Example sentences of "uk since the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1979 energy consumption was almost back to the 1973 level but this trend was abruptly curtailed by the second oil shock which contributed to the worst recession in the UK since the Second World War . |
| 2 | In addition there are parallels between the marked short run fluctuations in the UK since the 1970s and interwar cyclical movements . |
| 3 | Inevitably , in such a well-established industry — modern-style factoring has been in existence in the UK since the 1960s product improvement has come at the margins . |
| 4 | Although the proportion of GNP taken in tax has risen in the UK since the early 1970s , the UK is , in comparative terms , only a middle-ranked country in terms of tax-take , with tax ( excluding community charge ) amounting to 35.2% of GNP in 1990 . |
| 5 | The condition , which is relatively common in continental Europe , has not been seen on this scale in the UK since the 1920s . |
| 6 | Although directors and officers ' liability insurance has been available in the UK since the 1930s , it has only come into wide use in the last few years . |