Example sentences of "since it [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , the employer may have chosen not to exploit the invention at all since it would effectively reduce customer demand for an established and more expensive substitute already produced as part of his current range of activities . |
| 2 | It might be said to have gone further than Scandinavian legislation in distinguishing the position of the wife from that of her unmarried counterpart , since it would arguably have denied her equal access to the law . |
| 3 | The IRA has always known better than to attack the security forces of the Republic , since it would instantly lose whatever support it has and could provoke the Irish government to order internment , as it did in the distant past . |
| 4 | However the Occupational Pensions Board called for a pensions tribunal and Tony Thurham , chairman of the Association of Pensions Lawyers , said : ‘ Many pensions lawyers would have preferred a tribunal since it would probably have had greater powers and more staff . |
| 5 | For the first few years the remands were unopposed , since it would plainly have been inappropriate to proceed against the applicant whilst the Carrian prosecution was still afoot . |
| 6 | This seemed a far more promising environment , and we quickly accepted the couple 's invitation to abandon our base in Makassar and move in with them in Bira , since it would clearly take many more weeks of negotiating before we could be sure of coming up with a prahu , and a crew , reliable enough to carry us eastwards . |
| 7 | Before unveiling the official plaque , Ian Wood made specific comment on the Trade & Industry Select Committee 's report that had prevented Tim Eggar attending the opening , since it would significantly affect all the industries gathered there on the day . |
| 8 | Yet the value of such a ‘ special circumstances ’ doctrine is limited , since it would only cover insider dealing in face-to-face transactions and so provide no remedies to those dealing though impersonal stock exchange markets . |
| 9 | This project is based on three premises : that more young economists , bound for industry , particularly consultancy , the civil service and the city , should have at least been apprenticed in research--hence , in part , the use of occasional research assistants rather than experienced professionals ; that applied economists should pay more attention to the views of non economists , and , in particular of practitioners in the fields they study , hence the emphasis on the flexibility required if we are to look at problems differently , or use different types of evidence ; and that more of us should build our models self consciously , with an eye to analytical convenience and ease of interpretation , considerations which would be less important were economics less inexact , since it might then make sense to seek the correct model , however difficult to analyse and understand . |
| 10 | Carriers are expected to be the first users of the interface since it will significantly reduce the cost of building a new Frame Relay network or of extending an existing Frame Relay network . |
| 11 | A spirit level is a must , and it 's a good idea to have one reserved for this job , rather than to use your smaller ‘ indoor ’ level , since it will inevitably get knocked around a bit and gradually become covered in mortar . |
| 12 | The traditional line item approach to budgeting , is , in this respect , expedient since it can easily accommodate a myriad of views as to what the objectives should be . |
| 13 | Negative feedback may not always be entirely detrimental , however , since it can also spur the learner on to make greater efforts . |
| 14 | The paper concludes that NCR may yet be a winner from its loss of the Sumitomo Bank account since it can now focus entirely on its Open Systems strategy in Japan . |
| 15 | Since it can only pay advisers a standard 3 p.c. commission by loading its funds with an equivalent charge , it runs the substantial risk of losing business now that the charge has been cut . |
| 16 | The cricket periodically tests the size of its acoustic horn and adjusts it until it resonates at the frequency produced by its wings — a remarkable feat since it can only gauge the efficiency of its amplifier by detecting the changes in pressure waves within the chamber . |
| 17 | But Central Office could exert only informal pressure , since it could neither bully nor bribe its local supporters , and this is exactly what Steel-Maitland set out to do through his district agents . |
| 18 | Again , in his biography of Molla Mustafa Sarukhani ( Ak Musli : d. 1016/1608 ) , Ata'i says that the subject , while in retirement from a 40-akce medrese , was in 994/1585–6 given the muftilik of Agras " with [ an ] stipulation and rank " is ambiguous , however , since it could conceivably mean not that the medrese was to be considered as but that it was given with the stipulation that the muderris should receive an medrese in due course ) . |
| 19 | It is no surprise to discover its presence , since it must surely belong to a very early stage in the mental development of the human species ; indeed insofar as it represents one aspect of the principle of treating like as like , it can be seen as common perceptual property for all sentient organisms . |
| 20 | Furthermore , the register of charges which the company is required to maintain may be more illuminating than that at Companies House since it must now contain entries of all charges on the company 's property whether or not they require to be registered at Companies House and copies of any instrument creating or evidencing a charge must also be kept . |
| 21 | If DHAs ignore their wishes and preferences when placing contracts , and GPs send their patients elsewhere , the DHA could be in financial difficulties , since it must still pay for " extracontractual referrals " . |