Example sentences of "who have long [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Environmentalists , who have long campaigned for a single agency , have expressed their concern that the plans for the reform of the Inspectorate amount to little more than political opportunism and will have little real impact . |
| 2 | In the past few months he has sided with those in the party and the army who have long wanted a crackdown . |
| 3 | For those who have long felt terribly guilty , this is all pretty irritating . |
| 4 | Although this is probably not true of the populations of the Gulf states , who have long felt directly threatened by Iraq , it is certainly true of Syria and Egypt . |
| 5 | It is a kind of catharsis for both the Lebanese and the Palestinians who have long understood the way in which these dreadful events should be interpreted . |
| 6 | Beginners ' German may contain 11-year-olds and 17-year-olds ( and , it is to be hoped , people who have long left school , and want to start a new language ) . |
| 7 | Although they accept that these numbers include practising Christians unable — or unwilling — to pay the tax , they believe that most are people who have long drifted away from the church . |
| 8 | In this fashion the stoneage men of today throw light on those who have long disappeared from view . |