Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] since [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | West of the village centre are vast quarries from which granite has been taken since Roman times . |
| 2 | One of his earliest discoveries in this field was how to make Tyrian purple — an indigo derivative — from certain shellfish , a secret which had been lost since Roman times . |
| 3 | Particularly divisive at a parochial level was the stress placed by the bishops on the need for a greater reverence in the communion rite , and their determination that the portable communion tables , which had been used since Elizabethan times , should be replaced by altars permanently positioned at the east end of the chancel and separated from the body of the church by altar rails . |
| 4 | I remembered reading about the protests over Club Row just north of Spitalfields ' market , where a street market in animals had been held since Victorian times . |
| 5 | Ordinances had been passed since medieval times to remove rubbish from streets ( Howe 1972 ) with further Nuisances Removals Acts in 1855 , 1860 , 1863 . |
| 6 | Bullrushes have been cropped since Egyptian times . |
| 7 | The little tern 's numbers have been threatened since Victorian times when it was hunted for its snow-white plumage . |
| 8 | The newer dioceses which have been created since Victorian times normally use a local authority record office as their approved archive repository . |
| 9 | Milk and honey are just two kitchen cupboard stand-bys that have been used since ancient times in beauty routines , so give these recipes a go . |
| 10 | 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 . |