Example sentences of "[pron] have been since [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first appraisal , Great Britain was , in 1914 , undisputed mistress of the seas , as she had been since 1805 when Admiral Lord Nelson destroyed the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar . |
| 2 | On 2 March 1939 Pacelli was elected pope in succession to Pius XI in the shortest conclave there had been since 1623 . |
| 3 | The pre-recorded elements of his programmes for BBC Radio Kent are compiled in a home recording studio come darkroom , as they have been since 1975 . |
| 4 | Unionists of the time would scarcely have recognized the terms of the debate , for in 1922 the party was still embroiled with Ireland and the House of Lords , held a smaller share of the popular vote than ever before , and was still split as it had been since 1902 ; few Unionists would have seen the war as a turning-point for the better in the party fortunes . |
| 5 | For Nestor , it was a courageous near-miss , an almost-historic encore that placed Canada closer to the final eight than it had been since 1913 ( when Canada made the Challenge round final — with only nine countries competing ) . |
| 6 | It was substantially enlarged from £30 million per annum to about £125 million per annum , and was transferred from the Home Office ( where it had been since 1968 ) to the Department of the Environment . |
| 7 | Holding Management Inc. in the USA where he had been since 1983 . |
| 8 | Legislative power in the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) , a name adopted in April 1989 by what had been since 1979 the People 's Republic of Kampuchea [ for previous names see p. 37289 ] , is vested in the National Assembly . |