Example sentences of "have been on the [noun] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | The show was commissioned by the Rochdale Art Gallery in 1987 , staged there in '89 and has been on the road since then . |
| 2 | Mrs Grant has decided to stand down from HIE , where she has been on the board since its inception two years ago , because of increasing work commitments . |
| 3 | Transracial adoption , the adoption of children by parents of different racial origin , developed in earnest in the mid-1960s and has been on the increase since then . |
| 4 | Recycling of paper and cardboard in Europe has been on the increase since 1989 . |
| 5 | Tough Epsom Derby winner Dr Devious ( 10–1 ) ran a blinder to finish fourth to Fraise in the Breeders ' Cup Turf but has been on the go since April . |
| 6 | Aldicarb , manufactured by Rhone-Poulenc , has been on the market since 1970 . |
| 7 | Central 's predecessor , ATV , had been on the air since 1956 and brought programmes like The Muppet Show , Edward the Seventh and the Golden Shot to our screens . |
| 8 | Udo Proksch , a key figure in the Lucona insurance affair [ see p. 36404 ] who had been on the run since 1988 , was detained at Vienna airport on Oct. 2 , 1989 . |
| 9 | Muñoz , who had ignored a leniency agreement offered by the Gaviria government in 1990 to put an end to the violence [ see p. 37772 ] , had been on the run since escaping from prison by helicopter in 1988 while awaiting trial on murder charges . |
| 10 | A successful businessman , he had been on the Board since 1972 , and had been Secretary of the Old Stopfordians ' Association between 1966 and 1970 , and President in 1972/3 . |
| 11 | But , when asked in 1947 to replace an old dirty power station that had been on the site since 1891 , he soon forgot such idealism and , like any architect , was glad to have the job . |
| 12 | Sportscast , whose coverage also included rugby , football , boxing and greyhound racing , had been on the market since last November . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've been on the road since yesterday morning and Patrick drove a thousand miles of that — mostly at a hundred and fifty m.p.h . |
| 14 | I 've been on the phone since nine o'clock this morning |
| 15 | who 've been on the watch since 1941 |
| 16 | ‘ I have been on the bus since then and there has been nothing quite as bad but I have still heard very loud swearing and seen emergency doors open . ’ |