Sentence examples for have long been certain from inspiring English sources

There have long been certain preoccupations in my work - red, a certain implied and very overt sexuality - and this is part of that language".

But in Hungary, as in so many countries, things aren't so very simple: there have long been certain legal protections for gay people in place, and there have long been gay people who live openly and without much worry.

He had long been certain his future lay with the church.

The official results are expected soon, but Jacob Zuma's election as the next president of South Africa has long been certain.

Part of the difficulty of the Uncanny Valley has long been certain complications inherent in rendering human flesh tones, especially Caucasian flesh tones.

I've long been certain that nothing would make more difference to my personal happiness than who walks in the door at night.

"We have long been aware that certain stallions have defects in their progeny," Wayne McIlwraith, a surgeon and past president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners.

Rock magazine editors have long been aware that certain acts' fans will rally the troops via chatrooms to ensure high placings in end-of-year polls.

But he claimed that there will be those who recognise the truth of his position, seeing this view of the good as "something with which they have long been in a certain way acquainted" (SEP, 267).

Clinicians have long been aware that certain inflammatory conditions of the lung produce tissue hemorrhage in the absence of ventilatory stress.

Migraine sufferers have long been cautioned to avoid certain foods believed to bring on attacks, especially chocolate, alcohol (red wine in particular) and aged cheese.