Example sentences of "[prep] long [been] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increasingly related and intertwined fields of education and training have for long been a battlefield for learning technologies . |
| 2 | For example , the relationship between education and economic need — which had for long been a matter of concern in Britain and the object of telling comparisons with Germany and the USA — was never fundamentally tackled [ Robbins , 1963 ] . |
| 3 | ‘ Latest statistics reveal a considerable improvement in the number of 16-year-old pupils who leave school with some qualifications : the plight of low achievers had for long been a matter of concern , ’ it said . |
| 4 | While teleconferencing has for long been the province of very large organisations , codec development together with the digitising of telephone networks and the emergence of ISDNs , will bring teleconferencing within reach of a mass market . |
| 5 | It has for long been the task of the Secretary of State for the Home Department either in the exercise of the prerogative of mercy or more recently on a statutory basis to determine in the case of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment , how much of that sentence should be served . |