Example sentences of "long been [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the rivers that keep the lake fresh are required for agriculture ; and there have long been plans to dam them . |
| 2 | Whether or not the USSR will increase oil exports and whether it can do so have long been areas of heated debate . |
| 3 | This may be seen as a move to make international law into proper law , or at least international law with one of its essential purposes , the control of force , and , of course , there have long been laws to restrict the type and degree of force used even in legitimate war , and some restrictions on the very legality of wars , for instance when they are in contravention of treaties . |
| 4 | There have long been stories of mysterious sounds at sea : haunted eerie calls in the night , mermaids singing , sirens luring sailors on to the rocks . |
| 5 | There have long been stories of human giants in legend and mythology . |
| 6 | The donor is Mr James Campbell , of the Kilberry family who have long been experts on piobaireachd . |
| 7 | The third principle is one that the Danes have long been sticklers for — the democratic accountability of European government . |
| 8 | It was small wonder that anti-war and pacifist groups flourished in the labour movement of the time , though rarely among seamen and , it seems , hardly at all among their leaders , though initially " hating the Hun " was far from easy , for German seamen had long been colleagues and comrades , not only aboard ship , but also in organisations affiliated to the International Transport Workers ' Federation . |
| 9 | There have long been rumours of putting bolts on Bosigran routes where the belays are difficult to arrange . |
| 10 | Social and economic inequality have long been features of our society , but such inequality does not always have the same implications for health status . |
| 11 | There had long been bickerings between the monks of the cathedral church at Canterbury and the neighbouring monastery of St Augustine 's just outside the city wall . |
| 12 | In reality , like the Visigoths , they had long been neighbours of the Romans . |
| 13 | He put out his arms and caught her and held her , and they stood there on the gravel path in the grounds of Hilderbridge General Hospital , embraced as if they had long been lovers and had known each other with profound emotion and physical joy and had been parted only to meet again now , by chance , so felicitously . |
| 14 | The film industry and the export of works of art , so far primarily the joint responsibility of the OAL and the Department of Trade and Industry , have long been candidates for transfer to an enlarged arts department . |