Example sentences of "[noun] has long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The front runner has long seemed to be head injury , in which a microdialysis probe might readily accompany a pressure monitor and provide a guide to metabolic state . |
| 2 | NCR Corp has long been interested in offering a high degree of fault-tolerance on its computers , and its final line of mainframes , the 9800s , were claimed to be fault-tolerant . |
| 3 | Parliamentary lobbying has long been one . |
| 4 | These are useless for feeding — but the time for feeding has long since passed . |
| 5 | Harsnett 's text has long been seen as one of the established sources for Lear , but in Greenblatt 's analysis a more challenging question is posed : which way was the borrowing ? |
| 6 | British Rail has long argued that most passengers travelling to and from King 's Cross will do so by public transport . |
| 7 | Portree has long been the commercial centre of the Isle of Skye . |
| 8 | ‘ Science has finally confirmed what many a mere male has long suspected — that the troubles of the world are women 's fault , and if there were fewer of them , things would get on a whole lot better . |
| 9 | Opposite The Indian elephant 's ability to manipulate heavy objects has long been exploited by man . |
| 10 | Left : This hair has long top layers and a slight natural wave , which has been emphasised with about 15 medium and large rollers . |
| 11 | Health provision has long been centralized ( though with regional elements ) . |
| 12 | Champagne has long been used by the city institutions to woo clients . |
| 13 | Getting industry to adopt new technologies has long been a problem . |
| 14 | I had acquired his confidence , which I believe I still retain , but for a number of reasons which were quasi-political we drifted apart towards the end of his second premiership , and although we have remained on friendly terms , the intimacy has long vanished . |
| 15 | A work of this kind has long been wished for … |
| 16 | Cyclic sedimentation has long been recognised here , with the succession at the east end of the island largely marine , and that at the west end largely continental . |
| 17 | Since Mr Lawson has long been in favour of a stable exchange rate — and since industry has enthusiastically supported him , by expressing its enthusiasm for membership of the European Monetary System — it is ill-placed to argue against an increase in base rates at a time when sterling was threatening to fall below three marks , although the Confederation of British Industry has predictably grumbled that the rise was unnecessary . |
| 18 | But this last is precisely what Mr Lawson has long wanted to do and the Prime Minister absolutely forbidden . |
| 19 | To these weapons , NATO 's response has long been the Polaris and Poseidon missiles carried on nuclear submarines . |
| 20 | ICI has long been a major supplier of surfactants , which are the active ingredient in detergents . |
| 21 | Due to its flat landscape , Norfolk has long had a reputation for its fantastic light quality , a phenomenon that has been captured to great effect by many painters . |
| 22 | The need for children to have a stable home life and happy upbringing has long been recognized . |
| 23 | One only has to note the impressive erudition manipulated by the likes of Borges , Cortázar , Carpentier or Fuentes or the intertextual references that abound in the new narrative to realize that the Spanish-American writer has long since ceased to be a provincial and is now very much a citizen of the world . |
| 24 | Oxford Polytechnic 's Modular Course has long accepted this conclusion . |
| 25 | The Forest of Dean has long been used as a dustbin . |
| 26 | ‘ As a trade issue , the beef ban has long since been wiped out , ’ The Scotsman was told . |
| 27 | This function has long since passed to the Cabinet . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( LCCI ) Examinations Board has long been recognised as the major international awarding body for secretarial qualifications . |
| 30 | The airborne branch has long since been covered in its own thorough MAA 139 , so it is welcome to see this new and interesting study of the LFDs — in much greater and more specific depth , and well illustrated . |