There's a mutual respect that's existed for a long time.
They weren't: "The Other folder has existed for a long time before we introduced that ability.
Our Contacts list, formerly called Phonebook, has existed for a long time.
THE problem of immigration in Europe has existed for a long time.
"They're talking about a culture and a climate that existed for a long time".
The disease was first adequately described in 1578; undoubtedly it had existed for a long time before that.
But in whatever form, either intelligence or stupidity, this collective behavior has existed for a long time.
As with most disasters, the conditions had existed for a long time, but they did not matter until now.
This discourse of deficiency has existed for a long time but it took me a while to recognise it.
In areas where scrublands occur naturally, especially as a result of nutrient-poor soils, and have existed for a long period, plant diversity can be astonishingly high.
"But it is quite possible that it is a serious problem that is finally coming to light when it has existed for a long time".
