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The phrase "a long time seen" is not correct in standard written English.
It is an awkward construction and does not convey a clear meaning. A more appropriate phrase would be "a long time ago" or "for a long time."
Example: "It has been a long time since we last met."
Alternatives: "a long while back" or "a considerable time ago."
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But liquid-mirror telescopes (LMTs) were, for a long time, seen as of theoretical interest only.
In America it was for a long time seen as a poor man's alternative to cocaine — a much cheaper stimulant.
Interestingly this attitude, for a long time seen as the predictable eccentricity of a Cambridge academic, is now more widely shared.
I've known Louis for a long time, seen him in all different iterations, but his standup continues to feel completely fresh.
And it also got me the readership that I needed to feel encouraged, because in Canada I was for a long time seen as a sort of slightly outmoded writer.
The Mayor of London was for a long time seen as Mr Cameron's natural successor, until pundits and Conservative activists began to rate Mr Osborne as a result of perceived political successes in his budgets.
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"She had suicidal thoughts and spent a long time seeing a counsellor.
Because, like many things you have anticipated for a long time, seeing Hennes produced a vague sense of anticlimax.
A lot of incumbents for a long time saw this, but felt it will always bend but it never breaks.
While the old technology can continue serving niches for a long time (see "Bold Retreat," by Ron Adner and Daniel C. Snow, HBR, March 2010), the bulk of the market will abandon it relatively quickly in favor of the new technology.
Many classes of difference equations have been studied for a long time (see, for example, [1 23] and the references therein).
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