Example sentences of "have been around since [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of solitary waves travelling along rivers and canals has been around since 1844. it was considered a novelty until the early 1960s , when scientists discovered that two solitary waves travelling in opposite directions need not destroy one another , but could in fact continue unscathed . |
| 2 | They are in fact the original Green products having been around since 1959 , and are so good that the company 's turnover is about £1 billion . |
| 3 | Both are US in origin , the Basler Turbo-67 having been around since 1988 and in ‘ production ’ at Oshkosh , Wisconsin , since 1990 . |
| 4 | They have been around since Egyptian times , which makes them one of our oldest decorating materials . |
| 5 | Although it 's been around since 1985 you could hardly describe it as one of the top-selling DOS word processors . |