Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] be [verb] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is also significant in China where there are c. 170 000 km 2 of desertified land , approximately 30 per cent of which has been created since 1920 ( Zhu Zhenda 1982 , quoted in Kebin and Kaiguo 1989 ) . |
| 2 | The CIA 's code of conduct , which has been operating since last April , is now an integral part of the association 's Responsible Care programme , to which all CIA member companies have now signed up . |
| 3 | This statement defined the procedure which has been followed since October 1987 , and which has been applied in the case of all four appellants . |
| 4 | We do not accept that the provisions in Schedule 5 will operate harshly or unfairly on property held on discretionary trust which has been settled since 26th March 1974 . |
| 5 | It culminated in the sabbatarian excesses of English and Scottish Puritanism and the Sunday legislation , much of which has been relaxed since the First World War . |
| 6 | Whalers face the threat of government reprisals should they start a commercial hunt which has been banned since 1985 . |
| 7 | THE Belfast-based Sunday News , which has been published since 1965 , is to close . |
| 8 | CEPALC is a non-profit-making organisation which has been working since 1978 to serve the communication needs of grassroots groups in the towns and rural areas of Colombia . |
| 9 | Marjorie Thomas , 35 , who has been waiting since August 1989 for surgery on an eye condition , said the claims are no consolation . |
| 10 | This refreshing wine is made by Piat Père et Fils who has been established since 1849 and also produces outstanding Beaujolais and Burgundy wines . |
| 11 | Her novels have the same honest sensitivity as the photographs she has been taking since the 1930s — photographs of rural poverty in Mississippi , of back streets with laundry drying on a line , of proud school teachers , of plum-pickers with their tin buckets . |
| 12 | She has been spoiled since birth . ’ |
| 13 | Despite the tempting offer , Stephanie decided that working in Northampton House for Rentokil , which she 's been doing since August 1991 , was definitely preferable to Tunisia . |
| 14 | The race mauretanicus , on the other hand , may now be appearing less frequently , and only one has been recorded since 1971 . |
| 15 | But I 'm happy with my decision to rest him because he has been competing since January , and Ever is an improving horse . ’ |
| 16 | He has been plotting since his arrival in Scotland . |
| 17 | With help from master decorator Renzo Mongiardino , who is known to have helped him in the past , Ortiz-Patiño should have little trouble showing off the rare editions , manuscripts and fine bindings first collected by his father ; his own Dutch and Spanish Old Master paintings ; English silver by Paul de Lamerie and the gold snuff boxes he has been collecting since 1956 . |
| 18 | Like many consumed by a powerful love , he has been searching since not so much for a replacement as an alternative . |
| 19 | FYT is trans-denominational and has extensive international links through the Scripture Union Movement , with which it has been associated since 1966 . |
| 20 | It has been exported since 1817 , when it first went to the USA and Canada , soon spreading into Mexico and South America and readily adapting to environments which ranged from very cold uplands to hot , semi-desert plains . |
| 21 | There has also been criticism of the Government 's shifting from a pilot scheme it has been running since 1989 , in which secondary teachers have been linking with primary staff in 76 schools to provide their specialist input . |
| 22 | In fact it has been known since the late 1950s ( see for example Nature , vol. 208 , p 423 ) that Po is widely distributed in the environment , and in man , as a result of atmospheric fall-out of the decay products of natural radon-222 , with an abundance in northern temperate latitudes of about 0.06 curie per sq.km or of the order of 10 6 curies in total over the surface of the world land mass . |
| 23 | It has been known since the 1970s that the vehicles which have dramatically increased our mobility in the last 50 years have also constituted a grave danger . |
| 24 | Composers do not seem to have found much use for this device , though it has been known since Weber 's day . |
| 25 | The light from the big bang , though , has come much farther — it has been travelling since the time , less than 1m years after the moment of creation , when the universe became thin enough for radiation emitted by one atom to be unlikely to hit another . |
| 26 | The Sheffield Ladies ' committee canvassed the East Indian alternative in the town and reported ‘ grocers have stated the demand for it has been doubled since the commencement of the canvass ’ . |
| 27 | Resolutions 242 and 338 are the agreed basis for peace talks and speak of Israel giving up territory it has been occupying since 1967 in return for peace . |
| 28 | It 's a long time it 's been going since that sort of thing . |
| 29 | He 's been playing since the age of three … |
| 30 | He 's been missing since then — police say they 're worried about his safety : |