Example sentences of "not been [verb] since [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Televising of tobacco-sponsored events : Tobacco-sponsored sport has not been televised since 1987 by the independent companies . |
| 2 | This turned out to be something of a red herring as the official duty rate has not been applied since 1987 and in the meantime the temporary rate has already been 50 per cent less . |
| 3 | Although remaining on the statute books , Nemery 's version had not been applied since 1985 . |
| 4 | The Slovak government initially claimed that they had been planted by the federal authorities in the 1980s and had not been functioning since 1989 . |
| 5 | The right of an editor to trial by jury is one reason why this law has not been invoked since 1947 : no government will risk the embarrassment of an acquittal . |
| 6 | Thomas Hargreaves , 39 , whose parents live at Llangoed , has not been seen since last Thursday , when he set off on a hike through a forest towards a glacier , close to south east Alaskan town of Juneau . |
| 7 | ‘ Monsieur Gebrec has not been seen since nine-thirty this morning , ’ said Melissa . |
| 8 | The historical ruler , who might or might not have made disastrous political mistakes , gave way to the woman who might or might not have written the Casket Letters ; and scholars plunged into the absorbing task of deciding whether letters whose originals had not been seen since 1584 , and whose texts had been translated from French into Scots and then back into French , were forgeries or not . |
| 9 | It had not been used since 1978 , but became necessary because of the extent of the financial needs of the former Soviet republics , added to other world financial problems . |
| 10 | The royal assent has not been refused since 1708 . |