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It has been since vs It have been since

The correct phrase is 'it has been since.' 'Has' is the correct auxiliary verb to use with 'it' in this context. 'It have been since' is incorrect.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 790 views

It has been since

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate a period of time that has passed since a specific event or point in time.
  • It has been since the day you bust into my rail car and told me to hire you instead of hanging you.
  • As it has been since the day we met.
  • It has been since man crawled out of the slime.
  • It has been since the day that you said goodbye.
  • It has been since the time of Cesare Beccaria: if we do not have a system of sanctions, it will be hard to be sure that rules will be respected.
  • The treaty regime is weaker than it has been since its entry into force in 1970.
  • The humanitarian situation in Gaza is worse than it has been since 1967.
  • Tonight's topic, as it has been since his cowardly murder, is our fallen brother Oz Tuner.
  • The EU continues to be the largest contributor of climate finance flows to developing countries, as it has been since well before Copenhagen.
  • Movies and how long... it has been since we've been able to go to one.
  • It should be borne in mind here that state aid legislation and monitoring was not at that time as developed in all details as it has been since the 1990s.
  • Finally, I would just say how necessary it has been since the outset - and still is - to have a social dialogue in this sector, involving both sides of industry along with consumers' representatives and associations.

It have been since

This phrase is incorrect in English.

  • No arguments against it have been listened to since the Maastricht Treaty.
  • Wouldn't it have been simpler since you like no one, for you to kill yourself?
  • It might have been here since the 1980s, when the valley flooded.
  • It must have been here since the murder, sir.
  • It must have been ages since you've been intimate with a man.
  • It may have been awhile since you've had to pick up on messages, but I want to see you again.
  • The Chicago Convention and its annexes have been amended since the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002.
  • The Chicago Convention and its annexes have been amended since the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008.
  • It must have been a year since that place blew.
  • It had to have been hours since I took the first one.
  • Tomorrow, it will have been a week since I gave him my number.
  • It may have been a while since you've had to pick up on messages, but I want to see you again.
  • It could not have been otherwise since the new document is about the integration of EU mortgage credit markets and the relevant impact assessments previously mentioned.
  • In December, it will have been 10 years since Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Several of its claims have since been confirmed from other sources (notably Amnesty International) and relayed in the international press.
  • The new system was briefly outlined in that letter, but no other details or information on its operation have been provided since, although the authorities were aware that this was an issue of crucial importance for the Commission's Decision.
  • It is culture that gives cohesion to a region and it could have been mentioned, since trans-regional cultural policies have not yet been put in place.
  • The SAARC delegation and I, as its chairman, have been concerned since the imposition of direct rule by the King, and have worked with the Troika to promote a return to democracy.
  • they have been grown in places of production where no PWN or its symptoms have been observed since the beginning of the last complete growing cycle;
  • Believe it or not, it's the safest you've been since breakfast.

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