the more belligerent regulars as they watched the uninitiated stumble in and sit down . |
16 | 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 ) . |
17 | 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 ? |
18 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
19 | Local rates have long been a controversial source of local authority income . |
20 | In the printing trade , mobility had long been a traditional element in the organization of mutual support . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | The numbers of acute beds that a service needs has long been a contentious issue . |
23 | This , too , is unlikely , for Mr Morita has long been a noisy critic of America and was saying nothing new . |
24 | The London theatres , which had for so long been a particular thorn in the side of Puritan moralists such as William Prynne , were closed down at the outbreak of the civil war and remained shut until the Restoration . |
25 | The contamination of clay bodies by minute metallic elements has long been a recurring nightmare for potters despite stringent efforts to eradicate the ‘ disease ’ . |
26 | Igls has long been a popular summer haunt of the Austrians , and therefore has much to offer the visitor . |
27 | Non-evaluative criticism , as propounded by the successive Merton professors , Gardner and Carey , has long been a popular ideal at Oxford . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | With its combination of beauty , beaches , culture and history , it has been long been a favourite holiday destination and its hot temperatures have drawn sun seekers form all over the world . |
30 | More importantly , the amalgamation of consular with diplomatic services , the ending of the inferior status to which the former ( and therefore by implication all commercial considerations ) had traditionally been relegated , had for long been a favourite panacea of reformers in several countries . |