Example sentences of "[verb] long [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This elementary drawback has long been foreseen , as has the means of avoiding it . |
| 2 | Legal theory has long been bedevilled by a sterile debate between positivists and natural lawyers . |
| 3 | Now , it has long been understood that the public utterances of the sovereign to the people of a realm overseas , be it Australia or Grenada , are covered by the advice of her ministers in that realm . |
| 4 | Morgenthau has long been criticized for ignoring or underplaying economic factors . |
| 5 | The contradiction has long been lived with in practice , and students become adept in faking responses . |
| 6 | The Guide has long been seen as CAMRA 's flagship , mixing solid campaigning points with entertaining features , the latest information from the brewing world and Britain 's best pub guide . |
| 7 | Physical beauty has long been seen as a reflection of God 's presence in the world ; mystical texts describe the divine beauty to be found in creation as the female spirit , the bride and the beloved . |
| 8 | Monetary union has long been seen as a way of bringing about greater economic and political unity within the Community . |
| 9 | THE NEED FOR the majority of county cricketers to cobble together alternative employment for themselves for half the year has long been seen as a compromise on the professionalism of the game . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | It has long been assumed that the origins of many adult disorders lie somewhere in childhood or earlier events . |
| 12 | However , recent developments suggest that this ‘ Chinese wall ’ will be breached , and this suspicion has long been voiced by many poorer people . |
| 13 | It was recently suggested that these might be the products of an Italian maiolica workshop rather than Spanish as has long been believed . |
| 14 | In Britain it has long been believed that if a black cat crosses your path or enters your house it will bring you good fortune . |
| 15 | The lobby of industrial managers has long been subdivided between reformers and conservatives . |
| 16 | Spain 's pro-Europeanism has long been based on the belief that Europe was needed to defend Spain 's fledgling democracy . |
| 17 | The Standard commentary column enthused again about the benefits that would accrue to the town ; ‘ people of means and leisure will take up residence in the district ; it has long been said that Henley needed further attractions and the present move is assuredly one in the right direction ’ . |
| 18 | And surely , it can be argued , the understanding of what is to be ordered and who is to be disciplined has long been defined and subject to the practical mastery of the controllers . |
| 19 | Health provision has long been centralized ( though with regional elements ) . |
| 20 | Through current vital statistics or special studies conducted in statistically more developed countries it has long been observed and well demonstrated that childbearing patterns , such as maternal age , parity and the interval between consecutive births have a characteristic effect upon the probability that a child will survive infancy and early childhood . |
| 21 | The need for a substantial general bibliography dealing with London history has long been felt by historians , librarians , and archivists . |
| 22 | Identification of insect bacterial symbionts has long been hampered by the inability to culture these fastidious prokaryotes . |
| 23 | The Ministry is one for which Mr Toubon has long been prepared and in which he is determined to make a mark , despite the obvious difficulties of taking over from such an active and popular man as Jack Lang . |
| 24 | The industry has long been characterised by mergers between brewers , closures of breweries and sales of public houses . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | A CABINET seat has long been mooted for Virginia Bottomley , who is unique in managing to elicit praise and admiration even from the die-hard male chauvinists in her party . |
| 27 | Indeed , military effectiveness has long been argued in favour of the acceptability of new weapons however horrifying , going back to the British attempt to defend the use of ‘ dum-dum ’ bullets against ‘ savages ’ in the Colonies ( Best , 1980 , p. 162 ) . |
| 28 | It has long been argued by feminist critics that ‘ community care ’ is merely a euphemism for care by the family — which in turn means care by women . |
| 29 | It has long been argued that this gives great advantage to the ruling party because of its ability to manipulate the economy for the desired results on election day . |
| 30 | It has long been argued by some accounting theorists that business accounts should also include an opportunity cost of capital in the income statement . |