Since the Early Modern period, the title of knight is purely honorific, usually bestowed by a monarch, as in the British honours system, often for non-military service to the country.

Since 2003, Bahrain has been granted over $ 100 million in Foreign Military Funding to pay for various high profile weapons systems, to include an AN / TPS-59 ( v ) 3B Early Warning Radar, Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures ( LAIRCM ), Air-to-Air Missile Avoidance System for the King's Plane ( Boeing 747-400 ), as well as an Avenger Air Defense Vehicle.

Since SPEWS became inactive, the Anonymous Postmaster Early Warning System ( APEWS ) has taken its place, using similar listing criteria and a nearly identical web page.

Since little or no geological evidence on Earth exists from the time spanned by the Early Imbrian epoch of the Moon, the Early Imbrian has been used by at least one notable scientific work as an unofficial subdivision of the terrestrial Hadean eon.

Since coins in Europe in the Middle Ages and the Early modern period ( the French écu, Louis, teston d ' argent, denier, double, franc ; the Spanish doubloon, pistole, real ; the Italian florin, ducat or sequin ; the German and Austrian thaler ; the Dutch gulden, etc.

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Since its debut, the plot of Early Edition has been compared to other intellectual properties with similar themes.

Since he was rumoured to have been the original boffin who inspired the term, he called these recollections Boffin: A Personal Story of the Early Days of Radar, Radio Astronomy and Quantum Optics

Since some of the Renaissance changes were done in haste ( especially the wooden roof ), as early as in 1616 a new, gradual Early Baroque reconstruction started based on a design by the main imperial architect Giovanni Battista Carlone.

Since a settlement with a harbour arose between Schüttorf and Emlichheim in the Early Middle Ages whose coat of arms bore a horn as a charge, it seems likely that Nordhorn could have arisen from this.

Since the Early Bronze Age, the process of cupellation was used to obtain silver out of smelted lead ores ; by the Middle Ages and the Renaissance it was one of the most common and important processes used to refine metals.

" Since their foundation, Lybba has worked with such partners as the Collaborative Chronic Care Network ( C3N ), And Early Development Systems Initiative ( EDSI ).

Since the Early Middle Ages the region had belonged to the German stem duchy of Bavaria and was called Innbaiern.

Her other career highlights include roles on the television series Early Edition and in the TV movie Since You ’ ve Been Gone.

Since December 2009, she has been seen anchoring " Early Today " for NBC network and appears on MSNBC in " First Look " and in prime time reading the news.

Since the 1970s, self-help books, psychology, and some modern expressions of Christianity have viewed this disparity in terms of grace being an innate quality within all people who must be inspired or strong enough to find it: something to achieve.

Since the Iraq War, evangelicalism has begun to make inroads in Iraq, capitalizing on a new openness to Western missionaries following the US-led invasion of the country, although the vast majority of converts are from other sects of Christianity present in Iraq .< ref >

Since the 1st and 2nd century AD, Christianity had become the established religion in Byzantium, supplanting pagan polytheism and eclipsing for the most part the humanistic world outlook and institutions inherited from the Greek and Roman civilizations.

Since the beginning of the 7th century the Islamic Caliphate had conquered much of the southern Mediterranean, and represented a threat to Christianity.

Since his predecessor Meinfried had already accepted Christianity, it followed that Pribislav had already been baptized in childhood, in contrast to the ideas of medieval chroniclers that the prince had first been baptized as an adult.

Since he was eleven years her elder, already married, and a Buddhist, May-ling's mother vehemently opposed the marriage between the two, but finally agreed after Chiang showed proof of his divorce and promised to convert to Christianity.

Since Hume had already made many of the same " moral attacks upon Christianity " that Paine popularized in The Age of Reason, scholars have concluded that Paine probably read Hume's works on religion or had at least heard about them through the Joseph Johnson circle.

Since the time of the Council, there have been concerns of the part of Church authorities that the missional spirit of the Church has been fading away because of the acceptance of anonymous Christianity, a teaching of Karl Rahner that all human beings have an implicit knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Since Nuku ' alofa have been expanding from when it became the center of Christianity in Tonga in the 19th century, it became essential that it was reorganised for effective administration of the capital.

Since Roman times, Paris has buried its dead on the outskirts of the city, but habits changed with the rise of Christianity and its practice of burying its faithful in the consecrated ground under and around its churches, no matter their location.

Since the arrival of Christianity among the Inuit, anirniq has become the accepted word for a soul in the Christian sense.

Since the word is found frequently in the Chilam Balam of Chumayel, regarded by some as indigenous writing not influenced by Christianity, some authors have proposed that the name was originally used for an indigenous Maya deity, which was later transferred to the Christian god but recent research has shown this to be unlikely.

Since many East European people accepted Christianity from the Greeks, many of these peoples have Makara in the root of some names: Makarios ( Greeks ).

Since France and Spain were Catholic countries, many missionaries were sent by the Catholic Church to convert the native population to Christianity and to provide for the spiritual needs of the settlers.

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Since, further, according to him the fulfilment of prophecy is the only valid proof of Christianity, he thus secretly aims a blow at Christianity as a revelation.

Since Nonius does not mention Christianity and calls himself a peripatetic, he seems not to have converted.

In his later years Geronimo embraced Christianity, and stated " Since my life as a prisoner has begun, I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers ...

Since the beginning of Christianity, individuals have seen relics as a way to come closer to the saints and thus form a closer bond with God.

Since the 1st and 2nd century AD, Christianity had become the established religion in Byzantium, supplanting pagan polytheism and eclipsing for the most part the humanistic world outlook and institutions inherited from the Greek and Roman civilizations.

Since writing the book, Powell has converted to Anglican Christianity and has attempted to have the book removed from circulation.

Since Christianity is the largest religion in the world ( making up approximately one-third of the population ), it is necessary to understand the various faith traditions in terms of commonalities and differences between tradition, theology, church government, doctrine, language, and so on.

Since Christianity was largely a religion of the lower classes in this period, the lack of surviving art may reflect a lack of funds for patronage.

Since 1944 he has also conducted regularly at the San Francisco Opera, where he made his debut with a memorable performance of Verdi's Falstaff.

Since 1954 the Negro's desire for social justice has led to an ironically anarchical rebellion.

Since the great flood of these dystopias has appeared only in the last twelve years, it seems fairly reasonable to assume that the chief impetus was the 1949 publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four, an assumption which is supported by the frequent echoes of such details as Room 101, along with education by conditioning from Brave New World, a book to which science-fiction writers may well have returned with new interest after reading the more powerful Orwell dystopia.

Since 1953 California has led the nation in enacting guarantees that public business shall be publicly conducted, but not until this year did the lawmakers in Sacramento plug the remaining loopholes in the Brown Act.

Since little is known about autism, and almost nothing has been written for the layman, we'd like to share one experienced mother's comments.

Since it was issued in the spring of 1611, the King James Version has been most generally considered the most poetic and beautiful of all translations of the Bible.

Since the Connally amendment has the effect of giving the same right to the other party to a dispute with the United States, it also prevents us from using the court effectively.

Since he has just shown who is top dog, he may not be ready to receive this highest honor in the gift of the Soviet people.

Since then nothing has happened to save the life of Pope.

Since accurate base maps are necessary for any planning program, the first step taken by the planning division to implement the long-range state plan has been to prepare two series of base maps -- one at a scale of 1 inch to a mile, and the second a series of 26 sheets at a scale of 1 inch to 2000 feet, covering the entire state.

Since then, there has been a notable increase in the number of stations and also the accumulation of additional data and the development of new techniques for using it, leading to a better understanding of propagation phenomena.

Since the Industrial Revolution, when factories emerged, this classical pattern has been followed.

Since Af are linearly independent functions and the exponential function has no zeros, these R functions Af, form a basis for the space of solutions.

Since C is rational, this correspondence has K coincidences, each of which implies a line of the pencil which meets its image.

Since the course, one member has lost her husband.

Since her bereavement this individual has reported to the writer on numerous occasions about how helpful the class discussions were to her in this adjustment crisis.

Since on the one hand school desegregation has come in Virginia hand-in-glove with pupil assignment, shall we support the plan??

Since this book is concerned only incidentally with railroad rates, it will not attempt to analyze the methods by which the staff of the Interstate Commerce Commission has estimated out-of-pocket costs and apportioned residue costs.

Since that time the telegraph office has shifted in location from the railroad station at the Depot and shops at the Center back to the town clerk's office and drugstore at the Village.

Since 1948 the working headquarters has been the Department of Geology and Mineralogy.

Since the removal force is a function of coating thickness, a differential transformer pickup has been incorporated into the instrument to accurately measure film thickness.

Since the mid 1950s, when urethane foam first made its appearance in the American market, growth has been little short of fantastic.

Since interviewing is the basic therapeutic and diagnostic instrument of modern psychiatry, the recording of interviews for playbacks and study has been a boost of Redstone proportions in new research and training.

Since 1949, the St. Louis club has been below on May 1 just four times.

Since 1927, fewer than a dozen men have made serious runs at Babe Ruth's record and each, in turn, has been thwarted.