Example sentences of "and since [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | It was Paul Lexington 's party , and since courting the ticket agencies was very much a management job , Charles was surprised to notice that the producer was n't there . |
2 | Then , since there is no believing without some doubting and since believing is all the stronger for understanding and resolving doubt , we can say as Christians that if we doubt in believing it is also true that we believe in doubting . |
3 | In the year 1990–91 , Innovation 's Franklin business was worth £1.2 million out of their total turnover of £4 million and since taking on the distributorship in 1987 they claim to have sold close to 300,000 units of Franklin product . |
4 | The family have experienced a lot of conflict with George 's school and since moving home some twelve months ago have made efforts , unsuccessfully , to transfer their children to a different primary school . |
5 | ( And since Samling also has shipping interests , Barama will control the business from the actual felling right through to delivery to the customer . ) |
6 | The only other thing I would say is that we have in the report used the words , freedom to run and since writing the report we have been advised that er that is capa not capable or satisfactorily with legal terms and I would suggest that instead of the words , freedom to run we use the words , access management and permissive rights of way , to cover these . |
7 | Since communication through goods depends on our abilities to read form , and since designing is that activity which " gives " form to things , ( cf Abel : design " lends concrete form to the cultural processes of human individuation and identity formation " ) it is scarcely surprising that , while we " know how " to read designed form , lack of " knowing that " about the workings of form ( form as the mediation between technical and communicative [ ie social ] requirements ) crucially inhibits the understanding of design in general and " design-and-society " relations in particular . |
8 | As we set course down the first valley low stratus blocked our way , and since squeezing underneath received a thumbs-down from both pilot and passenger , we orbited and asked for an IFR clearance . |
9 | As children grow there can be changes in their vision , and since screening tests may be infrequent , teachers should be aware of some of the physical signs and behaviours that may indicate that a child is having problems with sight . |
10 | There is very considerable evidence which I have reviewed at length elsewhere that , since parting company with the ancestors of today 's great apes and since acquiring numerous gelada-like adaptations , the human race has been subject to an evolutionary process known as neoteny or foetalization . |
11 | ‘ There 's a lot of potential here and since coming I can see how much Frank has done to turn the playing side round . |
12 | The weather was good throughout , and since coming back we have had some real summer at last — with some dreadful days mixed in . |
13 | He was a founder of the PLO , and since becoming chairman in 1969 he has involved himself tirelessly in every aspect of Palestinian affairs . |