Example sentences of "been [noun] [noun] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kryuchkov had been KGB chairman since October 1988 [ see p. 36256 ] and Yazov had been Defence Minister since 1987 . |
| 2 | Kryuchkov had been KGB chairman since October 1988 [ see p. 36256 ] and Yazov had been Defence Minister since 1987 . |
| 3 | It 's always been Dersingham land since way back when . ’ |
| 4 | He had served six years in the Cabinet under Muldoon , and had been opposition leader since 1986 . |
| 5 | Lord Rathcreedan , who as Captain Cecil Norton had been Club Captain since 1914 , continued until 1921 , continued until 1921 and Mr. J.C . |
| 6 | County Councils have been education authorities since 1888 . |
| 7 | The creation of a republic had been ALP policy since 1981 , but no date had previously been set . |
| 8 | They 've been art celebrities since then and , although the scale of their work has increased — pictures can now include several people , and stretch up to ten metres across — the real subject remains G&G ( as they sometimes describe themselves ) . |
| 9 | Bernard as been parish priest since 1988 . |
| 10 | A fifty-six-year-old Scot with gaunt features and fine wavy hair , he had been UNACO Director since its inception in 1980 . |
| 11 | I happen for my sins to have been shadow Chancellor since the last election in 1987 , during which period there have been three Chancellors of the Exchequer . |
| 12 | has a wide range of commercial experience and joins us from ( cheese manufacturers ) where he had been finance director since 1988 . |
| 13 | A member of the Socialist Unity Party ( PSU , until October 1990 the Socialist Party ( PSI ) — see p. 37786 ) , Vassalli had been Justice Minister since July 1987 [ see p. 35589 ] . |