Sentence examples for had long consisted from inspiring English sources

This met with resistance from Shinsei employees whose jobs had long consisted of nurturing personal relationships with the directors of companies whose loans they were now being told to call in, Yashiro says.

A large portion of Norwich's population has long consisted of Polish, Ukrainian, Russian and Hungarian people, he said.

Having a stock portfolio that has long consisted mostly of Starbucks and Intel has also helped him pursue his outdoor activities.

It has long consisted of shooting, one-touch épée fencing, a 200-meter swim, show jumping on an unfamiliar horse and a 3-kilometer run.

Kew may be the world's most celebrated and prestigious botanical garden, but its identity has long consisted of two elements: as a centre of excellence in plant science and a major visitor attraction.

"Science" he begins, "(or at least physics) has long consisted of two distinct but complementary activities", one of which is experimental and empirical; "its procedure is induction".

So-called "porn for women" has long consisted of recycled porn for gay men and has tended to be produced by men with a stereotypical idea of what women want (think Fabio with a nine-inch cock), but women are finally starting to bring our own critical standards and input to the erotic material supposedly aimed at us.

Several of the species had long insertions partially consisting of amino acid repeats in their exons (Table 1).

Although lichens had long been assumed to consist of a single fungus species and a single phycobiont, research suggests that many macrolichens also feature specific basidiomycete yeasts in the cortex of the organism.

Oldfield had long retired.

Dromaeosaurids had long tails.