Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [vb pp] since [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the problem of radiation embrittlement has been recognised since the outset of the civil Magnox programme in the early 1960s , the inspectorate called for more evidence of the safety of Magnox plants in 1990 after it found the rate of embrittlement may have been faster than predicted . |
| 2 | In Madeira the plantain ( Musa paradisiaca ) which is very good in cooking has been grown since the island was first settled . |
| 3 | Gough has been slow to respond to a groin injury which has plagued him since September and has been sidelined since the win over Celtic on November 7 . |
| 4 | In response to your application you 'll receive , on the back of the form you " ve sent to the Registry , an official certificate of search that will reveal whether any entry or pending entry has been made since the date from which you searched . |
| 5 | This official search serves two vital purposes for a buyer : ( a ) it gives an assurance that no adverse entry has been made since the date searched from ; and ( b ) it gives the buyer priority for the registration of transfer ( or mortgage , when a prospective mortgagee is searching ) provided the buyer 's own transfer or mortgage is lodged in the Registry before 11 am on the thirtieth working day from the date of the certificate . |
| 6 | The place of violence in English labour history has been reconsidered since the earlier historians , notably the Webbs and Hammonds , followed a Fabian predisposition to exclude it from the mainstream of labour action . |
| 7 | Examines what has been achieved since the start of the movement 100 years ago . |
| 8 | The Trustees can take justifiable pride in what has been achieved since the Library 's foundation and particularly in the dramatic expansion of its services in the last few years . |
| 9 | This has been achieved since the collaboration originally initiated and sustained by means of this series of ESRC/CNRS grants is still continuing.S . |
| 10 | Much knowledge has been accumulated since the antiquarians first started to take an interest , and archaeology has become an increasingly scientific discipline , using modern techniques such as aerial photography which has vastly increased the number of known sites , and carbon dating which has caused radical rethinking of accepted chronology . |
| 11 | ISDN technology has been tested since the mid-1980s , but it is only in the past 12 months that BT and its counterparts in other countries have had ISDN lines widely available . |
| 12 | The first is that of the relationship between theory and practice , about which much has been heard since the Second World War as higher education has been used more and more as an entry route by professions seeking higher status . |
| 13 | Captain Jonathan Shelborne has been grounded since the tragedy on March 14 in which ten oil workers , including Andrew Smailes , 31 , from Middlesbrough , and his co-pilot died . |
| 14 | It also sold the existing warehouse at Acton which has been under-used since the main London warehouse has come into operation . |
| 15 | President Najibullah has been helped since the Soviet withdrawal by a a revival of Afghan nationalism , which his government has cleverly exploited to present the mujahedin as foreign-backed invaders . |
| 16 | The ferry service has been discontinued since the construction of a temporary military bridge connecting Halling and Wouldham which is used in preference to the ferry to such an extent that the ferry service was discontinued by the proprietors . |
| 17 | The charge sheet — used for 20 years in cases of failing to provide breath , blood or urine samples — has been changed since the earlier decision . |
| 18 | This trick has been used since the last few years of the Vietnam war , and does not rely on any particularly outlandish circuitry . |
| 19 | If you take all of the money that has been spent since the policy was established in nineteen eighty eight , it still does not amount to twenty pence per child which as I said in a previous erm question , answer to a previous question , is bare would barely buy a pencil for each child . |
| 20 | " Not one of them has been stolen since the seed was sown . |
| 21 | Much of the equipment has been shipped since the Falklands war . |
| 22 | The colony has been established since the 1930 's and is gradually growing , but some of the original founders ( the birds I mean , not the humans ) are still around . |
| 23 | Mrs Chafer , who has been divorced since the late Seventies , said the prince came to Pammy Jane 's rescue after the divorce and personally offered to let her use one of his tied cottages . |
| 24 | It has been known since the turn of the century that the primary visual cortex must be retinotopically mapped . |
| 25 | In short , although the ‘ standard working week ’ has been reduced since the war , in reality the working week for the manual worker is much the same . |