Example sentences of "the [noun prp] since [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHRIS EUBANK could n't help himself — the words of tribute to Michael Watson came tumbling out in a torrent , a year to the Saturday since he put the brave Londoner into a coma . |
| 2 | A member of the NFU since he started farming , Mr. Pexton was first elected to council in 1981 . |
| 3 | Other people who have contributed money all their lives to the NHS since it began have to wait 51 weeks for a hip replacement . |
| 4 | ( Similarly , he identifies the law as both an ISA and part of the RSA since it functions both to coerce and to reproduce ruling class values . ) |
| 5 | This was something of bonus for the Williams since it had learned next to nothing during practice thanks to niggling problems associated with a new car . |
| 6 | Just after the end of our period , in the late 1150s , the celebrated intellectual and letter writer John of Salisbury recounted his travels : ‘ ten times have I crossed the chain of the Alps since I left England first ; twice have I travelled through Apulia ; I have done business often in the Roman court on behalf of my superiors and friends ; and on a variety of counts I have traversed England , and France too , many times . ’ |
| 7 | The bombshell decision follows a two-year fight by the 400 metres world record holder against the IAAF since they alleged he tested positive for steroids in Monte Carlo in August 1990 . |
| 8 | Fujitsu Ltd has won its first supercomputer order in the US since it entered the market under its own name in March last year rather than through Amdahl Corp : it will lease a VPX220 model to the Geco-Prakla Inc oil exploration unit of Schlumberger Ltd , which will use it for seismic mapping of underground oil deposits ; the value was not given . |
| 9 | In the years that followed , the German bourgeoisie gained considerable economic and industrial power , but did not struggle against the Junkers since they regarded them as the very backbone of German society ; the Junkers , even though they were already ‘ pensioners of economic history ’ were a convenient rallying point for Völkisch opinion and as such had no particular reason to adapt to the changing economic structure of Europe or Germany . |
| 10 | Simon comments : ‘ I have been involved with the AOI since it started in 1973 . |