The poorer nations have long occupied the moral high ground.

Using the same method, researchers can also answer a question that has long occupied public health specialists.

It had long occupied his thoughts, as the following facts will prove.

Mr. Felt has long occupied a top place on the list of suspects.

This area was long occupied by various tribes of Native Americans.

The American small town, which has long occupied a revered place in the nation's history and mythology, is becoming something of a museum piece.

Aborigines long occupied the area but in small numbers.

To the top of a particularly tricky spire which we already know to have been long occupied by others.

It has long occupied the shelves of the world's music libraries, but filed under "Suspicious."

Retaining walls built on private property have long occupied a gray area in the city's inspection and enforcement systems.