Since in 2008, the CSU lost its absolute majority in Bavaria and formed a coalition with the FDP, the grand coalition had no majority in the Bundesrat and depended on FDP votes on important issues.

Since 1970 the " National Front coalition " headed by United Malays National Organisation ( UMNO ) has governed Malaysia.

Since the DAP and the PAS have diametrically opposed policies, they have been unable to form an effective opposition coalition.

Since playing a major role in the defeat of Napoleon, Russia had been regarded as militarily invincible, but, once pitted against a coalition of the great powers of Europe, the reverses it suffered on land and sea exposed the weakness of Tsar Nicholas ' regime.

Since then there have been three democratic changes of government: in 1996, the democratic-liberal opposition and its leader Emil Constantinescu acceded to power ; in 2000 the Social Democrats returned to power, with Iliescu once again president ; and in 2004 Traian Băsescu was elected president, with an electoral coalition called Justice and Truth Alliance ( DA ).

Since the ousting of former Federal Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević in October 2000, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( DOS ) coalition government has implemented stabilization measures and embarked on an aggressive market reform program.

Since the ousting of former Federal Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević in October 2000, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( DOS ) coalition government has implemented stabilization measures and embarked on an aggressive market reform program.

Since the Spanish transition to democracy, there have not been coalition governments ; when a party has failed to obtain absolute majority, minority governments have been formed.

Since the constitution of 1978 came into effect, there have not been any coalition governments, even if the party with the largest number of seats has failed to obtained absolute majority, though in such cases the party in government has had to rely on the support of minority parties to gain confidence and to approve the State's budgets.

Since all FPÖ government members and most FPÖ members of parliament decided to join the new party, the Schüssel coalition remained in office ( now in the constellation ÖVP – BZÖ, with the remaining FPÖ in opposition ) until the next elections.

Since the Basic Law is restrictive on the dissolution of parliament, Kohl had to take another controversial move: he called for a confidence vote only a month after being sworn in, in which members of his coalition abstained.

Since November 2010, it merged with the coalition to become Europe Ecology – The Greens.

Since 2005, Jens Stoltenberg has been leading a red-green coalition, consisting of Norwegian Labour Party, Socialist Left Party and Center Party.

Since coalition cabinets of two or more parties are the rule, this process has influence on government policy for years to come.

Since the 1961 election, the two major parties ( CDU / CSU and SPD ) call their leading candidates for the federal election " chancellor-candidate " ( Kanzlerkandidat ), although this is not an official term and any party can nominate a Kanzlerkandidat ( even if there is no chance at all to lead or even become part of a coalition ).

Since then, the government alternated between a left-wing coalition ( composed of the French Socialist Party ( PS ), the French Communist Party ( PCF ) and more recently Les Verts, the Greens ) and a right-wing coalition ( composed of Jacques Chirac's Rally for the Republic ( RPR ), later replaced by the Union for a Popular Movement ( UMP ), and the Union for French Democracy, UDF ).

Since there are no political alliances and parties do not commit themselves to a coalition before the elections, a competent King can have a decisive personal influence on what coalition is formed.

Since the 1980s there had been talk of attempts to ban the party, which resulted in Batasuna frequently changing its name as part of the effort to avoid this, from the original Herri Batasuna, then becoming part of the Euskal Herritarrok coalition in the 1990s and, finally, Batasuna.

Since the Borough ’ s creation, Bromley had always been under Conservative control until the local elections of 7 May 1998 when a Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition assumed power.

Since Perry Hall is not incorporated, the PHIA is the dominant communitywide coalition in the area.

Since businesses make money and money leads to political power, business will inevitably use their power to influence governments.

Since the autumn of 1914 he had insisted that " from the standpoint of the working class and of the labouring masses from the lesser evil would be the defeat of the Tsarist Monarchy "; the war must be turned into a civil war of the proletarian soldiers against their own governments, and if a proletarian victory should emerge from this in Russia, then their duty would be to wage a revolutionary war for the liberation of the masses throughout Europe.

Since few skateparks were available to skaters at this time, street skating pushed skaters to seek out shopping centers and public and private property as their " spot " to skate ( public opposition, in which businesses, governments, and property owners have banned skateboarding on properties under their jurisdiction or ownership, would progressively intensify over the following decades ).

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

Since governments also resolve commercial disputes, especially in countries with common law, similar arguments are sometimes used to justify a sales tax or value added tax.

Since then governments have investigated UFO reports, often from a military perspective, and UFO researchers have investigated, written about, and created organizations devoted to the subject.

Since fully regaining independence Estonia has had 12 governments with 8 prime ministers: Mart Laar, Andres Tarand, Tiit Vähi, Mart Siimann, Siim Kallas, Juhan Parts, and Andrus Ansip.

Since the passages call for total nonresistance to the point of facilitating aggression against oneself, and since human governments defend themselves by military force, this has led some into Christian anarchism, including the notable Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, author of the nonfiction book The Kingdom of God Is Within You.

Since the start of the cold war, the United States has economically and / or diplomatically supported friendly foreign governments, including many that overtly violated the civil and human rights of their own citizens and residents.

Since many of the predominantly Roman Catholic Canadians were unwilling to take such an oath, this effectively prevented large numbers of French-speaking Canadians from participating in the local governments.

Since its ban in China, numerous Western governments and human rights organizations have expressed condemnation for the suppression in China and sympathized with Falun Gong's plight.

Since assuming power, the government dominated by the political grouping created by Museveni and his followers, the National Resistance Movement ( NRM or the " Movement "), has largely put an end to the human rights abuses of earlier governments, initiated substantial political liberalization and general press freedom, and instituted broad economic reforms after consultation with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), World Bank, and donor governments.

Since World War II, successive Norwegian governments have sought to broaden and extend public benefits to its citizens, in the form of sickness and disability benefits, minimum guaranteed pensions, heavily subsidized or free universal health care, unemployment insurance, and so on.

Since 1979, Passive Solar Building Design has been a critical element of achieving zero energy by educational institution experiments, and governments around the world, including the U. S. Department of Energy, and the energy research scientists that they have supported for decades.

Since the time Fidel Castro came to power, the Cuban Government has been condemned by certain ( mostly dissident ) Cuban groups, some international groups, and foreign governments for engaging in activities labeled by some as undemocratic.

Since then, most New Zealand governments have been supportive of Israel.

Since the 1990s, SNCF has been selling railway carriages to regional governments, with the creation of the Train Express Régional brand.

Since then, it has been an international commitment on behalf of both governments and non-government organisations to maintain the networks that hold regular revisions for the succinct categorisations that have been developed to regulate and record protected areas.

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 1997 the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown developed a programme of better regulation.

Since the hazards of poor communication are so great, p can be justified as a habitable site only on the basis of unusual productivity such as is made available by a waterfall for milling purposes, a mine, or a sugar maple camp.

Since the slogans have little application to reality and are sanctimonious to boot, the applause is faint even in areas of the world where we should expect to find the greatest affection for free government.

Since we can neither undo nor redo the past, we are limited to the events of today and tomorrow.

Since the recognition of Israel as a nation state, claims are made in many cases which identify the claimant as a member of the new body politic.

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 conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.

Since broadcast frequencies are very limited in number, these objectives are to some extent inconsistent in that not all of them can be fully realized, and to the extent that each is realized, there is a corresponding reduction of the possibilities for fullest achievement of the others.

Since the provision of skywave service requires adequate freedom from interference, only class 1, stations are capable of rendering skywave service.

Since the sides are also covered up to the spray rails, they are also rough-sanded in that area.

Since fly cutters are one sided and not balanced, they should be used at the slowest speed available, and fed very slowly to avoid binding.

Since there are almost no schools in the country offering graduate work in interior design this rule cannot at present be observed.

Since charges are relatively the same, reserving a car before you leave for Europe will assure you of having one on tap when you want it.

Since practical washing procedures are both lengthy and expensive, a number of laboratory tests have been developed for the numerical evaluation of detergents.

Since the circulating thyroid hormones are the amino acids thyroxine and tri-iodothyronine ( cf. Section C ), it is clear that some mechanism must exist in the thyroid gland for their release from proteins before secretion.

Since emotional reactions in the higher vertebrates depend on individual experience and are aroused in man, in addition, by complex symbols, one would expect that the hypothalamus could be excited from the cortex.

Since Af are distinct prime polynomials, the polynomials Af are relatively prime ( Theorem 8, Chapter 4 ).

Since D and D' are both diagonalizable and they commute, they are simultaneously diagonalizable, and Af is diagonalizable.

Since N and N' are both nilpotent and they commute, the operator Af is nilpotent ; ;

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 the choice is by lot each week, the outcomes of different trials are independent.

Since two curves of symbol Af on Q intersect in Af points, it follows that there are Af lines of Af which are tangent to Aj.