Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] since be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She has suffered considerable personal distress since being identified as the one responsible for the bomb hoax and will be very upset by a custodial sentence . ’ |
| 2 | The boy , subject of national publicity since being described last week by the local police chief ‘ a very persistent offender who is a thorn in the sides of me and my officers ’ , was led into court handcuffed to a policeman . |
| 3 | Andrew Robson , a 21-year-old fast medium bowler from Tyne and Wear who toured Australia with the England Under–19 party three winters ago , has made a speedy impression since being released by Surrey . |
| 4 | Parts of the desert landscape are , therefore , fossil forms subject to little subsequent modification , just as parts of the Highlands of Scotland are fossil glaciated forms , which have undergone no great modification since being glaciated . |
| 5 | Louis Gerstner finally made his own first major move since being appointed chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp , going outside the company again for a key executive and tapping Jerome York from Chrysler Corp to be his new chief financial officer . |
| 6 | Louis Gerstner finally made his own first major move since being appointed chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp , going outside the company again for a key executive and tapping Jerome York from Chrysler Corp to be his new chief financial officer . |
| 7 | In her first full interview since being appointed Health Secretary , she said the election result , and Mr Major 's unequivocal commitment to the NHS , had finally ‘ nailed the lie ’ about privatisation of health care . |
| 8 | He had been in a persistent vegetative state since being crushed in the Hillsborough disaster on April 15 , 1989 . |
| 9 | In fact , the Government have had no industrial policy since being elected in 1979 . |
| 10 | Lazaroni 's opposite number , Azeglio Vicini , can call on an almost full-strength squad for a game in which he hopes Italy will prove his assertion that the side has made significant progress since being defeated by the Soviet Union in last summer 's European Championship semi-final . |