Example sentences of "which [vb past] [been] [prep] [noun sg] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | International efforts to end the continuing civil war in the former Yugoslavia centred in June on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Bosnia-Hercegovina , and in particular on efforts to secure a ceasefire between Serb and Bosnian forces in the capital , Sarajevo , in order to open the airport to humanitarian aid for the city , which had been under siege since April . |
| 2 | On Jan. 19 the Ministry for Research , Technology and the Environment confirmed that two inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , at the invitation of the Algerian government , had visited the nuclear reactor at Ain Oussera , 140 km south of Algiers , which had been under construction since 1986 with technical assistance from China . |
| 3 | In response to the Berlin crisis American B-29s bombers were deployed at bases which had been under development since 1946 . |
| 4 | The USA reacted angrily to the attack and threatened to call off talks with the PLO which had been under way since late 1987 . |
| 5 | Seventeen of those arrested , including the soldiers , were detained on Aug. 21 , whilst the others were arrested in separate operations which had been under way since March . |
| 6 | The national debate concerning Canada 's constitutional future — particularly Quebec 's role within it — which had been under way since the collapse in June 1990 of the Meech Lake Accord [ see pp. 37519-20 ] , continued in June but showed some evidence of a greater willingness to compromise by both the separatist French minority and the English-speaking majority . |
| 7 | On Jan. 13 a new Constitution , which had been under discussion since June 1991 [ see p. 38290 ] , was adopted by the People 's Great Hural ( parliament ) by 328 votes to one , with two abstentions , and was signed by President Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat at a ceremony on Jan. 15 . |
| 8 | On April 23 the Bulgarian National Assembly adopted the privatization bill which had been under discussion since February [ see p. 38776 ] . |
| 9 | In 1988 the applicant was charged with six other offences , and in 1989 with two further offences which had been under investigation since 1983 . |
| 10 | The two sides reviewed the results of the investigations of the 119 " discrepancy cases " which had been under investigation since 1988 . |
| 11 | On Nov. 26 , the Azerbaijani parliament adopted a resolution annulling the autonomous status of the mainly Armenian-populated region of Nagorny Karabakh , which had been under dispute since 1988 . |
| 12 | Any form of limited franchise , such as that which had been in operation since 1815 , was a direct affront to the principles of 1789 , which had declared the people to be sovereign . |
| 13 | The changes , to be implemented in May 1991 , involved the scrapping of the country 's mandatory system of conciliation and arbitration which had been in operation since 1984 . |
| 14 | The bombings appeared to be an attempt to force the government to negotiate over the hunger strike by some 40 GRAPO prisoners which had been in progress since Nov. 30 , 1989 [ see p. 37588 ] . |
| 15 | The weapons were FA-MAS 5.56mm assault rifles , recently issued to the French Armed Forces to replace the old FSA ( Fusil Semi-Automatique ) which had been in service since Algeria . |
| 16 | On March 27 , 1990 , Paul Bouchet , president of the national consultative commission on human rights , published a report on racism in France , which had been in preparation since October 1989 . |
| 17 | The two also agreed to extend a ceasefire which had been in place since early May [ see pp. 38194-95 ] . |
| 18 | King Hussein had approved a national charter on June 9 lifting the ban on political parties [ see p. 38311 ] , which had been in place since 1957 . |
| 19 | Parliament on June 12 , 1991 , approved a constitutional amendment to allow female members of the royal family to succeed to the throne , thus overturning the male-only succession which had been in place since Belgian independence . |
| 20 | In their efforts to reduce surplus food production in the EC , the ministers agreed to maintain for another year the virtual freeze on farm prices ( when expressed in European currency units — ECU ) which had been in effect since 1987 [ see pp. 35534 ; 35915 ; 36493 ; 36599 ; 37209 ] . |
| 21 | The firms were also accused of subsequently attempting to conceal the payments which , although not illegal , violated the non-binding guidelines of the Ministry of Finance which had been in effect since December 1989 . |
| 22 | Iran was reported on Nov. 13 to have permitted foreign residents to return to the island of Abu Musa , possession of which had been in dispute since mid-April when Iranian troops took over civilian installations [ see pp. 38887 ; 39116 ; 39165 ] . |
| 23 | At the last general election in January 1987 the coalition comprising the Christian Democratic Union ( Christlich-Demokratische Union — CDU ) , the Christian Social Union ( Christlich-Soziale Union — CSU ) and the Free Democratic Party ( Freie Demokratische Partei — FDP ) , which had been in power since October 1982 , was returned to power with a reduced majority [ see pp. 35014-15 ] . |
| 24 | The minority PCP government of Premier Gary Filmon , which had been in office since the April 1988 elections [ see pp. 35958-59 ] , was returned to power with 42 per cent of the vote and 30 of the 57 provincial seats . |
| 25 | The PDCS had withdrawn from their alliance with the Progressive Democratic Party ( PDP — until March 1990 the Communist Party — PCS ) on Feb. 24 , declaring that it regarded the coalition , which had been in office since 1986 , as outmoded . |
| 26 | President Abdou Diouf announced on April 7 that he was appointing the president ( Speaker ) of the National Assembly , Habib Thiam , as Prime Minister , a post which had been in abeyance since 1983 , shortly after Thiam 's removal from it [ see p. 32180 ] . |
| 27 | After reviewing the procedure which had been in force since 1983 , he referred to the decision of the Divisional Court in Ex parte Handscomb and said that he accepted the conclusion of that court : ‘ that there are strong arguments for carrying out this consultation exercise as soon as practicable following the imposition of a discretionary life sentence . ’ |
| 28 | On May 17 the Legislative Yuan approved a motion to repeal the draconian Statute of Punishment for Sedition , which had been in force since 1949 . |
| 29 | A ban on certain political parties , which had been in force since the time of the 1980 military coup , was removed by Cabinet decree on July 3 . |
| 30 | This exposé and the Salvation Army spectacle were symptomatic of a carefully organized campaign by purity workers and feminists to press the Liberal government to pass the Criminal Law Amendment Bill , which had been before Parliament since 1883 . |