Example sentences of "since [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a small percentage of birds can be taken by this method in any one time since eventually they are disturbed and roost elsewhere . ’ |
| 2 | Since eventually the speaker must produce one or other of these approximately interchangeable sentences , the next procedure must be to operate upon the functional-level representation in such a way as to decide upon the details of the specific sentence that is to be produced — to commit oneself , for example , to a passive or an active sentence . |
| 3 | For Elizabeth she felt no sympathy , since presumably no one had forced her to enter Farmhouse Grim . |
| 4 | Hence , Freeman is refuted since presumably other explanations are conceivable , even if it turns out they are n't very interesting . |
| 5 | For the first time since properly regaining consciousness she asked : ‘ What will happen to her if nobody knows , if nobody pays , what will they do to … ? ’ |
| 6 | According to this model , local politics ( see also Chapter 5 , section 5.3.3 , where the ‘ dual state ’ thesis is discussed ) is more open to pluralist pressures , since locally based interest groups tend to be those of service consumers , rather than the various types of producer which dominate at other levels ( and often play a big part in determining what is possible at local level ) . |
| 7 | Since little in accounting is absolute , some comparability is a necessary ( though not sufficient ) condition for financial reports . |
| 8 | I thanked him and switched off rather brusquely , since right then I was more concerned about that evening and might , and what I wanted to do during that time . |
| 9 | Since highly fluid flows have an initial slope of only around 1° they form monotonously flat constructional landscapes . |
| 10 | Neither method is entirely satisfactory since apparently homologous muscles may change their sites of attachment during evolution and alter their functions . |
| 11 | First , should the couple in the type of marriage unions discussed above be able to adopt children , since obviously there will be no natural issue ? |
| 12 | Presumably , Mr Damant would also like to be able to separate out any element of earnings related to discontinued operations , since obviously such earnings can not be maintained . |
| 13 | Second , a ‘ substitution effect ’ , with leisure now cheaper via higher taxes , since less real income is now sacrificed for each unit of leisure consumed . |
| 14 | Marking their biggest leap forward since perhaps ‘ This Nation 's Saving Grace ’ , the ‘ Extricate ’ album demonstrated The Fall 's almost unique ability to become yet more extraordinary as they become less esoteric . |
| 15 | Marking their biggest leap forward since perhaps ‘ This Nation 's Saving Grace ’ , the ‘ Extricate ’ album demonstrated The Fall 's almost unique ability to become yet more extraordinary as they become less esoteric . |
| 16 | First of all ‘ society ’ , as distinct from the State , had to be isolated and analysed , and secondly an attempt had to be made at understanding the evolution of society , since only then would it be possible to understand under what circumstances the State evolved and what its historical significance was . |
| 17 | The object of production under such circumstances is not to accumulate property but to make possible the continuation of the individual in society , since only as a member of society can one find meaning in human existence . |
| 18 | Since only a part of the purchase price has to be put down now , this represents a likely return on capital of over 20 per cent in the first year . |
| 19 | Since only a part of the purchase price has to be put down now , this represents a likely return on capital of over 20 per cent in the first year . |
| 20 | But Labour 's shadow education secretary Mr Jack Straw said since only three of the 20 were in operation on the target date ‘ why does n't he recognise the CTC programme as an immoral and wasteful failure ? ’ |
| 21 | And since only about 3% of water is drunk , while a great deal is used for cruder purposes , much of the industry 's investment will be flushed down the drain . |
| 22 | Still , since only one group saw anything , and half a dozen could find nothing , nobody felt obliged to take the 17 keV neutrino too seriously . |
| 23 | It shows an exasperated Royal — we do n't know which , since only a hand is visible — wondering how to store the vast pile of gifts from a grateful Canada . |
| 24 | Using Britain as an example , Napoleon III and the economists who advised him believed that the introduction of free trade would help to strengthen the French economy , since only by opening up French industry to greater competition would it be galvanized into accepting new methods of production . |
| 25 | Moreover , since only a policewoman can search a girl and there are fewer women police than men , girls became useful carriers of weapons or pills . |
| 26 | It is suggested that the specific objectives of any given test be clearly identified before the test is started , since only if the objectives are clearly defined can the test be carried out most efficiently and with the greatest economy of time and effort . |
| 27 | From this he argued that , since only the present ‘ is ’ , it follows that past and future are alike meaningless , the only time is a continual present time and what exists is both uncreated and imperishable . |
| 28 | For the purposes of law some actions must be regarded as voluntary , since only these can be justifiably punished . |
| 29 | The process of ‘ becoming ’ involved the development of the ‘ character ’ of pupils , since only in this way could they be properly prepared for their ‘ shared social and political ’ life . |
| 30 | Since only one bit at a time can be sent , we could not send the 8-bit binary number : all at once until we had eight separate telephone lines and this would be obviously impractical . |