Example sentences of "since [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reduction of wages council protection will affect women 's earnings since 75 per cent of the labour force in the industries concerned are women . |
| 2 | The national income had doubled since 1948 ; in the period 1951–73 , the average annual rate of growth was 2.3 per cent . |
| 3 | Every member of Mr Dubcek 's Assembly had voted that Mr Havel should be the country 's first non-Communist leader since 1948 . |
| 4 | Since 1948 Russian has been a compulsory language in Czech schools , but as of next month , she will be able to switch to teaching English and German . |
| 5 | As we sat over our coffee , László explained how one of Pest 's main streets , Pest 's answer to the Champs Elysées , had had five changes of name since 1948 . |
| 6 | Many Italians believe this could be the most decisive poll since 1948 when the Christian Democrats fought the scare of a communist takeover , and again in 1976 when it was feared the charismatic Enrico Berlinguer would win under the banner of Eurocommunism . |
| 7 | But even if the old partnership of Christian Democrats , Socialists and Liberals gets a working majority , the serious opposition parties have made their point more effectively than at any time since 1948 . |
| 8 | He described it as the ‘ best news since 1948 ’ when the National Party came to power on the policy of apartheid , which eventually led to South Africa 's ban from the international rugby arena until this year . |
| 9 | Of course the other major factor that had an impact on policy and practice in the later 1970s was resource constraints — the end of the long expansion of local authority staffing and budgets since 1948 , and of the rapid growth of the early 1970s . |
| 10 | In spite of the vastly increased volume of traffic , fewer people are now killed on our roads than at any time since 1948 . |
| 11 | Elegiac recollections are buttressed by the Roberts lithographs , pictures which have become part of a deep and dreamlike sleep through which the Palestinians have passed since 1948 . |
| 12 | David Damiani 's life since 1948 was a mixture of family bereavement , hardship and moderate business success . |
| 13 | Israel lost overall air supremacy for the first time since 1948 . |
| 14 | Ever since 1948 , the Arabs have found it difficult to agree among themselves . |
| 15 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 16 | The provision of statutory services to the elderly has risen since 1948 , but not sufficiently to keep pace with the increasing number of dependants and the decreasing pool of informal carers ( even now only 11 per cent of people aged 85 and over receive meals-on-wheels , 37 per cent a home help ; OPCS , 1985 ) . |
| 17 | of all the records of this race since 1948 and that in 1972 occurred in a severe south-westerly gale . |
| 18 | All the 15 records since 1948 have been of single birds and the most in any year was four in 1952 . |
| 19 | The highest recorded count was 90 to 120 nests in the 1870s , and since 1948 was 48 nests in 1959 ; the 1970 figure was 41 , and there were 42 in 1976 . |
| 20 | Since 1948 numbers at Leasam reached a peak of 63 nests in 1950 , declined to an all-time low of five in 1963 , but have since recovered steadily ; the 1970 figure was 30 , and there were 23 or more in 1975 . |
| 21 | The table summarises the records since 1948 and suggests some increase ; duplications arise in the monthly totals when birds winter . |
| 22 | The venerable Antonov An-2 utility biplane in production in Eastern Europe since 1948 , may be given a new lease of life . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , on the other side of the Atlantic , Americans have been enjoying Microgroove releases since 1948 ! |
| 24 | The influx of new citizens from Russia may be exacerbating the friction in the settlements being established in the Israeli-administered territories won from the country 's Arab neighbours in the various attacks on the country since 1948 , and it represents an exodus of skills that Russia can ill afford to lose , but it is doing nothing but good for the vibrant information technology sector of the Israeli economy . |
| 25 | Since 1948 , for example , the elderly have no longer been deemed to be the financial responsibility of their adult children or grandchildren . |
| 26 | Tension along the 38th parallel had been serious since 1948 but was worse on some occasions than on others . |
| 27 | Frustrating as the long-drawn out debates since 1948 had been for the abolitionists , when the moment eventually came no-one could claim that Parliament was acting precipitately or foisting a highly controversial measure onto a nation that was unprepared . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , it is more than likely that socio-economic differences in crowding have been reduced since 1948 with the expansion of council housing . |
| 29 | This involves allowing the children home on trial , a practice that has increased sharply since 1948 , and taking whatever steps are necessary to rehabilitate the family so that full parental responsibility can be resumed . |
| 30 | We can see from Table 7.1 that the structure of taxation has changed substantially since 1948 . |