Example sentences of "since it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The show has failed to appear in any TV popularity charts and eight of the original cast of virtual unknowns have been axed since it began last summer . |
| 2 | The Commissioners answers came in the form of a set of proposals which represented the most fundamental reshaping of the common Agricultural policy since it began 30 years ago . |
| 3 | This month I was the first Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to be invited to address its conference since it began 15 years ago . |
| 4 | This debate has wider implications for the study of political science since it emphasised major features of the process of governmental decision-making — the plurality of values of participants in policy-making , the plurality of actors involved , the emphasis upon perceptions rather than ‘ objective interests ’ and the fact that policy outcomes seldom reflect the values and preferences of one group . |
| 5 | The wearing of pig badges by a large group of staff , many of whom were members of middle management , after the Deputy Head , Peter Moors , had suggested that pork was less suitable than turkey for the school 's Christmas dinner , since it prevented Muslim boys from taking part . |
| 6 | In some ways this was a symbolic move , since it raised little revenue : existing exempt groups ( children , pensioners , the chronically ill and those on Income Support ) retained their right to free prescriptions . |
| 7 | Although this looked worse than it might have done since it covered fourteen months instead of twelve — the result of an adjustment to a different financial year — such figures demanded a response . |
| 8 | Announcing its decision , the Department of Environment said it had responded to three main criticisms : i ) the register would have listed all potential , not necessarily actual , contaminated sites , since it included all locations where specified industries had been sited ; ii ) sites would not be removed from the register , even if after clean-up ; iii ) there was no specific provision for determining who should bear the liability , and the costs , of the clean-up . |
| 9 | Timothy crossed the car-park , glad that the publican was whistling since it suggested good humour . |
| 10 | , co-ordinator of the Open Day has been a user of the Jack Kane Centre since it opened 17 years ago . |
| 11 | It 's the latest setback for Euro Disney which has been losing money since it opened eighteen months ago . |
| 12 | Since it opened 2 years ago , 7 deaths have been attributed to driver fatigue . |
| 13 | Pauline Edwards had worked as a nurse at the hospital since it opened seven years ago . |
| 14 | The decline in effective demand also affected the legitimacy of capitalism since it created mass unemployment and poverty at home and anti-imperialism abroad . |
| 15 | This car has rewritten the rules that underline the supermini concept , since it won European Car of the Year in 1983 ( Peugeot 205 was second ) and it has won just about every award possible . |
| 16 | It should be realized that this change of tactics in the gilt-edged market is consistent with the objective of greater competitiveness since it allowed greater freedom for market forces to determine prices , and therefore yields , on government stock and close substitutes . |
| 17 | The Irish national lottery has created 19 millionaires since it started five years ago . |
| 18 | ‘ Members of my church have been working with ACET since it started 3 years ago . |
| 19 | The business has changed dramatically since it joined six years ago . |
| 20 | In the early 1900s , the Poor Law inspectors pressed the policy of ‘ adequacy ’ with notable enthusiasm , to the dismay of many Guardians and ratepayers , since it implied increased expenditure . |
| 21 | Since it arrived four days ago , every last word was beaten into her brain . |
| 22 | Lois Schwoerer , for example , believes that the constitutional settlement of 1689 was an emphatic , though qualified , victory for Whig principles , since it established limited monarchy with ultimate sovereignty residing in the House of Commons . |
| 23 | ‘ She 's been in a coma since it happened six weeks ago . ’ |