Example sentences of "[num] since [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this in mind there is distinct reluctance about the direction of Working Paper 7 since it effectively takes no cognisance of either tradition or authority . |
| 2 | Simon Cormack had been fifteen days in his underground cell , and thirteen since he had answered the question about Aunt Emily and known that his father was trying to get him out . |
| 3 | International distributorship agreements will also fall under s 26 since they are pure agreements for the sale of goods , and thus fall within the SGA ( see SGA s 1(3) ) . |
| 4 | The two tests defeats by an understrength France in Buenos Aires brought the series of test defeats for Argentina to 10 since they beat the touring England team 15–13 on August 4 last year . |
| 5 | Given Shakespeare 's unlimited verbal energies it is no surprise to find him culling ingenuity from this idea of giving and receiving , as in the dazzling wit of 24 : ( I have italicized his in line 5 since it refers to the Poet ; his in line 8 since it refers to his bosom ; and They in line 14 as referring to his eyes . ) |
| 6 | Well she was seventy since we came here , on our second year , so she 'll be about seventy three I think , her birthday I think 's in er November or something , she 'll be about seventy three will Eileen , let's see , Uncle Jim was seven when I was born , so he , I 'm sixty six next so he will be seventy three , I 'm sure , oh no well that 's right int it ? |
| 7 | Ten years now he had lived in Vienna , fourteen since he had quit Russia for the last time , twenty-two since the day he had realized his boyhood ambition to become an officer in the St. Petersburg Grenadiers . |
| 8 | ‘ Talking about fucking casualties , there 's not very many left of No. 4 since we landed at La Breche on Tuesday ! ’ |
| 9 | He also stated that the sole surviving Gresley V2 will be in steam in the museum grounds on September 5 and 6 since she is a very popular exhibit with the public . |
| 10 | Charter 77 , the human rights organization which played a prominent role as a focus for anti-communist dissent in the 1980s , decided to disband itself on Nov. 3 since it had " completed its historical role " . |
| 11 | IBM Corp has now shipped 700,000 copies of OS/2 2.0 since it announced the product on March 31 and claims it has exceeded its initial unit sales projection — ‘ We 're well on track to surpass many industry expectations , ’ it said , but Reuter notes that IBM has previously said its expects to sell ‘ millions ’ of copies of OS/2 this year but has never provided a specific forecast . |
| 12 | Real progress was made at the UN-sponsored talks on Afghanistan in May 1986 since it was agreed that Soviet troop withdrawals should begin simultaneously with the cessation of external interference and not after it as Soviet officials had previously insisted . |
| 13 | In three alter the amounts calculated to read as follows , I hope that we can take that block in three as one since it all follows from what 's gone before . |
| 14 | The win maintained stand-in captain Mark Taylor 's unbeaten record in charge of Australia , who have won three and tied one since he took over from the injured Allan Border . |
| 15 | Given Shakespeare 's unlimited verbal energies it is no surprise to find him culling ingenuity from this idea of giving and receiving , as in the dazzling wit of 24 : ( I have italicized his in line 5 since it refers to the Poet ; his in line 8 since it refers to his bosom ; and They in line 14 as referring to his eyes . ) |
| 16 | I mean you do n't see any school chu , I mean I have n't seen hardly any the odd one or two since I left school all those years ago . |
| 17 | The postcard has improved in quality as printing processes have developed , and the number of companies producing and distributing them seems to have multiplied by the hundred since I started in bookselling 15 years ago . |
| 18 | Her personal physician , Dr Miller , seems to have instigated the move in the summer of 1938 since it was his belief that " she was in need of professional care " . |
| 19 | It 's the second multpile collision on the M-forty since it opened almost exactly a year ago . |
| 20 | QPR hardly made a chance and were given an even bigger mauling by boss Gerry Francis afterwards , who fumed : ‘ This is the first time we have conceded four since we were last here 15 months ago . |
| 21 | Compliance with section 242 is the most important of the four since it is the one which makes the statutory accounts available to the general public . |
| 22 | In the motorway service areas , Trusthouse Forte alone have invested over £80 million since they were allowed to purchase their leases . |
| 23 | She has run a Beavers Club for boys aged six and seven since she founded it 27 years ago . |