Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for [art] long " in BNC.

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1 There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time .
2 This has been recognized for a long time .
3 As my hon. Friend rightly said , the construction of the 08 , the fourth boat , is currently under way and authorities have been given for the long lead items .
4 This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person .
5 Finally , the most convincing evidence for residual function in animals comes from studies using very coarse stimuli that are presented for a long time .
6 The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage .
7 it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time .
8 which again has been used for a long time on animals .
9 Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show .
10 Some ore was so intermixed with gangue however , that the concentration by hand was extremely laborious and the mill must have been needed for a long time .
11 I think it 's been closed for a long time actually .
12 Piano keys made with synthetic resins or polymer fibres eventually become slippery with sweat from the pianist 's fingers after been played for a long time .
13 ‘ These events are occurring now because human rights have been violated for a long time , ’ he said .
14 It had been known for a long time that histamine was responsible for producing many allergies and the first antihistamine drug was produced in France in 1937 .
15 Other diuretics have been known for a long time , especially arsenical compounds of mercury .
16 The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes .
17 The effect of early experience on the mating preferences of birds and mammals has been known for a long time .
18 It has been known for a long time , and has led to the more modern practice called ‘ foliar feeding ’ , in which the purpose is not so much to correct deficiencies , but to encourage a boost in performance , yield and so on by spraying major element solutions on to the leaves in the same way .
19 It has been known for a long time that , partly due to their immense size , elephants can hear much lower sounds than we can .
20 As I 've mentioned already in the context of metaphors of memory , the phenomenon of ‘ animal electricity ’ and its relation to neural activity had been known for a long time — at least since Galvani 's demonstration in Bologna in the 1790s that electrical pulses caused a frog 's legs to twitch .
21 These are called reaves and , while they have been known for a long time , their age , extent and probable purpose have only recently been recognised .
22 The value of printing a linear document from a database has been appreciated for a long time .
23 Yet even though in my part Welsh has not been spoken for a long time , and indeed the natives have even forgotten the Welsh pronunciation of our Celtic place-names , it would not cross my neighbours ' minds that just living there makes me Welsh .
24 Also , the slow course of the disease implied that any drug would have to be given for a long time in order to be effective and so would have to be particularly harmless to patients .
25 Historians will be occupied for a long time to come in determining the exact balance and interaction of forces — including , to mention only the more obvious , the economic disaster of the Second World War , the rise of America , and the development of nationalism — which contributed to Britain 's imperial demise .
26 Luke , she knew , would be occupied for a long time yet , drinking coffee with the other women , talking over the day , helping to cement working relationships for the future .
27 Basilican churches continued to be built for a long time but many variations of form developed , with one dominant theme : a dome , or domes over an open space below .
28 Well , people who stake their opposition to factory-farming on this kind of consideration should be prepared for a long , heated debate , with one set of ‘ experts ’ declaring that thus-and-so is true , while another declares that it is not .
29 As your child puts together the 50 chunky pieces , each new bit of the picture will encourage him to talk to you about what he sees — be prepared for a long conversation !
30 They also may not be prepared for a long walk to a phone .
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