Example sentences of "[vb pp] since [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A macroeconomic model by its very nature must be highly simplified since its purpose is to simulate what is happening in the economy as a whole . |
| 2 | Owned since its formation by the clearing banks ( eighty-five per cent ) and the Bank of England ( fifteen per cent ) , it represents a commercially successful , City-based initiative to help meet British industry 's long-term capital requirements . |
| 3 | And so was the famous old Raffles Hotel ( although it 's been rebuilt since his visit ) just as he remembered it — from the outside , that is . |
| 4 | As it was , she pumped me about every move the Binkworthys had made since their arrival before settling down with a mug of Bovril and a packet of Salt ‘ n ’ Vinegar to watch American Football on the box . |
| 5 | The orderly life which he had adopted since his separation from Vivien , the routine in which he had seemed happier and more peaceful than before , had now been destroyed by external events , and everything was cast in doubt . |
| 6 | I have noticed how close we have grown since his mother ran off with the Turnbury Post Office United 's physiotherapist . |
| 7 | All the indignities he had suffered since their abduction to this rock of a planet would be avenged . |
| 8 | Nicole Lynch , 18 , had suffered since her birth from impaired sight , speech and bodily control as a result of cerebral palsy . |
| 9 | ‘ And what have you done since your hotel closed ? ’ |
| 10 | The number of lives saved since their discovery is almost incredible . ’ |
| 11 | The igneous complex is elongated in a north west-south east direction , and includes norite , anorthosite , tonalite and diorite as the main rock types present , all of which have been metamorphosed since their intrusion and are termed meta-igneous rocks by the British Geological Survey in the published map , with terms metanorite , meta-anorthosite , etc. being used . |
| 12 | However , if , by the date of trial , it can be shown that the deceased 's income would have risen since his death , then the dependency will be calculated by reference to what he would have been earning at the date of trial , rather than what he in fact was earning at the date of his death . |
| 13 | These included Jespersen 's Primer of the English Language , a book I had not opened since my student days , and then only to shut it immediately , never in the intervening years opening it again . |
| 14 | Hastily she pushed the food into the fridge , then went into the bathroom and turned on the taps , pouring in the expensive bath essence that she had n't used since her London days when Max had played such a big part in her life . |
| 15 | Once again , thanks for the best laugh I 've had since my friend Daniel fell out of a transit van I was driving when I unexpectedly chucked a right . |
| 16 | ‘ Best smoke I 've had since my teeth were pulled , ’ the young man said , more animatedly . |
| 17 | Without that Dublin goal they would still be languishing in the lower reaches , their morale severely affected since their championship challenge disintegrated with a New Year 's Day thrashing by QPR at Old Trafford . |
| 18 | British shoppers tend to be ruggedly self-sufficient ; Brooks Brothers customers usually want a great deal of help while selecting the exact same suit they have worn since their fathers first took them to the emporium . |
| 19 | Also the rates had a regressive effect on some members of the public : e.g. on elderly people who sometimes occupied large , highly rated properties but who could no longer afford to pay the rates demanded since their incomes were insufficient . |
| 20 | Samir Geaga , head of the ( Christian ) Lebanese Forces militia , resigned formally on March 20 his nominal post of Minister of State in the government of national unity , which he had boycotted since its formation in December on the grounds that it was too pro-Syrian . |
| 21 | One , who had an electric prod inserted in her vagina , has disappeared since their release and it is feared that she has committed suicide . |
| 22 | ‘ I have never seen or heard since my knowledge of things , ’ wrote a British admiral in 1745 , ‘ that one of our ships alone , singly opposed to one of the enemy 's of equal force , has taken her , and I have been in almost every action and skirmish since the year 1718 , and yet we are daily boasting of the prowess of our Fleet . ’ |
| 23 | Her colleagues were relieved that the tense , frantic performance given since her husband 's death had stopped . |
| 24 | The most popularly accepted story , probably greatly altered since its origins some 300 years ago in 1676 , concerns jealousy , greed , murder , the eternal triangle and every other human emotion that is a foreplay to disaster . |
| 25 | In one of the cases up for judicial review the SSD withdrew a home help service because of a change in eligibility criteria , despite the fact the client 's condition had not altered since his assessment . |
| 26 | It seemed to Dalgliesh that he was subtly altered since his arrival , had become charged with a power both mysterious and oddly familiar . |
| 27 | The unsigned letter was the first to attack Roy in this way among the 6,000 he has received since his cancer was diagnosed in March . |
| 28 | On 20 September he appeared off Newcastle , but decided against attacking it , as his fellow-captains were eager to move on before the Royal Navy , fully aroused since his intrusion into the Firth of Forth , caught up with them . |
| 29 | Many legends are told of Barbarossa ; it is said that he is not dead , that no true Emperor has ruled since his reign , and that he lives on until the Day of Judgement . |
| 30 | His weight had increased since their marriage , and she began to dread his nightly activity , but she accepted it without complaint as the price she had to pay for Corrie . |