Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] since [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation has been publicised since last year by the relief agencies and others , but the UN was slow to get involved . |
| 2 | My tank has been matured since last December and I have lost a Fireball Angel , a Swallow Tail Angel and a Cream Angel . |
| 3 | With minor exceptions , landlords have been permitted since 5th November 1973 to collect only the rent applicable before 6th November 1972 , plus half the difference between that rent and any higher rent agreed between the parties at normal rent reviews , or settled by arbitration , or otherwise determined . |
| 4 | Thomas Hargreaves , 39 , whose parents live at Llangoed , has not been seen since last Thursday , when he set off on a hike through a forest towards a glacier , close to south east Alaskan town of Juneau . |
| 5 | The Samin smelter in Sardinia has been closed since last August , with a loss of 68,000 tonnes , and is unlikely to reopen until June . |
| 6 | We do not accept that the provisions in Schedule 5 will operate harshly or unfairly on property held on discretionary trust which has been settled since 26th March 1974 . |
| 7 | It coped with very long grass from an overgrown lawn which had n't been cut since last year , and produced a satisfactory cut even on the first mowing . |
| 8 | His solicitor said for some reason he 'd been involved since last December in a campaign of total destruction of both himself and other people , but now there was some hope for the future . |
| 9 | As a way of encouraging them to return , food aid to the refugee camps has been withheld since last summer . |
| 10 | More than 16,000 mining jobs have been lost since last October when British Coal unveiled its pit-closure programme , leaving a workforce of just 24,000 . |
| 11 | And Christ , that pony 's improved since last year . ’ |