Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [verb] [adv] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | To make matters worse , the value of homes has dropped dramatically since they were fixed for the council tax more than a year ago . |
| 2 | Ltd. v. Texas Commerce International Bank Ltd. ( below , p. 262 ) , continued : These citations demonstrate that while consideration remains a fundamental requirement before a contract not under seal can be enforced , the policy of the law in its search to do justice between the parties has developed considerably since the early nineteenth century when Stilk v. Myrick was decided by Lord Ellenborough C.J. In the late twentieth century I do not believe that the rigid approach to the concept of consideration to be found in Stilk v. Myrick is either necessary or desirable . |
| 3 | Similarly , practices could appeal if they had evidence that the population characteristics had altered substantially since the last census . |
| 4 | The persisting economic recession and the administration 's lack of a clear domestic agenda continued to damage the standing of Bush , whose opinion poll ratings had fallen dramatically since the 80 per cent high which they had achieved in the immediate aftermath of the Gulf war . |
| 5 | These thirty-two acres have changed little since the three of us — Ludo , Albie and I — used to play here as kids . |
| 6 | Widespread complaints of poor management and excessive service charges led to the establishment … [ of ] the " Nugee Committee " … at the same time there has been ever-increasing concern with the difficulties which confront leaseholders in selling leases whose outstanding periods have decreased significantly since their grant . |
| 7 | For me , however , circumstances have changed somewhat since my first love affair with the States and my fascination has taken on a maturity that matches my years and experiences on the North American continent . |
| 8 | The debate over Project 2000 's cost and manpower implications has raged ever since the project group reported , but there is a strong consensus of feeling that the time for radical change is now at hand . |
| 9 | These fears have grown apace since the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan gave rise to bitter hostility towards the Russians among many Afghans . |
| 10 | These fears have grown apace since the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan gave rise to bitter hostility towards the Russians among many Afghans . |
| 11 | However , since power sources have changed significantly since Dom Pérignon 's day , there are no longer many of the giant , hand-operated , wheel-type presses . |
| 12 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 13 | I think the pressures have changed enormously since I started work . |
| 14 | Neither the proportion of issues in languages other than English ( 4% ) , nor the relative popularity of particular foreign languages had changed radically since these features were last examined , between 1969 and 1972 . |
| 15 | Apart from a brief period after 1964 when prescription charges were removed , these charges have remained ever since and been increased regularly . |
| 16 | Thirty seconds had ticked past since he entered the baggage room . |
| 17 | The National Trust — new owner of Orford Ness ‘ island ’ — said yesterday that law breaking by people with guns and off-road vehicles had increased there since the Ministry of Defence relinquished control . |
| 18 | It was the happening that we Hastings children had dreaded ever since our Junior School Headmaster , who also taught Physics , had told us one day in class . |
| 19 | In some hospitals , standards have improved enormously since the mid '80s as a result of the NACNE and COMA reports which found strong links between diet and health . |
| 20 | Pied-fly numbers have increased dramatically since nest box provision has become widespread practice in the sessile oak woods they prefer . |
| 21 | To sum up the position so far : expenditure on the health services has increased substantially since the last war and with it the volume , range and quality of the health services . |
| 22 | The questions our friends were dying to ask were those which the tabloids have trumpeted ever since the case came into the public domain . |
| 23 | Although the Freer 's holdings have increased dramatically since the gallery opened — only 8% of the collections can now be exhibited at one time — it is nonetheless impossible to expand above ground near the Mall . |
| 24 | If there is to be detailed discussion of constitutional change , does he accept that the politicians who represent constituencies in England and Scotland and Wales will need to be consulted , and that he may well find that opinions have shifted substantially since the House last discussed the issue ? |
| 25 | TIMES have changed considerably since a youthful Austin Rawlinson attended his first swimming gala , well before World War 1 , and realised his love of the water had helped him develop an outstanding talent . |
| 26 | Shares have risen sharply since the effective collapse of the European exchange rate mechanism at the end of July as interest rates throughout continental Europe have come down . |