Example sentences of "[noun pl] since the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is nearly a year since the meeting which led to the setting-up of the Network and six months since the first registration forms went out . |
| 2 | Over the decades since the First World War , with the introduction of new forms of energy , the development of labour saving devices and changes in food and menus , there have been radical changes in kitchen design . |
| 3 | It found that in the 3 years since the first survey , crime had moved from third place to the top of people ‘ s list of problems affecting their neighbourhood . |
| 4 | The simplest reason for the disappointing subscription is that the novelty of a kitchen maid poet had dissipated in the four years since the first subscription , especially among the gentry around Brackley who might now observe Philip Leapor enjoying the fruits of the first volume . |
| 5 | It is 2 years since the first edition of this booklet was printed and during this time there has been an enormous increase in interest in the use of LM potencies . |
| 6 | Instead an eclectic approach has been taken , highlighting some of the more significant work that has been done in the five years since the first edition of this book was published . |
| 7 | As we have attempted in our previous books on further education succinctly to summarize the chief characteristics of the polytechnics , we intend therefore to restrict ourselves to a discussion of the ways in which they have developed in the three years since the first edition of this book was written . |
| 8 | It is exactly 40 years since the first record sales charts were compiled to determine who was top of the pops . |
| 9 | In the years since the First World War , trucks had come to transport 100 million tons of farm produce per annum directly to the cities . |
| 10 | Rangers have five wins and two draws from their games since the first round of the European Cup in September and respond to the fact that opposing teams are keener to attack them in that competition than they are in the Premier Division . |
| 11 | A total of 59 meetings had been held between Boutros-Ghali and the two leaders since the first round of talks began in July based on a " Set of Ideas " put forward by Boutros-Ghali [ see p. 39067 ] . |