Example sentences of "[vb pp] since [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Elector of Hanover was known to hold little sympathy for the Tories , whom he felt had betrayed the Allies at the Peace of Utrecht , and few doubted that when George I became King the Tories would lose the political ascendancy they had enjoyed since 1710 . |
| 2 | Local Education Authorities were jealous of the autonomy that they had enjoyed since 1902 , and which had been consolidated in 1944 : they would not take kindly to being told precisely what to do , and even a persuasive circular about the organization of secondary education was too much for some of them . |
| 3 | The government had announced earlier in the month that it would resume repayments on its external debts to multilateral institutions ( frozen since 1986 ) from Oct. 15 . |
| 4 | It is believed that the National Gallery has committed its entire purchase grant for the next three years towards the cost of the Holbein and , given the fact that purchase grants for national museums have been frozen since 1985 , other museums are similarly powerless both to acquire when the works come onto the market , and to match their export price when their licences are suspended . |
| 5 | Cormorants no longer breed , and the Raven has not nested since 1895 , apart from a pair , one bird at least of which was an escaped pet , which nested between 1938 and 1945 . |
| 6 | The space available to Central Office was increased by the acquisition of St Stephen 's House as well as St Stephen 's Chambers , which had been occupied since 1874 ; the new office cost $3,000 a year in rent alone . |
| 7 | When portions of present-day Indian pueblos occupied since that time are uncovered , their walls prove to be laid up of long pours of puddled mud . |
| 8 | Among the conditions for the achievement of a comprehensive solution were : Israel 's withdrawal from " Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 , including Jerusalem , and from the other occupied Arab territories " ; the dismantling of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories ; and the guaranteeing of the security of all states in the region , including those named in Resolution 181 … within secure and recognized boundaries " . |
| 9 | The resolution reaffirmed the de jure applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to all territories occupied since 1967 , including Jerusalem . |
| 10 | Merchandise exports had stagnated since 1988 , as Greece lost some of its share of foreign markets in manufactured goods . |
| 11 | Two ETA members arrested in Anglet ( France ) in January 1990 [ following the discovery of an arsenal there — see p. 37588 ] , Carmelo García Merchán and Manuel Murua Alberdi , were on Sept. 8 flown to Spain by the French authorities to face a number of charges , including six assassinations committed since 1982 . |
| 12 | What is needed now is a new spirit of political leadership in Ireland , able to respond to the changing social mood as effectively as Charles Haughey 's government has responded since 1987 to the changing economy . |
| 13 | With minor exceptions , landlords have been permitted since 5th November 1973 to collect only the rent applicable before 6th November 1972 , plus half the difference between that rent and any higher rent agreed between the parties at normal rent reviews , or settled by arbitration , or otherwise determined . |
| 14 | ( Until the start of 1991 , this requirement only applied to rights accrued since 1985 . ) |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | No team has really dominated since 1976 but now-defunct clubs Leytonstone & Ilford , Walthamstow Avenue and Dagenham all managed to get their names on the trophy before losing their identity . |
| 17 | It opened the way for the transformation of the European system which Germany had dominated since 1871 . |
| 18 | During the year , the residential courses which we have organised since 1985 and which are aimed at young people aged between 16 and 19 years , produced our 1,000th graduate . |
| 19 | THE shares of Atlas Converting Equipment , whose profits have quadrupled since 1986 , plunged 203 to 580p after the company warned of a slowdown in orders . |
| 20 | World meat production has nearly quadrupled since 1950 . |
| 21 | Membership of the United Nations has more than quadrupled since 1945 , greatly complicating international negotiations , while a fundamental conflict of interest between developed and less developed states introduced a North-South dimension to global politics . |
| 22 | China 's pesticide output has , however , quadrupled since 1985 . |
| 23 | As for the human rights record of Saudi Arabia , Amnesty reports the detention of political prisoners for long periods without trial — eleven have been incarcerated since 1979 . |
| 24 | As for the human rights record of Saudi Arabia , Amnesty reports the detention of political prisoners for long periods without trial — eleven have been incarcerated since 1979 . |
| 25 | He declared that Kilpatrick was still half-share owner of the stallion and , as such– was due half of the stud fees earned since 1904 . |
| 26 | The chart on the next page shows how industrial production has fared since last July compared with the past three recessions . |
| 27 | The Government acknowledges that a total of 5000 ‘ disappeared ’ persons had been reported since 1981 . |
| 28 | Left governments in Australia , New Zealand , France , and Spain have pursued a series of economic and social policies that are not dissimilar from those that Mrs Thatcher 's government has pursued since 1979 . |
| 29 | At the Seventh Congress of the Comintern in 1935 the trade union policy pursued since 1928 was tacitly admitted to have been a blunder . |
| 30 | The South Korean government 's policy of nordpolitik — the improvement of relations with communist regimes previously loyal to communist North Korea — pursued since 1988 , entered a new phase on June 4 when President Roh Tae Woo met President Mikhail Gorbachev for the first direct talks between a South Korean and Soviet head of state . |