Since the Bishop of London refused to ordain ministers in the British American colonies, this constituted an emergency, and as a result, on 2 September 1784, Rev.

Since the English Reformation, the Church of England has been more explicitly a state church and the choice is legally that of the British crown ; today it is made in the name of the Sovereign by the Prime Minister, from a shortlist of two selected by an ad hoc committee called the Crown Nominations Commission.

Since Henry VIII broke with Rome, the Archbishops of Canterbury have been selected by the English ( British since the Act of Union in 1707 ) monarch.

Since the Admiralty no longer exists as a department, these are now used as an " office bank " by the British government:

Since 2001, financial services in the British Virgin Islands have been regulated by the independent Financial Services Commission.

Since 1999, the German parliament has again assembled in Berlin in its original Reichstag building, which dates from the 1890s and underwent a significant renovation under the lead of British architect Sir Norman Foster.

Since the introduction of the comic book format in 1933 with the publication of Famous Funnies, the United States has produced the most titles, along with British comics and Japanese manga, in terms of quantity of titles.

Since first being aired, it has been one of the most financially lucrative programmes on British commercial television, underpinning the success of its broadcaster ITV and its franchise Granada Television.

Since its release the album has itself become part of British popular culture.

Since FINA refused to rescind recognition of the ASA as the British governing body for all aquatic sports including diving, this meant that the elite divers had to belong to ASA-affiliated clubs to be eligible for selection to international competition.

Since its premiere in 1985, EastEnders has had a large impact on British popular culture.

Since then Mullan and Edwards have travelled to Flanders and the site of the World War One Christmas Truce and the legendary football game between British and German soldiers.

Since the days of the Second World War, US and British intelligence have shared information.

Since 1714, the succession of the British monarchs of the houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( Windsor ) has been due to their descent from James VI and I of the House of Stuart.

Since Greece, a maritime country, could not oppose the mighty British navy, and citing the need for a respite after two wars, King Constantine favored continued neutrality, while Venizelos actively sought Greek entry in the war on the Allied side.

Since the 1950s and 1960s in particular, the Irish have become assimilated into the British population.

Since antiquity in various parts of the world, and since the 17th century in England, it had been known that citrus fruit had an antiscorbutic effect, when John Woodall ( 1570 – 1643 ), an English military surgeon of the British East India Company recommended them but their use did not become widespread.

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 1611, the British Crown has awarded a hereditary title in the form of the Baronetcy.

Since Victoria's reign, the stone has generally been worn by the British Queen Consort, never by a male ruler.

* Christine Clark, The British Malting Industry Since 1830, Hambledon Continuum ( 1 July 1998 ), ISBN 1-85285-170-8

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

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 ).

" Jamie Reid ", in Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design Since the Sixties, ed.

Since the American, British and Soviet Occupation Zones converged there, people theoretically only had to walk a few paces across sector boundaries to avoid the respective Police officials.

Since its unification with Pakistan, the East Pakistan Army had consisted of only one infantry brigade, which was made up of two battalions, the 1st East Bengal Regiment and the 1 / 14 or 3 / 8 Punjab Regiment in 1948.

Since 2001, the Royal Danish Army has been involved in the War in Afghanistan as part of the ISAF.

Since the Reserve Army consisted of two million men, Himmler hoped to draw on these reserves to fill posts within the Waffen-SS.

Since December 20, 1999, the defense of Macau has been the responsibility of the Chinese People's Liberation Army ( PLA ), which stations between 500-600 troops in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, primarily as a symbolic presence to underscore Chinese sovereignty.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Tuareg Rebellion, the Army has struggled to maintain its size, despite recent military aid from the United States.

Since then a British Army sniper beat the Canadian's record by, by killing two Taliban insurgents at a range of.

Since 1989, there have been several attempts to curb military activity or even abolish the armed forces altogether ( see Group for a Switzerland without an Army ).

Since the Army XXI reform in 2004, the basic structure of the Land Forces has been reorganised in the following units: infantry brigades ( 2 and 5 ); mountain infantry brigades ( 9 and 12 ); armoured brigades ( 1 and 11 ).

Since 1967, the facility has been occupied by the former British Army Major Paddy Roy Bates ; his associates and family claim that it is an independent sovereign state.

Since 1964, the Army has acquired 1, 150 M102 towed howitzers.

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

Since the first class graduated, SAMS planners have supported every major military campaign, providing " the Army with many of its top campaign planners for the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries ".

Since most German operations during World War II were Army controlled ( with Luftwaffe support ), the OKH demanded control over German military forces.

Since the bulk of both troops and aircraft were American, Brereton, a U. S. Army Air Forces officer, was named by Eisenhower on 16 July and appointed by SHAEF on 2 August.

Since 1959, midshipmen have been able to " cross-commission ," or request a commission in the Air Force or Army, provided they meet that service's eligibility standards.

Since Prittwitz had already ordered the German troops to pull back via train, Ludendorff directed I Corps to alight near Deutsch-Eylau to cover the left flank of XX Corps, who had been in front of the Second Army since before the battle at Gumbinnen.

Since 1938, conspiratorial groups planning an overthrow of some kind had existed in the German Army ( Wehrmacht Heer ) and in the German Military Intelligence Organization ( Abwehr ).

Since the United States was at peace, the Army decided to honorably discharge Flynt.

Since 1814, the Royal Norwegian Army has again existed as a separate navy.

Since 1983 there has been an official Salvation Army tartan.

Since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, The Salvation Army has allocated donations of more than $ 365 million to serve more than 1. 7 million people in nearly every state.

Since their activity assisted the British against the Continental Army, public executions were not uncommon.

Since the days of the Lucky Lee Ranch, the boundaries of Lehigh Acres have stretched to cover, including the runways of the former Buckingham Army Airfield, a major Army Air Forces training base that was closed at the end of World War II.