Sentence examples for has exercised since from inspiring English sources

More and more Chinese say they distrust the Wizard-of-Oz-style of control the Communist Party has exercised since it seized power in 1949, and they are asking their leaders to disseminate enough information so they can judge whether officials, who are widely believed to be corrupt, are doing their jobs properly.

No definitive account of the meeting exists and it has exercised historians ever since.

The hope is that Pablo Neruda's remains will answer a question that has exercised Chileans ever since his sudden death.

It's not known how widely the IRS has exercised its claimed power, since some email providers, like Google, have said they will only divulge content in criminal investigations after they receive a warrant.

Barnes has exercised considerable aesthetic elasticity ever since.

Yet no philosopher since Aristotle has exercised such influence.

Every president since Gerald Ford has exercised the kind of trade promotion authority just approved by the House, though President Clinton was unable to renew his after it lapsed in 1994.

It's a question that has exercised humanity's finest minds since those humans have been around to have them – and has been recently the subject of a number of groundbreaking scientific studies.

Although the US Congress passed a law ordering the move to Jerusalem in 1995, every president since then has exercised a six-month waiver to prevent it taking place usually citing "national security concerns" as a reason, most recently by Barack Obama earlier this month.

But in the games since then, Backes has exercised more restraint.

Since then, he has exercised options on more than 1.1 million shares for a profit of $16 million, according to Thomson Financial.