Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] since the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we might over-estimate the risk of crime , it has grown steadily since the last century . |
| 2 | the number and proportion of women in paid employment in the United Kingdom has increased substantially since the Second World War , and |
| 3 | It is a very rare disease today and the incidence has decreased markedly since the Second World War . |
| 4 | Delft is proud of its association with the Dutch master painter Jan Vermeer and the old town centre has changed little since the 17th century with drawbridges , tree-lined canals , large churches and narrow medieval streets and the view of this quaint red-roofed town from the 100 metre high steeple of the 14th century Nieuw Kerk is worth the climb . |
| 5 | The population of Europe , including Russia , had grown steadily since the seventeenth century , and continued to do so after 1880 . |
| 6 | The Rossmaynes had lived there since the sixteenth century , the house stubbornly resisting the elements which tried to erode its walls . |
| 7 | They have stood here since the seventeenth century , and were originally in front of the Council House which was known as the Tolzey . |