Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] [verb] since [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It was opened in 1976 on land owned by Darlington Borough Council but has been privately managed since 1978 . |
2 | The mercury content in fish from this area has been extensively monitored since 1970 by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food [ MAFF ] , ICI and North West Water — and more recently the National Rivers Authority . |
3 | The UN force in Croatia has been nearly paralysed since 22 January when Croatia 's army began to bombard Serb-dominated areas under UN protection , blowing apart a year old ceasefire . |
4 | It is a two-storey mill ( now open to the public ) which he built in 1752 , though it has been much altered since that time . |
5 | The expenditure involved with election campaigns has been rapidly increasing since 1976 . |
6 | Gómez is one of countless civilians believed to have been extrajudicially executed since 1980 by the military or ‘ death squads ’ linked to them . |
7 | It is usually considered , though , that Ptolemy made a mistake with his co-ordinates , since the distance from London to his second Salinae also coincides conveniently with the distance to Droitwich , where inland salt production had been well established since prehistoric times . |
8 | Deng Xiaoping , China 's " elder statesman " leader , had considerable success during March in his effort to reinforce the reformist line which he had been actively promoting since early January . |
9 | Second , strikes have been seriously restricted since 1980 by a government decree ( also applying to other public services such as the airlines ) allowing management to maintain a minimum level of service during strikes . |
10 | ( Recent demands by the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education ( CATE ) will have ensured that these courses have been substantially revised since 1984–5 ) . |