Example sentences of "since it [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shares in Eurotunnel fell a further 50p to close at 600p , making a 15 per cent drop in the Anglo-French venture 's stock market value in the two days since it disclosed a 50 per cent rise in the cost of the tunnel to at least £7bn . |
| 2 | Being two yards long is not an immediately perceivable attribute of a rat 's tail since it requires a previous act of measuring in order to be known . |
| 3 | This is a case of proxy decision making , since it authorizes a named person to make treatment decisions on the patient 's behalf , once the patient is adjudged incompetent . |
| 4 | One other pattern of integration has , to my mind , considerable potential value since it maintains a useful and workable balance between an entirely subject-based curriculum , often fragmented and irrelevant to real life and an integrated curriculum which may neglect essential learning skills , or prove beyond the capabilities of the ordinary teacher to teach effectively . |
| 5 | Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence . |
| 6 | For the moment at least , it puts an end to the most serious political crisis in Russia since it became a sovereign state . |
| 7 | Furthermore , ever since it became an independent department it has wanted to stop being merely a postman between the Treasury and the recipients of funds , and aspires instead to set the policy framework . |
| 8 | Since it takes a certain time to reach its working temperature and cool down again , it would not be able to follow the changes satisfactorily . |
| 9 | In the kingdoms of western Europe there was a traditional obligation on all free men to answer the king 's call to arms , the arrière-ban , when the kingdom was attacked : a right which was rarely invoked in our period , since it produced a cumbersome and inefficient force , which could not be kept long in the field . |
| 10 | Broderick has faced more of a problem , since it seemed a few years back that he had stopped ageing . |
| 11 | Silverstone 's demise would be mourned by everyone in Formula One , since it offers a unique challenge as the fastest track in the world , with drivers lapping at over 150 miles per hour . |
| 12 | The ideological claim was that the Soviet Union was , by definition , more advanced since it had a deeper experience of socialism , but that of course is nonsense . |
| 13 | The Uruguayan agreement consisted of a barter arrangement ( Soviet oil for Uruguayan wool ) , which suited Montevideo since it had a large surplus of wool and a shortage of foreign exchange . |
| 14 | The publication of the China White Paper in August 1949 worried Rhee , since it connoted a virtual collapse of American support for Chiang Kai-shek and the possibility of the United States preparing to recognise Communist China . |
| 15 | It is this confidence that is provided by Directory Integrity Check , since it allows a complete comparison to be made between the files in a directory/directory structure and their corresponding LIFESPAN modules . |
| 16 | But it is also an inflated price since it represents a healthy premium for control of the last really big established national player in the US cellular market . |
| 17 | In the UK the AIB keep a very tight control over any CVR read-out since it represents a considerable intrusion on the privacy of the flight crew and , while they insist on using it whenever there is an accident , only the relevant extracts are made known to the public and the official reports contain transcriptions of only those sections which are necessary for a full understanding of the circumstances of the accident . |
| 18 | I have included this somewhat lengthy account of the inception of the AEP since it does a good deal to explain some of the subsequent strengths and weaknesses of these highly influential programmes . |
| 19 | But I would make clear to Mr if he looks at the minutes of the budget review sub-committee , that the suggestion of the director of property services wastes his time fully exploring all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate , for which he probably asks for a large amount of money , since it involves an enormous amount of wasted time , is not been agreed , it 's a non-delegated item , it was a recommendation of this committee which has not been moved at this committee , and it was a most unfortunate and woolly form of words . |
| 20 | on balance credit is beneficial , since it makes a useful contribution to the living standards and the economic and social well-being of the majority of British people . |
| 21 | Perhaps the English do not know what an immense treasure they possess in having maintained the choral tradition in colleges and churches , since it provides an unsurpassable musical training , an important number of truly fine choirs , and , finally , the possibility to experience ( and for the listener , to enjoy ) repertories that the long-suffering Spanish enthusiast scarcely knows since they are not performed [ in Spain ] . |
| 22 | Since it involved a fresh assessment of wealth it encountered some hostility . |
| 23 | Terry Lovell 's Pictures of Reality was a seminal text in this respect , since it presented a scrupulous critique of the semiotic and psychoanalytical preoccupations of film theory even before they came into full swing in feminism . |
| 24 | It is a concession of importance , since it indicates a greater convergence between the male and female work pattern than is usually suggested . |
| 25 | How useful including this software is debatable since it has a limited range of file transfer protocols . |
| 26 | A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties . |
| 27 | The suggested meeting place is Knighton at 10:11 , since it has a special day return fare , but members may wish to catch the train at their nearest station . |
| 28 | This chest also can not have the sides broken open , since it has a full iron inlay — the only way to force it is to crowbar the lid open . |
| 29 | In Rast 's method camphor is used as a solvent since it has a large cryoscopic constant ( see table 6.6 ) . |
| 30 | Kelvin 's scale of temperature , the only true ratio scale of temperature since it has a non-arbitrary zero point , is not simply a mathematically more powerful scale or one that is invariably more useful , as far as the latter is concerned quite the contrary , but it is one that " incorporates a profound understanding of how a certain class of phenomenon works " . |