Example sentences of "[vb pp] since [adj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , there is no doubt that the USM 's distinct identity has been eroded since 1990 by convergence in the regulation and cost of joining the Official List and the USM . |
| 2 | First , a great many of the cases in this area of the law are concerned with industrial strife of one kind or another and where this is so the common law has been excluded or modified since 1906 by statutory immunities granted to persons acting in a ‘ trade dispute . ’ |
| 3 | One , published in Paris in 1693 , brought together in six volumes all the treaties made since 1435 by the kings of France , while simultaneously Leibniz , the most complete intellectual of the age , tried in his Codex Juris Gentium Diplomaticus ( 1693 ) and Mantissa Codicis ( 1700 ) to provide collections which would form the legal basis for improved international relations and a more united society of states in Europe . |
| 4 | Cliff 's tally of 20 League goals in 1963–64 , when he was joint-top scorer with Peter Burridge , has only been exceeded since 1961 by Mark Bright in 1988 and Ian Wright in 1989 , but Cliff again headed our list of scorers in Division Two in 1964–65 with 11 more goals , and he did so in spite of spending several games at centre-half . |
| 5 | Compare the unit prices of Hong Kong 's export goods with wholesale prices in America , he says , and you will find that both have risen since 1983 by about 3.5% a year . |
| 6 | Televising of tobacco-sponsored events : Tobacco-sponsored sport has not been televised since 1987 by the independent companies . |
| 7 | Second , strikes have been seriously restricted since 1980 by a government decree ( also applying to other public services such as the airlines ) allowing management to maintain a minimum level of service during strikes . |
| 8 | This was an organization formed by film mogul J. Arthur Rank and financed since 1951 by the British film industry to make low-budget productions for screening at children 's matinee performances , usually on Saturday mornings . |
| 9 | Sponsored since 1982 by the University of New Mexico School of Medicine , ASAP seeks to empower youth to make healthier choices in their own lives ; and , as community members , to play an active political role in their communities and society . |
| 10 | Gómez is one of countless civilians believed to have been extrajudicially executed since 1980 by the military or ‘ death squads ’ linked to them . |
| 11 | In return for an orderly resumption of work the government agreed ( i ) a general wage increase of 43 per cent for July to offset the inflationary effects of its current economic austerity programme , with a further review in August ; ( ii ) job security for and non-victimization of strikers ; ( iii ) compensation for public-sector workers made redundant between April 26 and July 21 , but not their reappointment ; ( iv ) the suspension of a programme to privatize land nationalized since 1979 by the former Sandinista ( FSLN ) government ; and ( v ) the retention of subsidies on public transport . |
| 12 | Logging in the region has been halted since 1990 by court actions to protect the habitat of the northern spotted owl , leading to thousands of job losses [ see EDs 70 ; passim ] . |
| 13 | Most of this is obtained from the lakes of the Lake District ( see page 134 ) but the largest reservoir in Britain , Kielder Water , has been formed since 1980 by flooding low value farmland in the northern Pennines . |
| 14 | The central importance of the developmental role undertaken since 1988 by the Department of EPD was recognised by it being formally constituted this year as a division of the University , with a status equivalent to that of the four Schools . |
| 15 | Led since 1990 by Hubert Ingraham , 45 , the FNM won 33 out of a total of 49 seats , ending a run of five consecutive victories by the Progressive Liberal Party ( PLP ) of Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling , 62 , who retained one of the PLP 's 16 seats . |
| 16 | There is some evidence that the cloud cover over the US has increased since 1950 by 2 or 3 per cent , according to James Angell of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . |
| 17 | In May 1985 , Leon Brittan , then Home Secretary , was booed despite his figures saying that prison officer ranks had increased since 1979 by one-fifth , and that the budget for the Prison Service had risen 85 per cent . |
| 18 | Gourmets tip Rockendorfs Restaurant ( 4023099 w ) , run since 1981 by Siegfried and Ingeborg Rockendorf in an art nouveau villa in Waidmannslust , in the north of the city . |
| 19 | The mercury content in fish from this area has been extensively monitored since 1970 by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food [ MAFF ] , ICI and North West Water — and more recently the National Rivers Authority . |
| 20 | Polled dairy type created since 1947 by merging three polled breeds , with preference given to light red Western bulls . |
| 21 | It is , however , feasible for the reader to study the geographical pattern of individual multi-plant firms in public libraries by use of directories and the index maintained since 1981 by the Financial Times . |
| 22 | There were even suggestions that the atoll — an unincorporated territory of the USA , controlled since 1934 by the US military — might eventually be used for the reciprocal destruction of Soviet chemical weapons . |
| 23 | State of Fear : Censorship in Burma is one of the 28 ‘ Country Reports ’ that have been published since 1989 by ARTICLE 19 . |
| 24 | Mr Hattersley 's visit , so early in the campaign , shows how important the two main parties view the marginal seat , held since 1983 by Tory schools minister Michael Fallon . |
| 25 | The head of state is the President ( a post held since 1979 by Col. Chadli Bendjedid ) , who is nominated by the congress of the ruling National Liberation Front ( Front de liberation nationale-FLN ) and is elected by universal adult suffrage every five years . |
| 26 | The seat had been Tory since 1970 and had been held since 1974 by Sir Charles , who retained it with a sizeable personal vote . |
| 27 | Following a brief period as a federation Indonesia in 1950 became a unitary state in which executive power resides in a President ( a position held since 1968 by Gen. ( retd ) Suharto ) who governs with the assistance of an appointed Cabinet . |