Example sentences of "since it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The show has failed to appear in any TV popularity charts and eight of the original cast of virtual unknowns have been axed since it began last summer . |
| 2 | The Commissioners answers came in the form of a set of proposals which represented the most fundamental reshaping of the common Agricultural policy since it began 30 years ago . |
| 3 | This month I was the first Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to be invited to address its conference since it began 15 years ago . |
| 4 | Lotus Development Corp says it has sold more than 125,000 units worldwide of its new dynamic spreadsheet , Improv for Windows , in the first month since it became available in retail outlets : Improve is being offered at $100 until May 31 . |
| 5 | Yet all but one of Costa Rica 's 38 presidents , since it became independent in the 1840s , shared descent from a single conquistador , Cristobal de Alfaro ; he was also a progenitor of seven presidents of next-door Nicaragua , two of El Salvador , and one each of Guatemala and of Honduras . |
| 6 | The two-year row has been rumbling on since it became clear the Ffestiniog Company had taken an interest in the project . |
| 7 | The equal opportunity for social mobility was a commonplace in the public mind but pressure of numbers began to render that equality suspect , since it seemed unequal in fact . |
| 8 | Since it seemed churlish to argue , Mungo picked up the basket by the string . |
| 9 | This debate has wider implications for the study of political science since it emphasised major features of the process of governmental decision-making — the plurality of values of participants in policy-making , the plurality of actors involved , the emphasis upon perceptions rather than ‘ objective interests ’ and the fact that policy outcomes seldom reflect the values and preferences of one group . |
| 10 | In an explicit warning to Israel , Saddam Hussein said in a radio broadcast on April 2 that Iraq had no need of nuclear weapons , since it had binary chemical weapons capable of destroying " half of Israel " in the event of an Israeli attack . |
| 11 | That 's still a fair maximum for this car , and even with a lot of miles under its belt since it had any major attention ( and a tendency to hang-up slightly in second gear ) it will still pull 12.2secs to 60mph . |
| 12 | Besides being bad for Mrs Thatcher personally , it appeared to be almost the worst possible result for the party as a whole since it made inevitable a further week of damaging internecine strife . |
| 13 | The value of prosection was stressed since it offered three dimensional knowledge to the medical students and post-graduates and many future surgeons would be trained to dissect and explore the body through these preparations . |
| 14 | The wearing of pig badges by a large group of staff , many of whom were members of middle management , after the Deputy Head , Peter Moors , had suggested that pork was less suitable than turkey for the school 's Christmas dinner , since it prevented Muslim boys from taking part . |
| 15 | In some ways this was a symbolic move , since it raised little revenue : existing exempt groups ( children , pensioners , the chronically ill and those on Income Support ) retained their right to free prescriptions . |
| 16 | Although this looked worse than it might have done since it covered fourteen months instead of twelve — the result of an adjustment to a different financial year — such figures demanded a response . |
| 17 | Announcing its decision , the Department of Environment said it had responded to three main criticisms : i ) the register would have listed all potential , not necessarily actual , contaminated sites , since it included all locations where specified industries had been sited ; ii ) sites would not be removed from the register , even if after clean-up ; iii ) there was no specific provision for determining who should bear the liability , and the costs , of the clean-up . |
| 18 | Timothy crossed the car-park , glad that the publican was whistling since it suggested good humour . |
| 19 | , co-ordinator of the Open Day has been a user of the Jack Kane Centre since it opened 17 years ago . |
| 20 | It 's the latest setback for Euro Disney which has been losing money since it opened eighteen months ago . |
| 21 | Since it opened 2 years ago , 7 deaths have been attributed to driver fatigue . |
| 22 | Pauline Edwards had worked as a nurse at the hospital since it opened seven years ago . |
| 23 | He would pass Syl 's house on the way , since it stood close to ours on the same side of the private road , behind hedges of cypress and box , flanked by lawns garnished with birch and all manner of ornamental trees . |
| 24 | The decline in effective demand also affected the legitimacy of capitalism since it created mass unemployment and poverty at home and anti-imperialism abroad . |
| 25 | This car has rewritten the rules that underline the supermini concept , since it won European Car of the Year in 1983 ( Peugeot 205 was second ) and it has won just about every award possible . |
| 26 | It should be realized that this change of tactics in the gilt-edged market is consistent with the objective of greater competitiveness since it allowed greater freedom for market forces to determine prices , and therefore yields , on government stock and close substitutes . |
| 27 | The Irish national lottery has created 19 millionaires since it started five years ago . |
| 28 | ‘ Members of my church have been working with ACET since it started 3 years ago . |
| 29 | The business has changed dramatically since it joined six years ago . |
| 30 | In the early 1900s , the Poor Law inspectors pressed the policy of ‘ adequacy ’ with notable enthusiasm , to the dismay of many Guardians and ratepayers , since it implied increased expenditure . |