Example sentences of "[Wh det] have [vb pp] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second source of ‘ goodness ’ is from the centuries of human struggle which has endured since the dawn of civilisation . |
| 2 | Even while the various rugby groups in South Africa are heading for unification , the New Zealand Rugby Football Union still can not quite make up its mind how quickly it should bridge the gap which has existed since the tumultuous Springbok tour of New Zealand in 1981 . |
| 3 | On Tuesdays and Fridays , Dartmouth market , which has existed since 1828 , still bustles . |
| 4 | However , of the three areas excluded from potential transfer to the Community , it might be argued that customs co-operation was already implicit in the concept of the customs union ( which has existed since 1968 ) . |
| 5 | There are no plans to end the maximum part-time option , which has existed since the early days of the NHS . |
| 6 | It is a team which has grown since last year , reflecting the important emphasis being placed on Export sales , which have shown almost a 25% increase by value in the last two years . |
| 7 | All this has , of course , been made possible both by technological revolutions in transport and communication and by the lengthy period of free movements of the factors of production over a vast area of the globe which has developed since the second world war . |
| 8 | According to ecologists it is impossible to predict the long-term impact of tapping into the area 's subterranean reserve , but ratification of the water district plan could result in the drying up of the natural springs in the Death Valley National Monument in California , destroy verdant valleys throughout the West and kill rare fish species such as the Moapa dace , which has survived since the ice age . |
| 9 | It is one of the world 's fastest-growing industries which has burgeoned since the Second World War , and especially since the 1960s . |
| 10 | President Quett Masire is expected to be nominated again as the presidential candidate of the Botswana Democratic Party , which has ruled since independence in 1966 . |
| 11 | In principle , therefore , if the concentration of 14 C atoms remaining and the initial , or equilibrium , concentration can be evaluated by experiment , then one can determine the amount of time which has elapsed since death . |
| 12 | In Phanerozoic time ( the time which has elapsed since the beginning of the Cambrian ) there have been three such ice ages , separated by intervals of a few hundred million years when the world enjoyed a more equable climate and lacked extensive polar ice caps . |
| 13 | The industry which has flourished since Classical times at Torre del Greco south of Naples has developed such expertise that even corals of Japanese origin are imported there for fabrication . |
| 14 | The restoration of the warehouse and the adjoining 457m ( 500yd ) length of canal is viewed with enthusiasm by the Wey and Arun Canal Trust , a society which has worked since the early 1970s for the complete restoration of the Arun Navigation and the Wey and Arun Junction Canal between Pallingham and the River Wey , and which has restored the opportunity for navigation to several stretches of these waterways . |
| 15 | Almost everything which has happened since then has demonstrated very clearly that the IBM/ATP Tour IS all about money , be it prize money , appearance money , tournament service fees or the administration costs of the Tour . |
| 16 | I mean , two of them seem as if they are referring back to something which has happened since the first two . ’ |
| 17 | IRAN : Hundreds of prisoners , prisoners of conscience , continue to be executed each year in Iran , a pattern which has persisted since the proclamation of the Islamic Republic in 1979 . |
| 18 | The main threats to the forecast lie in the outlook for world trade , which has worsened since November as Germany and Japan turn down , the burden of domestic debt continues , and the effects of German policies on the European Community remain adverse . |
| 19 | However , inner-city funding introduced by Labour in the late 1970s began the process , which has continued since that time , of identifying and ranking authorities . |
| 20 | The Single European Act disappointed many federalists because it tended to codify practices which had developed since 1958 , rather than to reform the EC in any radical way . |
| 21 | I had to stand on tiptoe to reach the brass knocker , which had appeared since the previous day . |
| 22 | The overwhelming vote in favour showed that deputies were weary of the arguments which had raged since May , and were aware that a decision was needed urgently if the country was to stand a chance of warding off imminent economic collapse . |
| 23 | Rising expectations of a successful conclusion of peace talks between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) government and the United States-backed National Union for Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) were realized on May 1 , when a ceasefire was agreed and a peace agreement initialled [ see also page 38133 ] to end a civil war which had raged since independence from Portugal in 1975 . |
| 24 | It was decided to build a huge central market , the construction of which was entrusted to Baltard , a man who was as much an engineer as an architect , on a site which had existed since the reign of Napoleon I. Succeeding regimes had neither had the will nor the drive to carry out the project as originally planned , but the Emperor was determined that this new market should be one of the earliest major building projects of his reign . |
| 25 | After some detailed negotiation about the composition and scope of such a gathering , the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( CSCE ) finally opened in 1973 in Helsinki , and in August 1975 the thirty-three participating nations signed a Final Act — an agreement rather than a formal treaty — which recognised existing boundaries in Europe , in effect legitimising the division of the continent into Soviet and Western spheres of influence which had existed since the end of the war . |
| 26 | The last US military personnel based in the Philippines were withdrawn on Nov. 24 , thereby ending a presence which had existed since 1898 ( broken only by a three-year period of Japanese occupation during the Pacific War ) . |
| 27 | Although short of an absolute majority , the UMP finished as the largest single party , owing to splits within the Vanua'aku Pati ( VP ) which had governed since independence . |
| 28 | Parliament on March 20 passed legislation allowing the establishment of independent radio and television stations and news agencies , thus ending the state broadcasting monopoly which had applied since the early 1950s . |
| 29 | He said that of the nine panes at the SECC which had shattered since its construction in 1985 , only a couple had actually resulted in falling glass . |
| 30 | Suddenly he was determined to unravel the intrigue which he was certain linked many of the events which had occurred since Nogai 's death . |