Example sentences of "since it [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This is the best measure of fitness , since it expresses the greatest rate at which an individual can exert himself .
2 One of a great flurry of plans being prepared in the Pentagon as the politicians on Capitol Hill sharpen their knives to carve the ‘ peace dividend ’ from the budget , the plan will arouse great controversy , since it invades the functional territory of the US Marine Corps .
3 Being two yards long is not an immediately perceivable attribute of a rat 's tail since it requires a previous act of measuring in order to be known .
4 In the progress of the Mirror the meditations ( which this text also calls contemplation ) on the Passion are one part of the process by which man sees God in himself since it activates the trinitarian structure of the soul and is the means by which the Incarnation is realised and man becomes holy .
5 This is a case of proxy decision making , since it authorizes a named person to make treatment decisions on the patient 's behalf , once the patient is adjudged incompetent .
6 This seems a useful technique for any situation where a straight piece of wood ends in a curve , since it maintains the visual integrity of the piece and is considerably easier than laminating a number of separate strips ( which I always find slide out of line while being clamped ) .
7 Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence .
8 For the moment at least , it puts an end to the most serious political crisis in Russia since it became a sovereign state .
9 Furthermore , ever since it became an independent department it has wanted to stop being merely a postman between the Treasury and the recipients of funds , and aspires instead to set the policy framework .
10 This was critical , since it took the new tax from being a hybrid to being a loosely-disguised property tax .
11 And yet it seems reasonable to suppose that , since it remains the same object viewed by the observer , the retinal images do not change .
12 Since it takes a certain time to reach its working temperature and cool down again , it would not be able to follow the changes satisfactorily .
13 Broderick has faced more of a problem , since it seemed a few years back that he had stopped ageing .
14 Silverstone 's demise would be mourned by everyone in Formula One , since it offers a unique challenge as the fastest track in the world , with drivers lapping at over 150 miles per hour .
15 As a result , one of the DCs was submitted for assessment to this person ; the other DC was agreed immediately since it affected no other package .
16 The ideological claim was that the Soviet Union was , by definition , more advanced since it had a deeper experience of socialism , but that of course is nonsense .
17 The Uruguayan agreement consisted of a barter arrangement ( Soviet oil for Uruguayan wool ) , which suited Montevideo since it had a large surplus of wool and a shortage of foreign exchange .
18 The publication of the China White Paper in August 1949 worried Rhee , since it connoted a virtual collapse of American support for Chiang Kai-shek and the possibility of the United States preparing to recognise Communist China .
19 The indium-111 leukocyte technique is particularly suitable for the present study since it utilises the homing properties of neutrophils in response to specific chemoattractants .
20 It is this confidence that is provided by Directory Integrity Check , since it allows a complete comparison to be made between the files in a directory/directory structure and their corresponding LIFESPAN modules .
21 Such a clause would not bring the dispute between holists and individualists any nearer to a solution , however , since it begs the very question at issue .
22 Brideshead , too , is an exercise in passionate nostalgia , and of a kind that has sometimes been held to be embarrassing , since it celebrates the dying life of a great country house , though such critical embarrassments may be more ritual than real .
23 But it is also an inflated price since it represents a healthy premium for control of the last really big established national player in the US cellular market .
24 In the UK the AIB keep a very tight control over any CVR read-out since it represents a considerable intrusion on the privacy of the flight crew and , while they insist on using it whenever there is an accident , only the relevant extracts are made known to the public and the official reports contain transcriptions of only those sections which are necessary for a full understanding of the circumstances of the accident .
25 This is essentially a social concept since it represents the social development of a person , that is of the concept of self in the eyes of others .
26 I have included this somewhat lengthy account of the inception of the AEP since it does a good deal to explain some of the subsequent strengths and weaknesses of these highly influential programmes .
27 But I would make clear to Mr if he looks at the minutes of the budget review sub-committee , that the suggestion of the director of property services wastes his time fully exploring all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate , for which he probably asks for a large amount of money , since it involves an enormous amount of wasted time , is not been agreed , it 's a non-delegated item , it was a recommendation of this committee which has not been moved at this committee , and it was a most unfortunate and woolly form of words .
28 The use of reference selling in industrial marketing can be highly successful since it reduces the perceived risk for a potential buyer .
29 The only positive aspect is that since it attracts the seediest sort of tourist , it keeps them all in one place like a gigantic concrete fly-paper , and stops them wandering all over the unspoiled parts of the Highlands looking for go-cart tracks and timeshare chalets .
30 on balance credit is beneficial , since it makes a useful contribution to the living standards and the economic and social well-being of the majority of British people .
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