Example sentences of "[noun pl] have be [verb] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examination results for secondary schools have been published since 1982 , as a result of the 1980 Act . |
| 2 | Successive legislative steps have been taken since then to tighten the restrictions on access to tobacco by young children . |
| 3 | Nine Kurdish journalists have been killed since February of this year . |
| 4 | The main occupation of the village throughout the centuries was obviously agriculture , but three quarries have been worked since Roman times , and the oolitic limestone is found in many local churches , including Beverley minster . |
| 5 | Only three pesticides have been approved since 1990 , although legislation was passed in 1985 . |
| 6 | Mass strandings have been known since the time of the ancient Greeks ; Aristotle himself recorded them . |
| 7 | Political parties have been banned since 1957 , but the Moslem Brotherhood has charitable status and is therefore exempt from the ban . |
| 8 | Surveys of radon in UK homes have been done since 1976 about 24000 homes will have been tested . |
| 9 | Animals have been anthropomorphised since as long ago as Egyptian times . ’ |
| 10 | The report estimates that about 234,000 shells have been imported since 1981 . |
| 11 | Although 24 large conference complexes have been built since 1975 and 22 new centres are expected within the next five years , hotels are still well placed to cater for conference business , as shown by the following table : |
| 12 | Woolwich says six-month arrears are back to the levels of February 1988 and the Abbey National says short-term arrears have been declining since the end of last summer and repossessions are stable or falling . |
| 13 | Talks between the two communities have been deadlocked since November . |
| 14 | Unit Trusts have been allowed since 1985 to operate across EC borders . |
| 15 | Bullrushes have been cropped since Egyptian times . |
| 16 | New stations have been built since independence at Jodhpur , Siliguri , and Baroda , among many others . |
| 17 | Seven coastguard stations have been closed since 1979 , leaving 21 stations to cover 6,000 miles of coast . |
| 18 | According to the International Herald Tribune ( Keller , 1988 ) there are reports from Moscow that five planned Soviet nuclear power stations have been cancelled since the 1986 disaster in the Ukraine . |
| 19 | 1 : In the U.S. — home of nuclear technology — no new nuclear power stations have been ordered since 1978 , principally on grounds of cost . |
| 20 | Excavations have been continuing since the eighteenth century , and in the early years much was lost in plundering and in destruction by lack of knowledge of the work . |
| 21 | Considerable advances have been made since then with regard to the concepts of health and disease and the old belief linking offensive odours with disease is gradually disappearing and being replaced by concern about the injury to comfort and amenity caused by such odours , plus the possibility of financial loss due to the depreciation in selling value of a property subject to odour pollution . |
| 22 | Great advances have been made since the early days of computing , when specialist skills were needed for such interaction . |
| 23 | The DKBS workshops have been running since 1985 and were operated under Alvey Directorate as part of the Alvey IKBS initiative . |
| 24 | The nervousness in Downing Street is evident in the extent to which Major and his officials have been stressing since Clinton 's election that the two have a potentially good relationship . |
| 25 | Two hundred separate regulations have been introduced since nineteen seventy eight but factory inspectors have been severely cut where the average workplace now can only expect a visit once every eleven years that 's why we 've got ta get a backup service right right for our sa safety representatives . |
| 26 | In the event , few new Irish peerages have been created since 1800 , and no election has been held since 1922 when the Irish Free State came into being . |
| 27 | While the hazards of the algae have been documented since the beginning of the century in places such as Australia and the United States , it has only become a serious problem in Europe recently . |
| 28 | Therefore , efforts have been made since 1981 to put more police officers back in touch with their communities , for example by increasing foot patrols . |
| 29 | The Japanese archipelago is an important migration route for birds but nearly half its tidal flats have been reclaimed since the second world war . |
| 30 | Chart 1 shows how the non-conformances have been reduced since 1989 , when we were dealing with over 300 different hauliers . |