Example sentences of "[noun prp] has long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Portree has long been the commercial centre of the Isle of Skye . |
| 2 | Since Mr Lawson has long been in favour of a stable exchange rate — and since industry has enthusiastically supported him , by expressing its enthusiasm for membership of the European Monetary System — it is ill-placed to argue against an increase in base rates at a time when sterling was threatening to fall below three marks , although the Confederation of British Industry has predictably grumbled that the rise was unnecessary . |
| 3 | But this last is precisely what Mr Lawson has long wanted to do and the Prime Minister absolutely forbidden . |
| 4 | ICI has long been a major supplier of surfactants , which are the active ingredient in detergents . |
| 5 | Due to its flat landscape , Norfolk has long had a reputation for its fantastic light quality , a phenomenon that has been captured to great effect by many painters . |
| 6 | The Forest of Dean has long been used as a dustbin . |
| 7 | Mary Kelly has long contested , with cerebral acerbity , current tropes of femininity , from handbags to nappies ; she too , has deeply influenced the present generation of women artists . |
| 8 | Rugby has long prided itself on its image as a players ' game and any ‘ play to entertain ’ push could only accelerate the drift towards professionalism . |
| 9 | Igls has long been a popular summer haunt of the Austrians , and therefore has much to offer the visitor . |
| 10 | Mrs Mitterrand has long been a defender of the Kurdish cause and last July toured the area where the weekend air raids took place . |
| 11 | The air-filled Parafoil has long been established as a stable single line kite so its development as a steerable stunter for two ( or more as we shall see ) lines came initially as a surprise knowing only too well how difficult it is sometimes to get a Parafoil started . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Penny has long resisted pressures to reveal details of her special relationship with the Princess of Wales but decided to do so after other sources inaccurately reported on it . |
| 14 | Chay Blyth has long had links with British Steel and they have produced a pot of around £1 ½ million to fund the running of the race and cover part of the cost of building the yachts and training the crew . |
| 15 | The building , with magnificent Renaissance-style exterior and baroque interior furnishing and decoration , is now the cantonal museum and has , in particular , a unique collection of the printed textiles for which Glarus has long been famed . |
| 16 | Roberts has long seemed one of the most interesting ingredients in Marsalis 's bands , a young guardian of the traditions exhibiting both the smooth swing of a Wynton Kelly and the crabbiness of Thelonius Monk . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Upper Ribblesdale has long been a magnet for experienced cavers , potholers and geologists . |
| 19 | Located in the Hawaiian Island of Oahu is Pearl Harbor where the United States has long maintained a massive naval presence which guards against an attack on the west cost of America . |
| 20 | Balding has long held the opinion that Jimmy Frost should ride Cool Ground , but after the West Country rider was beaten on the gelding at Newcastle earlier in the season , Bolton plumped for Maguire . |
| 21 | But European Commissioner Bruce Millan has long argued that Britain is out of step because it includes European money in its allocations to local authorities . |
| 22 | Like the CDU in Schleswig-Holstein in 1961 , Labour in Scotland has long been able to win a majority of the seats — not so overwhelming as the CDU 's but still substantial — with an unimpressive average constituency vote : in 1987 , for example , the latter at only 42.4% sufficed to elect 50 , i.e. 69.4% , of Scotland 's 72 MPs . |
| 23 | Gairloch has long been renowned as a holiday resort of rare distinction , Victorian visitors regularly patronising the large hotel overlooking the bay and enjoying the quiet seclusion of this favoured backwater . |
| 24 | The NFU has long urged a reform the CAP . |
| 25 | Indeed , the prehistoric forest of the Vallee de Marai on Praslin has long been suspected as being the original Garden of Eden , and the granite substance of the isles proves that India was once attached to the African mainland . |
| 26 | Ambonnay has long been famous for its production of still red wines . |
| 27 | ‘ Establishment ’ today means very little outside the sphere of the purely formal and ceremonial and the devotion of the time of Parliament to the tedious and time-consuming task of regulating the affairs of the Church of England has long been recognised as anachronistic . |
| 28 | The DFG has long realised the shortcomings of the normal 1-year grant : it does not give enough resources and security to build up a substantial group or programme in a particular area . |
| 29 | Morocco 's King Hassan has long entertained Israeli leaders in secret ; last week , for the first time , an Israeli minister visited Morocco openly to attend a regional environment conference . |
| 30 | Wall Street has long been bored with the US budget deficit . |