Example sentences of "long [been] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICI , for all the apparent successes of the 1980s , has long been perceived as a lumbering , bureaucratic conglomerate , in which winners subsidise losers . |
| 2 | Strictly speaking , the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary was a new state , yet most of its components were ancient and had long been ruled by the same family . |
| 3 | Early retirement had also long been advocated as a means of cutting unemployment and of encouraging the promotion of younger workers . |
| 4 | Secondly , the Congress adopted a resolution initiating the First Five Year Plan ( FFYP ) of industrialisation and collectivisation of agriculture , both of which had long been advocated by the opposition . |
| 5 | And having long been supported by the institution he will be crucially aware that it expects a degree of loyalty verging on deference or acquiescence . |
| 6 | The University of San Carlos has long been regarded as a hotbed of opposition , and the list of those imprisoned , tortured and murdered is long , even since 1986 . |
| 7 | The British countryside has long been regarded as a source of out-migration and a pool of reserve labour for urban areas . |
| 8 | In Britain , with its strong two-party system , a government defeat on a vote of confidence has long been regarded as a theoretical possibility rather than practical politics . |
| 9 | Second , income tax has long been regarded as a tax of central importance in government management of the economy ; it is a major financial and psychological weapon in securing the success of the Cabinet 's economic strategy . |
| 10 | Herodotus has long been regarded as a mythographer as much as a historian , for he records not just the bare facts , but the multiple versions of events he has gathered from a variety of sources . |
| 11 | Gusmao had long been regarded as a symbol of the resistance to Indonesian rule in East Timor and his capture was a massive blow to Fretilin . |
| 12 | SERBIA 'S president , Slobodan Milosevic , has long been regarded as the artful dodger of Balkan politics . |
| 13 | A British international cap has long been regarded as the ultimate achievement for the amateur golfer . |
| 14 | The continuous return to the same subject to wring out every ounce of meaning from it , has long been regarded as the hallmark of the true professional . |
| 15 | In a country where , as a popular song puts it , ‘ every son is born a soldier ’ and turns out each year for a spell of military service until he is well into middle age , the army has long been regarded as an essential part of the country 's armed neutrality . |
| 16 | He has long been regarded by the trade as one of the top sporting gun men in the business , with years of experience behind him . |
| 17 | Works of the 18th-century Enlightenment have long been collected by the Library to add to the existing collections : this year the purchase of the second edition of Adam Smith 's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ( London , 1778 ) enabled the Library to achieve a complete representation of editions of this most important work issued during the lifetime of the author . |
| 18 | Provoked killings are generally thought to be less heinous than unprovoked killings , and provocation has long been accepted as a ground for reducing to manslaughter a killing which would otherwise fulfil the definition of murder . |
| 19 | Ultraviolet light has long been accepted as a provocative factor for herpes of the face and lips and many people find that their annual attack coincides with their visit to Majorca or trip to the ski slopes . |
| 20 | The second site , at Chedworth , has for so long been accepted as the typical Romano-British villa , that one hesitates to question its function . |
| 21 | It is true that baroque had long been adopted as the style for state capitols in the United States , but the Beaux-Arts style in all its overblown pomposity was to reflect this new sense of greatness . |
| 22 | A campaign by environmental groups to shield the fragile Mojave and Sonoran deserts from the impact of mining , ranching , military and off-road use has long been opposed by the Reagan and Bush administrations and by the lobbying interests of the people who work and play in the desert . |
| 23 | Preventing the pollution of drinking water by untreated human excrement , for example , has long been recognised as a basic health concern . |
| 24 | In the private sector the quality of leadership has long been recognised as a key factor affecting organisational performance . |
| 25 | ‘ Hepatitis B has long been recognised as a risk to healthcare workers and is now considered by many authorities to be the most important infectious occupational disease , and yet we are still failing our workers , ’ she said . |
| 26 | VT has long been recognised as a complication of severe bradyarrhythmias , and less commonly can be the cause of syncope and death in patients with complete atrioventricular block or sinus node dysfunction . |
| 27 | The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( LCCI ) Examinations Board has long been recognised as the major international awarding body for secretarial qualifications . |
| 28 | Richard Hickox has long been recognised as an outstanding conductor and trainer of choirs , and here his usual high standards of excellence . |
| 29 | Two particular contracts relating to goods have long been recognised by the law , one of bailment and one of sale . |
| 30 | It has long been recognised by the courts that the protection of business secrets is a legitimate ground for the imposition of restrictions on persons to whom such secrets have been disclosed . |