Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [adj] [noun sg] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the industrial robot has come a long way since the early sixties when Joe Engelberger set up Unimation , the world 's first industrial robot making company . |
| 2 | He has come a long way since he worked as a production runner with James Wong Howe and Martin Ritt in a coal-mining village in Pennsylvania . |
| 3 | Even if men 's fashion has come a long way since the Sixties , the overwhelming inspiration , Cerruti concedes , is still the archetypal English businessman 's suit . |
| 4 | Geldof has come a long way since his first single with the Boomtown Rats , a hymn to selfishness called Looking After Number One . |
| 5 | The industry has come a long way since the day 's of men selling cornets from the back of bicycles . |
| 6 | Packaging technology has come a long way since the founder opened his first shop in 1869 , and the requirements of today 's customer are very different from those of the Victorian housewife . |
| 7 | ‘ The state oil company , PDVSA , has done a tremendous job since nationalisation and is now ranked among the largest and best in the world , ’ he says . |
| 8 | Kapil has advanced a long way since he burst onto the international scene in the late 1970s . |
| 9 | This has proved an unfounded anxiety since the design and management of all full-time courses in the polytechnic sector were and remain the responsibility of persons who qualified via the Institution 's external examination system and entered teaching as qualified surveyors after years of service in the public or private sector . |
| 10 | The Centre d'art contemporain has led an itinerant existence since it was founded in 1974 by Adelina von Fürstenberg , now director of Le Magasin , Grenoble 's contemporary art centre . |
| 11 | ‘ She is a grown woman now , she has changed a great deal since she last came to stay with us eight years ago , ’ said Mrs Riddiford after meeting Kylie in her hotel after the concert . |
| 12 | His Defence Counsel said he 'd suffered a great deal since his arrest and said the real punishment had already happened away from court . |
| 13 | Still has that remarkable record of not having missed a single game since he signed for Leicester from Sheffield United . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’ |
| 15 | We 've come a long way since a 1953 bride-to-be wrote a despairing plea to a weekly magazine for someone to offer a more varied menu than cold ham , salad and trifle for her wedding breakfast . |
| 16 | Rufus had come a long way since the Goblander days and the car he got into to drive himself to the hospital he attended two mornings a week was a Mercedes , not yet a year old . |
| 17 | Mr Helmut Wolski had felt a different man since the golden eagle 's escape , and now did some things differently . |
| 18 | Writing that meant that Paul had changed a tremendous amount since he became a Christian . |
| 19 | They have enjoyed a good run since the general election and a second wave of buying should take the shares higher in the new year . |
| 20 | He told me this week : ‘ It 's the first time City of Derry have won a green pennant since the club was founded in 1912 . ’ |
| 21 | Wintec and Thorowgood saddles have come a long way since early designs and Thorowgood also make wipe-clean bridles that look smart enough for most occasions . |
| 22 | Microwave ovens have come a long way since they first appeared in our kitchens about 20 years ago , but how do you know which type will suit your style of cooking ? |
| 23 | Of course photographic techniques HAVE come a long way since Ponting 's day . |
| 24 | THE greeting cards , gift wrap and stationery people T&A Thompson Cards have come a long way since it all began for them in a garage about 15 years ago — they have just opened a superb new outlet in the Ravenhill Business Park . |
| 25 | it 's come a long way since we had Lego . |
| 26 | No-one will ever know how many lives have been saved , how many children have made a full recovery since their work began just seven years ago . |
| 27 | I have had a clubbed foot since birth . |
| 28 | Halifax ............ 16 Bradford Northern .. 16 HALIFAX have maintained an impressive following since their relegation , so a full house for their Yorkshire Cup semi-final last night was no surprise . |