Example sentences of "[vb -s] since [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did , however , discuss such a marvel with Sir John Harrington , the Queen 's nephew , who has since devised an ingenious system to build a water closet so that privies and latrines can be cleaned by pulling a chain and releasing water . |
| 2 | ‘ He behaved very much like the character he was playing , and everybody treated him like the character , the young kid , ’ recalled Chuck Julian , an actor in the film who has since become a theatrical agent . |
| 3 | Ken McReddie , an actor and assistant stage manager at the Playhouse , who has since become a theatrical agent , remembered Crawford being ‘ very energetic and noticeably good ’ , but there were other memories , too . |
| 4 | THE OFFICIAL , artist-approved re-release of a private pressing from ‘ 74 that has since become a sought-after collector 's item . |
| 5 | What does seem likely , at least in part , is that a practice which began in the Sixties — distinguishing themselves from their left-leaning peers through a pose of premature reactionism — has since become an indistinguishable part of their character . |
| 6 | In a recent review of rural leisure and recreation research Owens ( 1984 ) has commented on not only how participation in rural leisure and recreation grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s , but how it was also accompanied by a surge of interest in applied research which has since spawned an enormous literature . |
| 7 | The stock dove almost disappeared from some areas , but , like other species that were hard-hit at the same time , it has since made a good recovery . |
| 8 | The company has since made a remarkable recovery by clearing out its middle management ranks and replacing them with semi-autonomous work teams . |
| 9 | Mrs Brown , 35 , has since made a full recovery but was unable to attend the ceremony because she has moved away from the area . |
| 10 | In spite of her angry and tearful protests Charles insisted on giving the token to the woman who had haunted their courtship and has since cast a long shadow across their married life . |
| 11 | He has since completed a splendid four-timer when making all to take the Group Two Richmond Stakes at Goodwood last week . |
| 12 | He has since died a sad death at Saigon , choked in his own vomit after a bout of energetic drinking . |
| 13 | ICI has since published an environmental policy document with these four objectives as its cornerstones . |
| 14 | Rees has since proved a reliable deputy for Simon Tracey . |
| 15 | But the underlying theme was that expressed by a Japanese , Zenko Suzuki , in 1982 — a theme that has since proved an undeniable stimulus to politicians and rhetoricians in need of a new and very positive cause . |
| 16 | Derrida 's famous paper ‘ Structure , Sign and Play ’ aroused much excitement when it was delivered at a conference on structuralism at Johns Hopkins in 1966 , and has since acquired a mythological significance as the fountainhead of American deconstruction . |
| 17 | Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey were among the first to import them into England , and the painter Hans Holbein has since had a particular type of design named after him because of the number of times it featured in his portraits of Henry and the English Court , Similarly , the Flemish painter Hans Memlinc provides ample pictorial evidence of the passion for oriental rugs in the Netherlands and the Northern Europe . |