Example sentences of "since it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American military government resented the presence of UNTCOK since it was bound to inquire into many features of the political scene , some of which were better not pursued from the American viewpoint . |
| 2 | This was a difficult doctrine to establish , particularly since it was pointed out that my own activities were not remunerated in any such way ; but nevertheless I found an impossible inconsistency in remaining an adviser to a profession that outraged this important principle . |
| 3 | It was limited in various ways , particularly since it was conceived as a status , a collection of legal rights against the state , rather than as a practice . |
| 4 | This had a greater impact on Moscow since it was followed by the declaration on the neutrality of Laos on 23 July adopted by the states which participated in the Geneva Conference . |
| 5 | God Almighty , Janine , you 've never once looked after the bloody kid for a whole day since it was born ! ’ |
| 6 | I have worked for Lothian since it was born on 15 May 1975 and for its predecessor since 1969 . |
| 7 | 12.45 am , Kingswood : A mixed residential and industrial constituency on the outskirts of Bristol , Kingswood has been Tory since it was created in 1983 . |
| 8 | Like spatial position , temporality is an intrinsic property of the object , which always exists in time , and will potentially signify the amount of time elapsed since it was created . |
| 9 | RICHMOND Royal Park in southwest London has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of the wildlife preserved there since it was created three centuries ago . |
| 10 | This is an important exhibition , and one which was scrutinised closely by scholars outside Italy since it was moving on , not only to the Prado but to the Metropolitan Museum , New York ( 12 September to 29 November ) . |
| 11 | Toughness has been a hallmark of Thames Water 's management style since it was privatised in December 1989 . |
| 12 | Owners VSEL , which have has run the yard since it was privatised in 1985 , said they were unable to find a buyer for the site . |
| 13 | In the Firthview cafe , apparently the location of some awful and localised ground subsidence since it was named , because it would have to be at least a storey taller to catch a view of the water , I had a cup of coffee and a game of Space Invaders . |
| 14 | There had been the curious tale of the Argentinian scrap metal merchants who had landed on the island of South Georgia , where the United Kingdom had exercised sovereignty since it was discovered by Captain Cook in I775 . |
| 15 | If the well had been in the centre of an ash grove ever since it was discovered , it is no wonder that it was deemed sacred , for ash was holy to the ancients . |
| 16 | Standish examines the first two difficulties ; the third is not surprising given Neptune 's long orbital period , 165 years ( so that not even one orbit has been completed since it was discovered ) . |
| 17 | Private Patients Plan , Britain 's second largest health insurer , has been calling for government intervention to stop the HCA takeover since it was announced in June . |
| 18 | Everyone has been asking this questions since it was announced that Holiday '91 Presenter Anne Gregg will be leaving the programme later this month at her BBC bosses ' request . |
| 19 | His appointment is thought to herald a tougher security policy particularly so since it was announced that the back bench |
| 20 | It will be Lt Col Stewart 's first public appearance since it was announced that he has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his courage and leadership during his tour of duty in Bosnia . |
| 21 | It will be Lt Col Stewart 's first public appearance since it was announced that he has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his courage and leadership during his tour of duty in Bosnia . |
| 22 | Since it was raining and why not ? |
| 23 | David Lodge 's screenplay of his novel Nice Work , which was the subject of his article in the last edition of The Birmingham Magazine , has received two awards since it was televised last autumn . |
| 24 | The Catholic religion has marginalized women , in part , one might say , since it was decided that God was male . |
| 25 | Very well , dictated that part of her that was against gloom and pushed her again towards the positive , since it was decided that she could n't do anything that day about the one major problem — her car — how about tackling her other major problem — that interview ? |
| 26 | Dot asked the teacher what LCC meant since it was written on so many things . |
| 27 | & sup1 ; I want to talk about reactions to the report and to highlight a few issues which have arisen since it was written . |
| 28 | She felt that she had changed entirely since it was written , and chiefly during the three days since she had been in London . |
| 29 | Since it was intended to examine the ability of the normal book-provision system to cope with varying levels of demand by noting the relationship , if any , between the number of requests submitted in any one period and the average time for straightforward deliveries of ‘ ordinary ’ books from the Main Building within that period , requests for early or rare items , most of which are not supplied through the normal book-fetching channels , were excluded . |
| 30 | BELVILLE : I have no reason to be ashamed of that duel you refer to since it was to save a friend , but suffer not your tongue to take too great a liberty with my Pamela . |