Example sentences of "since [adj] it have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1986 it has raised ¥843 billion ( $5.6 billion ) by issuing convertible bonds in Japan and warrant bonds in Europe ( see table on next page ) . |
| 2 | Since 1986 it has offered a wide range of programmes in the fields of management and technology with the Graduate School of Business Administration taking the lead role in these activities . |
| 3 | Since 1971 it had been administered jointly by Iran and the UAE , with offshore oil revenues shared between Iran and the rulers of the Sharjah emirate . |
| 4 | Since 1980 it has put into space three experimental satellites with its own SLV-3 launcher . |
| 5 | Since 1980 it has repeatedly engaged in operations which have included the torture and execution-like killing of captive civilians , local authorities and members of the security forces . |
| 6 | Since 1980 it has also considered new technology and long-term unemployment . |
| 7 | Since 1801 it has had the right to claim a free copy of all British and Irish publications under the relevant Copyright Acts . |
| 8 | Since 1979 it has done the first ( seek efficiency ) and the second ( pare everything ) but never the third ( redefine the welfare state ) . |
| 9 | In fact , like the many German towns vying with one another in the Eighties , Nîmes decided on the building before it even had a collection to put into it , and since 1984 it has been buying in three areas with assistance from funds specially designated by the State for regional museums to collect contemporary works : French art from 1960 to 1990 , with the Nouveau Réalisme and Figuration Libre via the Support-Surface movement ; the Mediterranean scene , with art from southern France , Spain and Italy , with Arte Povera and the Transavanguardia , and represented by artists such as Jose Maria Sicilia , Miquel Barcelo , Susanna Solano , Janis Kounellis , Mario Merz , Giuseppe Penone and Enzo Cucchi ; a taste of English and German tendencies , with Richard Long , Hamish Fulton , Gerhard Richter , Imi Knoebel , Helmut Dorner and others . |
| 10 | Every year since 1984 it has published its Directory of Computer Systems and improvements are made in every edition . |
| 11 | Since 1960 it has risen very rapidly — by just over one third . |
| 12 | Apart from its royal members , the number of Knights of the Garter is limited to twenty-four , and this restriction , coupled with the fact that since 1946 it has been once more in the personal gift of the monarch , makes its membership peculiarly exclusive . |
| 13 | Since 1964 it has been working with people of all ages and varying needs . |
| 14 | The Republic of Indonesia comprises mainly some 13,700 islands known until 1949 as the Netherlands East Indies ; since 1976 it has also included East Timor ( when the latter was effectively annexed as the 27th Indonesian province after the withdrawal in 1975 of Portuguese troops , although this act has never been officially recognized by the UN ) . |
| 15 | But since 1981 it has been commonly said , and positively emphasised by the authorities themselves , that interest rates in the UK economy are largely ‘ market determined ’ . |
| 16 | In 1600 it flared up from obscurity to the third magnitude ; ever since 1715 it has fluctuated around 5 , and may be compared with 28 Cygni ( 4.8 ) and 29 Cygni ( 5.0 ) . |
| 17 | According to the 1989 census , Abkhazia was only 17.8 per cent Abkhaz and 45.7 per cent Georgian ( other major ethnic groups being Russians and Armenians ) , but since 1978 it had demanded secession from Georgia , this campaign having escalated in 1990 [ see pp. 37665 ; 38079 ] . |
| 18 | Since 1987 it has been possible to ask your employer to deduct regular sums from your pay through the PAYROLL GIVING SCHEME up to a maximum of £600 per annum ( not all employers offer their employees this facility ) . |
| 19 | Since 1987 it has emerged as the number one buyer of privatised bus companies , picking up operators from Inverness to Hampshire . |
| 20 | Since 1966 it has operated a set of rules known as the ‘ stabilizer ’ which has regulated the behaviour of tour operators and travel agents in the inclusive tour industry . |
| 21 | Since 1961 it has offered preparatory courses and annual examinations for a Certificate in Church Music . |
| 22 | Since 1954 it has been known that focal lesions of the inferotemporal cortex produce a severe and abiding impairment in visual discrimination performance in monkeys ( see Dean 1982 ) . |
| 23 | In 1945 it was given the royal accolade and since 1954 it has had its headquarters in Croydon , although the College of St. Nicolas ( latterly at Addington Palace ) closed in 1974 . |
| 24 | Since 1965 it has been part of Darwin College . |
| 25 | For most of the time since 1965 it has been contained in a separate channel isolated from the rest of criminal justice policy-making . |
| 26 | Since 1955 it has been used as a museum and now houses many of the best religious paintings , sculptures and vestments from the island 's churches , including several fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Flemish works , said to have been obtained in exchange for sugar shipped from Funchal . |
| 27 | Ever since 1945 it had been widely accepted that there was a need to reform local government to bring greater efficiency and more vigour into the system . |
| 28 | Since 1983 it has been compulsory for car drivers and front seat passengers of all ages to wear seat belts or use child safety restraints . |
| 29 | Since 1983 it has been restored by the Pulheim council , which now owns it , and is now showing a sculpture by Georg Baselitz . |
| 30 | Since 1983 it has been established that the strongest risk factor for the development of malignant melanoma is the presence of a large number of benign naevi . |