Since they commonly translate thoughts and feelings into deeds, hands naturally represent action, and since nearly half the characters in Great Expectations are of the underworld or closely allied to it, the linking of hands with crime or violence is not to be wondered at.

Since the Weimar Republic lacked the quantity of raw materials available to the United States and Great Britain, it had to rely on the proficiency of a skilled labor force and an ability to export innovative and high quality goods.

Since the beginning of Norman rule in the 12th century, the city has functioned as the capital in varying geopolitical entities: Lordship of Ireland ( 1171 – 1541 ), Kingdom of Ireland ( 1541 – 1800 ), island as part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801 – 1922 ), and the Irish Republic ( 1919 – 1922 ).

Since 2003, Canada has also been working with Gabon in the Group of Friends of the Great Lakes Region, which Canada co-chairs, in support of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.

Since 1997, all newly-found Mersenne primes have been discovered by the “ Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search ” ( GIMPS ), a distributed computing project on the Internet.

Since the privatisation of British Rail there is no longer a single approach to design on railways in Great Britain.

Since the Great Depression, the Rhode Island Democratic Party has dominated local politics.

" Since Diodorus's history includes such luminaries as Alexander the Great and Hannibal, this is high praise indeed.

Since New York based Thomas would have known about the wide spread hoax and the contents of the 1876 published book were developed during or right after The Great Tom Collins hoax of 1874, the hoax event is the most plausible source of the name for the Tom Collins cocktail.

Since the time of the first Norman invaders from England, Ireland has been subject to control and regulation, firstly by England then latterly by Great Britain.

Since 1986, Doe has also maintained a busy second career as an actor, appearing in such films as Oliver Stone's Salvador, Allison Anders ' Border Radio and Sugar Town, the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic Great Balls of Fire, Miguel Arteta's The Good Girl, Craig Mazin's The Specials, Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights, and the independent feature Roadside Prophets, in which he starred with Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz.

Since the season of Great Lent is moveable, beginning on different dates from year to year, accommodation must be made for various feast days on the fixed calendar ( Menaion ) which occur during the season.

Since the prevailing winter winds tend to be colder than the water for much of the winter, the southeastern shores of the lakes are almost constantly overcast, leading to the use of the term The Great Gray Funk as a synonym for winter.

Since the Great Lakes region was the core of Iroquoian-language speakers, scholars have theorized that the Cherokee migrated South from that region.

Since 1996, he has written a Great Movies series of individual reviews of what he deems to be the most important films of all time.

Since the Great Salt Lake is a shallow lake with gently sloping shores around all edges except on the south side, small variations in the water level greatly affect the extent of the shoreline.

Since the exile of James II, the ' Jacobite Cause ' had striven to return the Stuarts to the thrones of England and Scotland, in 1707 united as Great Britain.

Since 1746 these took place in the Great Hall of the Green Gate building.

Since the 1960s, there have been many sightings of big cats across Great Britain.

Since 1935, both sides of the Great Seal have appeared on the reverse of the one-dollar bill.

Since the Great Depression, Swedish national politics has largely been dominated by the Social Democratic Workers ' Party, which has held a plurality ( and sometimes a majority ) in parliament since 1917.

Traditionally it is the period of the Twelve Apostles, dating from the Great Commission until the death of John the Apostle ( about 100 AD Since it is believed that John lived so long and was the last of the twelve to die, there is some overlap between the apostolic age and the first Apostolic Fathers.

Since the 1950s a fast development of Irkutsk city began after the Great Patriotic War, modern industrious look of a city was being built up.

Since the time of Pietro della Valle, it has been beyond dispute that they represent the Persepolis captured and partly destroyed by Alexander the Great.

Since the act, amendments must now conform to certain specified provisions in the written portion of the Canadian constitution.

Since the 1990s, Canadian born musician Nadaka who has spent most of his life in India, has been creating music that is an acoustic fusion of Indian classical music with western styles.

Since January 2006, the NATO International Security Assistance Force undertook combat duties from Operation Enduring Freedom in southern Afghanistan, the NATO force chiefly made up of British, Canadian and Dutch forces ( and some smaller contributions from Denmark, Romania and Estonia and air support from Norway as well as air and artillery support from the U. S .) ( see the article Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2006 ).

Since 2002, some Canadian congregations have continued to be members of both the UUA and CUC while others are members of only the CUC.

Since usage of the word " eh " is not as common in the United States as it is in Canada, it is often used by Americans, and indeed Canadians themselves, to parody Canadian English.

Since the closing of British, Canadian, and American bases in 1995, the parade has barely grown smaller.

Since 1923, there have been Eastern League teams in 51 different cities, located in 12 different states and two Canadian provinces.

Since 1988, it has been developed and sold commercially by Waterloo Maple Inc. ( also known as Maplesoft ), a Canadian company also based in Waterloo, Ontario.

Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60 ° W and 141 ° W longitude, extending all the way north to the North Pole: all islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Herschel, off the Yukon coast, form part of the region, are Canadian territory and the territorial waters claimed by Canada surround these islands.

Since 2001, the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board has accredited several university programs in software engineering, allowing graduates to apply for a professional engineering licence once the other prerequisites are obtained, although this does nothing to help IT professionals using the title with degrees in other fields ( such as computer science ).

Since Henry Hudson had claimed Hudson Bay, and the surrounding lands for England, English colonists had begun expanding their boundaries across what is now the Canadian north beyond the French-held territory of New France.

Since 1994, substantive members are the only regular citizens who are empowered to administer the Canadian Oath of Citizenship.

Since being used as a private house, the manor was used by Canadian military in the second world war, and was also a school called Southey Hall, before being demolished for redevelopment.

Since 2003 Canadian Tire has converted the majority of its old traditional and new-format stores, as well as built new stores, making it the most modern network in the country.

Since 2005, Tim Hortons has been the title sponsor of the Brier, the annual Canadian men's curling championships, along with the Canadian Ringette Championships.

Since 1993, the Canadian Forces have also provided the country's federal counter-terrorist forces, replacing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in that function.

Since " Fort Blunder ", an unnamed US fort in what is now part of northeastern New York, had been inadvertently constructed on Canadian soil, the northern border of New York between the St. Lawrence River and the New York-Vermont line was adjusted 3 / 4 of a mile northward, beyond the 45th parallel, thus placing the half-finished and abandoned fort on US soil.

Since the 19th century, the British and Canadian Houses of Commons have become increasingly representative, as suffrage has been extended.

Since 1978, the Canadian Mathematical Society have awarded the Coxeter – James Prize in his honor.

Since the departure of the Lewiston Maineiacs from Lewiston, Maine, the QMJHL is the only one of the three Canadian Hockey League leagues that does not have any teams located in the United States ( the OHL has teams in Michigan and Pennsylvania while the WHL has several teams in the Pacific Northwest ).

Since opening, 90 members have been inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

Since there is a limited number of positions in each law school's annual admissions, entry to all Canadian law schools is intensely competitive: most law schools receive far more applicants than they can accommodate.