Example sentences of "has [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | Car-sharing has received a recent boost since the petrol price increases ; owners are able to share petrol costs without endangering their insurance policies as long as sharing is on a non-profit basis . |
| 2 | The humble fryer has come a long way since the days when it was little more than a heating element and a thermostat . |
| 3 | MacMillan has come a long way since 1963 but Hermanas can still grip when done as well as this . |
| 4 | Microscopy has come a long way since the 1670s when Antonie van Leewenhoek used his relatively crude instruments to see for the first time the bacteria that inhabit worlds normally hidden from the naked eye . |
| 5 | ‘ Eric has come a long way since then , ’ said McAllister . |
| 6 | BED and Breakfast has come a long way since the days when fearsome dragon landladies belched fire and brimstone over their terrified guests . |
| 7 | For example , supposing you want to refer to the fact that the groom is a medical student and you have a story about a king dying in the Middle Ages who says the physician has killed him , tell this story but end it , ‘ Of course medicine has come a long way since those days , . |
| 8 | Curtain hardware has come a long way since the days of the narrow brass rod and rings . |
| 9 | The modern legal aid scheme , which provides financial assistance ( subject to eligibility ) in connection with proceedings in most of our civil courts , has come a long way since 1495 when statute provided for poor people , at the discretion of the Lord Chancellor , to sue without payment to the Crown , and to have lawyers assigned to them without fee . |
| 10 | Jamie Whitham : has come a long way since Kirkistown back in 1988 . |
| 11 | There is no gainsaying the fact that London-born Eleanor Bowen has come a long way since her last exhibition at the Durham Art Gallery some eight years ago . |
| 12 | Mr Fallon said : ‘ The Dyslexia Institute has come a long way since 1973 and has raised the profile of dyslexia in the country . |
| 13 | The former RAF engineer , of Eskdale , Skelmersdale , has come a long way since 1982 when he suffered a serious heart attack and his health then gradually deteriorated to the point where surgeons at Wythenshawe Hospital , Manchester , eventually decided that a heart transplant was Mr Brownrigg 's only chance . |
| 14 | City player-manager Peter Reid , still a rookie in the hot seat , has done a fine job since replacing Howard Kendall . |
| 15 | Andrew Robson , a 21-year-old fast medium bowler from Tyne and Wear who toured Australia with the England Under–19 party three winters ago , has made a speedy impression since being released by Surrey . |
| 16 | SAINTFIELD jockey Paul McMahon has made a big hit since returning home from England where he was champion amateur in 1990 . |
| 17 | Italy , for example , has avoided a military coup since 1945 but still has on average a new government every year . |
| 18 | The corporation has had a chequered history since then . |
| 19 | Purvis has had a meteoric career since joining ITN in 1972 . |
| 20 | Bowater has had a miserable time since joining the Footsie last week , the share price falling a good 10 p.c . |
| 21 | ‘ The present manager , Jim Jefferies , has had an excellent record since coming to Falkirk , and he deserves every support in his effort to ensure that we have Premier League football at Falkirk next year . ’ |
| 22 | He hopes , as all prime ministers do , that the shake-up will put an end to the back-biting and snarling that has reached a nasty pitch since the Newbury by-election and local-council humiliations three weeks ago . |
| 23 | But Scudamore 's decision could see him start clear favourite in a race that has lacked a dominant performer since the death of Mighty Mogul . |
| 24 | Neighbours say he has kept a low profile since moving in , prefering to stay by the pool than go out on the town . |
| 25 | Although the Gambian People 's Progressive Party has dominated the scene since independence , the country has maintained a multiparty system since the 1960s . |
| 26 | Of course , Tory politics has changed a great deal since those days . |