Example sentences of "been [verb] since [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My tank has been matured since last December and I have lost a Fireball Angel , a Swallow Tail Angel and a Cream Angel . |
| 2 | With minor exceptions , landlords have been permitted since 5th November 1973 to collect only the rent applicable before 6th November 1972 , plus half the difference between that rent and any higher rent agreed between the parties at normal rent reviews , or settled by arbitration , or otherwise determined . |
| 3 | It is hoped to achieve the 15% reduction in staffing by the employment of temporary staff as vacancies occur and this policy has been operating since 1 April 1992 . |
| 4 | The CIA 's code of conduct , which has been operating since last April , is now an integral part of the association 's Responsible Care programme , to which all CIA member companies have now signed up . |
| 5 | Thomas Hargreaves , 39 , whose parents live at Llangoed , has not been seen since last Thursday , when he set off on a hike through a forest towards a glacier , close to south east Alaskan town of Juneau . |
| 6 | ‘ Not on a degree course but at the Cultural Centre for Foreigners where they 've been going since last September . ’ |
| 7 | The Samin smelter in Sardinia has been closed since last August , with a loss of 68,000 tonnes , and is unlikely to reopen until June . |
| 8 | We do not accept that the provisions in Schedule 5 will operate harshly or unfairly on property held on discretionary trust which has been settled since 26th March 1974 . |
| 9 | His solicitor said for some reason he 'd been involved since last December in a campaign of total destruction of both himself and other people , but now there was some hope for the future . |
| 10 | More than 16,000 mining jobs have been lost since last October when British Coal unveiled its pit-closure programme , leaving a workforce of just 24,000 . |
| 11 | ( The July OPEC production ceiling , set at a total of just under 22,500,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , had been suspended since late August — see p. 37641 — and the Financial Times of Dec. 14 estimated that current overall OPEC output was 400,000 bpd above the ceiling , despite the loss of 4,300,000 bpd of Iraqi and Kuwaiti exports . ) |
| 12 | ‘ As far as I know , no Vietnamese have been captured since 26 September , ’ said Marine Colonel Chumphon Chotiyothin . |
| 13 | Altogether 70 by-elections have been held since 7 September . |