Example sentences of "long been a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent to which Pythagoras and his followers may have been influenced by oriental ideas has long been a subject for argument . |
| 2 | Upper Ribblesdale has long been a magnet for experienced cavers , potholers and geologists . |
| 3 | Many of the old industrial communities have long been a desert for women 's employment . |
| 4 | It had long been a tradition for Roman emperors to claim descent from the gods , and on that basis to claim godhood for themselves as well . |
| 5 | The increasingly related and intertwined fields of education and training have for long been a battlefield for learning technologies . |
| 6 | The tire has long been a focus for the telling of stories , and for the stimulation of inner vision . |
| 7 | Prostitution , drunkenness , vagrancy and other ‘ unrespectable ’ manifestations of urban popular culture had long been a headache for local borough councils . |
| 8 | ‘ Unionist ’ has long been a misnomer for both parties of that name in the Province , which are Protestant first and Unionist second . |
| 9 | Road traffic had long been a matter for the police because of the very great concern over road accidents . |
| 10 | Street children like Manoel now fear more than temporary incarceration at Febem , the Dickensian state orphanage that has long been a synonym for alienation and violence . |
| 11 | The ‘ Victorian Age ’ has long been a synonym for a harsh and repressive sexual puritanism . |
| 12 | The search for training which fits this description in the management of education is hindered in two ways : it has long been an area for tension between theorists and practitioners and it has from time to time been exposed to management models from fields where practice and purpose are very different from those of education . |