Since Alan Ayckbourn's plays started becoming established in the West End, interviewers have raised the question of whether his work is autobiographical.

Since the 1960s, the islands have diversified away from their traditionally agriculture-based economy towards tourism and financial services, becoming one of the wealthiest areas in the Caribbean.

Since Bulgarian lev is anyway bounded to Euro Bulgaria is looking for more positive outcomes of the becoming a member of the Eurozone rather than risks.

Since the 1990s, several novel classes of antiemetics have been developed and commercialized, becoming a nearly universal standard in chemotherapy regimens, and helping to successfully manage these symptoms in a large portion of patients.

Since becoming an institution of the state, aside from official commitment to communism and Marxism-Leninism, the party also has de facto unrecognized factions including consumerist and neoliberal figures including business people on the right who effectively support capitalism, as well as factions on the left that oppose the right in the party, and other factions.

Since cast iron was becoming cheaper and more plentiful, it also became a major structural material following the building of the innovative Iron Bridge in 1778 by Abraham Darby III.

Since the Korean Armistice Agreement ended the armed conflict that existed during the active part of the Korean War in 1953, leaving a de-facto truce in place ever since, the North Korean government has been largely isolationist, becoming one of the world's most authoritarian societies.

Since the 1840s, Kier's salt wells were becoming fouled with petroleum.

Since his debut in 1992, Muralitharan has taken 800 Test wickets and over 500 One Day International wickets, becoming the first player to take 1, 000 wickets combined in the two main forms of international cricket.

Since the Korean War armistice in 1953, the North Korean government has been largely isolationist, becoming one of the world's most totalitarian societies.

Since becoming division rivals the series has been even, with 10 games each won by both New Orleans and Tampa Bay.

Since the early 1970s, oral history in Britain has grown from being a method in folklore studies ( see for example the work of the School of Scottish Studies in the 1950s ) to becoming a key component in community histories.

Since Whitehead, process thought is distinguished from Hegel in that it describes entities which arise or coalesce in becoming, rather than being simply dialectically determined from prior posited determinates.

Since the second half of the twentieth century the associations of race with the ideologies and theories that grew out of the work of 19th-century anthropologists and physiologists has led to the use of the word race itself becoming problematic.

Since becoming the viceroy of the Indies, he took Goa in India in 1510, and Malacca on the Malay peninsula in 1511.

Since becoming independent from Britain in February 1948, the economy of the country has been affected by natural disasters such as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and a number of insurrections, such as the 1971, the 1987-89 and the 1983-2009 civil war.

Since becoming a western style constitutional democratic monarchy in 1932, for most of the time the country has been ruled by military governments.

Since becoming a loanword in English, Taliban, besides a plural noun referring to the group, has also been used as a singular noun referring to an individual.

Since then it has gone through a variety of changes, becoming the state capital of Romania in 1862 and steadily consolidating its position as the centre of the Romanian mass media, culture and arts.

Since becoming operational in Normandy on August 1, 1944 until May 9, 1945, the Third Army was in continuous combat for 281 days.

Since becoming King, King Mohammed VI has led many reforms that made Morocco an exception from all the other Arab countries.

Since planets, in their understanding, were composed of a fiery or ethereal matter having little or no density, they could quite easily rotate eccentric to the Earth without becoming off balance.

Since surviving breast cancer in 1992, she has been an advocate for health awareness becoming involved with various charities, health products and fundraising efforts.

Since becoming leader of the party in 2011, Marine Le Pen has focused mostly on the perceived threat against the secular value system of the French Republic.

Since Austria's becoming a member of the EU in 1995, the Austrian agricultural sector has been undergoing substantial reform under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP ).

Since then, the country has had two presidents: Francisco Macías Nguema, the former mayor of Mongomo under the Spanish colonial government, and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo ( Macías's nephew ), who has ruled since 1979 when he staged a military coup d ' état and executed Macías.

Since Daley's death and the subsequent election of son Richard as mayor in 1989, the first Mayor Daley has become known as " Boss Daley ," " Old Man Daley ," " Papa Bear ," or " Daley Senior " to residents of Chicago.

Since 1545 the lord mayor of London has worn a royal livery collar of Esses.

Since 2009 until today, mayor Norman Quijano has been working in the " Rescate del Centro Historico " which involves the removal of street vendors and remodeling of parks, and historic buildings.

Since the election of Pyotr Pimashkov as the mayor of Krasnoyarsk in 1996, the appearance of the city gradually improved: the old historical buildings were restored, the asphalt walkways were replaced with paving-stone, and numerous squares and recreation areas with fountains were either restored or constructed from scratch.

Since he did not receive the 50 % of the vote required to win the presidency, García was required to enter the second round against Alfonso Barrantes Lingán ( the leftist mayor of Lima ) of the Izquierda Unida Coalition.

Since 2008, the mayor of the city of Amiens, the regional capital, has been Socialist Gilles Demailly.

Since 2003, Belle Isle has run under a council-manager government, with the mayor being a strictly ceremonial position.

Since 2003, former Olympic skater Wayne Seybold has been Marion's mayor.

Since the consolidation of city and parish governments, Lafayette has had a city-parish president as its chief executive, rather than a mayor as it had previously.

Since 1976, Mayors have been chosen for four-year terms, except for the present mayor who has been able to serve since 1988 for some reason.

Since its founding as a city in 1851, Newburyport has been run by a mayor with a two-year term and an eleven member City Council.

Since 1975, when Wade W. Wilson became mayor due to many write-in votes, Dillsboro has made a successful effort to restore many older buildings in the town to their original appearance.

Since August 26, 2010, Castle Hayne has an interim mayor, Tom Radewicz.

Since becoming a city in 1960, the political power was balanced until the late 1960s and early 1970s when the Republicans led by Mayor Anthony DePaola dominated until 1983 when Democrat John Jaworski was elected mayor.

Since the late 1990s Lorain has elected all Democrats to city council, but in 1999 a Republican-Craig Foltin-was elected mayor.

" Since then, one newspaper reports that " talk around town about whether the young mayor will succeed ranges from skepticism to sunny optimism.

Since 2005, colorful mayor John Fetterman has launched a campaign to attract new residents to the area from the artistic and so-called creative communities.

Since 1993, its mayor has been Hans Toft, a member of the Conservative People's Party ( Det Konservative Folkeparti ).

Since that time, Detroit has been unable to lose its reputation as one of the most corrupt cities in America -- a perception frequently attributed to the period coinciding with Young's long tenure as mayor.

Since 2001 the lord mayor is directly voted by the citizens.

Since 1959, 10 people have held the office of mayor in the city.

Since 2009, the mayor of Ninove has been Michel Casteur ( VLD ).

Since October 2006, its mayor is Salimzhan Naqpayev.