Example sentences of "have long [been] [vb pp] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need for a substantial general bibliography dealing with London history has long been felt by historians , librarians , and archivists . |
| 2 | The industry has long been characterised by mergers between brewers , closures of breweries and sales of public houses . |
| 3 | They will be reporting the concerns of a vast sector of the population ( some 85% ) which has long been isolated by differences in language , colour and by high rates of illiteracy . |
| 4 | Opposite The Indian elephant 's ability to manipulate heavy objects has long been exploited by man . |
| 5 | Franchising has long been recognised by economists as a method of improving efficiency in the provision of goods and services in situations where ( for a variety of reasons ) it is not possible to establish a competitive market . |
| 6 | Entry has long been opposed by Margaret Thatcher and her No 10 economic adviser , Sir Alan Walters — resisting the overtures of Nigel Lawson and Sir Geoffrey Howe with the brick-wall response that the pound would enter ‘ when the time is ripe ’ . |
| 7 | The Party has long been dominated by members of the Sunni Arab minority , who have shown little patience with the Kurds of the north or the Shiite Arabs of the south . |
| 8 | The belief -that unemployment increases both crime and the prison population independently as well as directly has long been held by criminologists of different persuasions . |
| 9 | Lead has long been used by man and its toxic properties have long been recognised . |
| 10 | In India , dowry taking has long been forbidden by law but it persists strongly even in the cities . |
| 11 | The Government has long been accused by politicians and academics of repeatedly changing the way the unemployment figures are counted to reduce the total . |
| 12 | Syracuse had long been ruled by tyrants who patronised the arts and sciences . |
| 13 | Their main objective was to seize and hold the canal itself against the demolition attacks which had long been threatened by Gen Noriega . |
| 14 | Lay investiture was symbolically objectionable as representing the quasi-sacerdotal position which had long been claimed by kings and emperors . |
| 15 | It is difficult to understand how MAFF can substantiate this argument ; clearly the House of Lords Select Committee felt that the MAFF view had long been overtaken by events in the EEC ! |
| 16 | All over the world , as I had observed on my travels for Panorama and TRI , countries which had long been administered by others were hoisting their own colours ; everywhere the idea of new-born nationhood was in the air . |
| 17 | The release of Shiites from Khiyam had long been demanded by Iran and Hezbollah . |
| 18 | Deer , antelope , buffalo and other grazing mammals have long been hunted by man for their meat and hides and for the other products they yield . |
| 19 | These Cuban weaknesses have long been veiled by imports of grain and tinned meat . |
| 20 | Tallis argues that people talk of ‘ signifieds ’ , when they should say ‘ referents ’ ; there is nothing new or unfamiliar in the idea of verbal signs having multiple or even clashing references , and they have long been exploited by poets and punsters , as Tallis does in the title of his book . |
| 21 | Such registers have long been maintained by unions in industries where there is a tradition of using temporary workers — for example by the printers union ( NGA ) for the supply of casual labour to newspaper printing companies , and by the draughtsmen 's union ( TASS ) for the supply of " casual " or temporary drawing office staff . |
| 22 | The forms that have long been used by conveyancers ( LLC1 and Con 29A or Con 29D ) are to have their format altered with effect from 1 September 1991. ( b ) Who registers ? |
| 23 | Both wills and inventories have long been used by historians of the late sixteenth to mid-eighteenth centuries . |