Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | His Defence Counsel said he 'd suffered a great deal since his arrest and said the real punishment had already happened away from court . |
| 11 | Still has that remarkable record of not having missed a single game since he signed for Leicester from Sheffield United . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Mr Helmut Wolski had felt a different man since the golden eagle 's escape , and now did some things differently . |
| 16 | Writing that meant that Paul had changed a tremendous amount since he became a Christian . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | Of course photographic techniques HAVE come a long way since Ponting 's day . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | it 's come a long way since we had Lego . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I have had a clubbed foot since birth . |