Example sentences of "have long [vb pp] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly there are many difficulties facing Irish studios — but we have long believed that the wholehearted support of local musicians when it comes to making albums would make an enormous , positive difference . |
| 2 | As the House knows , we have long believed that the Community should be open to European countries who want to join and can take on the responsibilities of membership . |
| 3 | Those of us lucky enough to be linguists involved in teacher training have long felt that the potential contribution of linguistics to education is enormous . |
| 4 | We have long argued that the Post Office scheme is detrimental to the survival of townland names . |
| 5 | Ramblers have long argued that the army 's needs should be subjected to independent scrutiny , adding the independent National Parks Review panel had agree with the group . |
| 6 | My Lords , I have long thought that the time had come to change the self-imposed judicial rule that forbade any reference to the legislative history of an enactment as an aid to its interpretation . |
| 7 | I have long thought that the hon. Gentleman imagined that we were living in Ethiopia , having listened to some of his speeches about the economy . |
| 8 | But environmentalists have long claimed that the scheme has been underfunded , badly run and above all exploited by the tourist trade . |