Example sentences of "have been [verb] since [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The scheme has been running since 1975 and has included the designs of A R Penck , Matazo Kayama and the pop artist , Andy Warhol . |
| 32 | The GHS has been running since 1972 and is a large-scale survey designed to meet the information needs of a variety of different government departments . |
| 33 | Resolutions 242 and 338 are the agreed basis for peace talks and speak of Israel giving up territory it has been occupying since 1967 in return for peace . |
| 34 | In Pakistan , salinisation and waterlogging are particularly acute in the Indus Valley where irrigation has been practised since 5 kyr BP ; currently some 15 x 10 6 ha are irrigated by a system that includes the Indus River and its tributaries , 3 storage reservoirs , 19 barrages , 43 canals and 90 000 watercourse systems ( Shanan 1987 ) . |
| 35 | With any luck they will be right , at least in the form in which co-ordination has been practised since 1985 . |
| 36 | West of the village centre are vast quarries from which granite has been taken since Roman times . |
| 37 | On the other hand , there is no doubt that the USM 's distinct identity has been eroded since 1990 by convergence in the regulation and cost of joining the Official List and the USM . |
| 38 | Though a draft directive has been circulating since 1984 it passed its final stages rapidly . |
| 39 | The recommendation will be put by the ITF 's Rules of Tennis Committee to the Committee of Management in Paris in June and if accepted , it will travel to the Dominican Republic in September for presentation to the ITF Annual General Meeting , where , if it receives a ⅔ majority from delegates in attendance , it will become the first time that a new rule has been introduced since 1989 , when the tie break was standardised . |
| 40 | Procaine , the paracohlrophenoxy acetic ester of DNAE , has been used since 1905 as a safe local anaesthetic . |
| 41 | Long-serving Steve Lawson , a former Cleveland Park track record-holder , has been racing since 1974 but he has proved on numerous occasions that he 's a hard man to beat on the tricky Middlesbrough track . |
| 42 | CEPALC is a non-profit-making organisation which has been working since 1978 to serve the communication needs of grassroots groups in the towns and rural areas of Colombia . |
| 43 | The Thomas Cook European Timetable has been published since 1873 with a break only during the Second World War ; Thomas Cook Overseas Timetable lists countries outside Europe and has been published since 1981 . |
| 44 | THE Belfast-based Sunday News , which has been published since 1965 , is to close . |
| 45 | The paper has been published since 1943 : maybe the 50th anniversary this year will see it achieve the meaning of its name — ‘ Liberation ’ . |
| 46 | The Thomas Cook European Timetable has been published since 1873 with a break only during the Second World War ; Thomas Cook Overseas Timetable lists countries outside Europe and has been published since 1981 . |
| 47 | No title has been conferred since 1798 . |
| 48 | We do not accept that the provisions in Schedule 5 will operate harshly or unfairly on property held on discretionary trust which has been settled since 26th March 1974 . |
| 49 | In the event , few new Irish peerages have been created since 1800 , and no election has been held since 1922 when the Irish Free State came into being . |
| 50 | The course changed over the years and , in 1957 , following a tragic accident , the last Mille Miglia was held although smaller version of the race around Brescia continued to be staged , and a series of nostalgic races has been held since 1982 . |
| 51 | FYT is trans-denominational and has extensive international links through the Scripture Union Movement , with which it has been associated since 1966 . |
| 52 | The plan is designed to provide more caribou for hunters ; hunting of the Delta herd has been banned since 1991 . |
| 53 | Whalers face the threat of government reprisals should they start a commercial hunt which has been banned since 1985 . |
| 54 | Joint finance has been provided since 1976 to enable local authorities and health authorities , as well as voluntary organizations , to work together to provide facilities for care in the community for different groups , including both the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped . |
| 55 | ‘ The Château has been closed since nineteen forty , monsieur . |
| 56 | The Samin smelter in Sardinia has been closed since last August , with a loss of 68,000 tonnes , and is unlikely to reopen until June . |
| 57 | This refreshing wine is made by Piat Père et Fils who has been established since 1849 and also produces outstanding Beaujolais and Burgundy wines . |
| 58 | Obviously the law has been updated since eighteen ninety three . |
| 59 | It has been exported since 1817 , when it first went to the USA and Canada , soon spreading into Mexico and South America and readily adapting to environments which ranged from very cold uplands to hot , semi-desert plains . |
| 60 | On the night hemisphere much of the surface is at about 100 K. Were Mercury to keep the same face to the Sun then the night hemisphere would be close to 0 K. The higher temperature that actually exists has been known since 1962 . |