Since the 1920s this discrepancy has been explained by the presence of isotopes ; the atomic mass of any isotope is very close to satisfying the whole number rule, with the mass defect caused by differing binding energies being significantly smaller.

Since the 1920s, Prime Ministers have typically been conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, or the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers ( until 2003 a special higher class of the Order of the Rising Sun ), depending on tenure and eminence.

Since the production of high-quality semiconductor materials was still decades away, Lilienfeld's solid-state amplifier ideas would not have found practical use in the 1920s and 1930s, even if such a device were built.

Since the 1920s, it has experienced rapid growth and established many industries for agricultural products and machinery, textiles, pharmaceuticals, metal products, and services.

Since the 1920s, the two largest political parties have been the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.

Since the 1920s, X-ray diffraction has been the principal method for determining the arrangement of atoms in minerals and metals.

Since the end of the 20th century, the economic strength during the 1920s has drawn close comparison with the 1950s and 1990s, especially in the United States of America.

Since the 1920s, the appearance of the " modern girl " ( moga ) and " modern boy " ( mobo ) saw an increase in the number of women taking on the role of industrial and white-collar workers and consumers.

Since the 1920s, Lancaster had been the much larger and principal community of the Antelope Valley, as well as the rest of California's Mojave Desert.

Since the 1960s Leiston became famous outside the UK as the home of the Summerhill School, founded by A. S. Neill in the 1920s, which was the first major " free school "-referring to freedom in education.

Since the district's period of significance extends to 1944, most of those buildings erected after the 1920s were built as infill within the areas already subdivided by the 1920s.

Since the district's period of significance extends to 1944, most of those buildings erected after the 1920s were built as infill within the areas already subdivided by the 1920s.

Since the early 1920s, 150 movies and about a dozen television shows have been filmed here, including Tom Mix films, Hopalong Cassidy films, The Gene Autry Show, and The Lone Ranger.

Since the 1920s, the economy has been based primarily on agriculture.

Since the 1920s, an increasingly elaborate sub-culture of organized science fiction fandom has arisen, initially among correspondents to the letter columns of science fiction magazines.

Since the 1920s, Governors-General have acted solely on the advice of the local ministers, rather than on that of the British Government.

Since the 1920s the Wallabies have worn green and gold jerseys.

Since the late 1920s the tension between the air and naval services had declined.

Since the 1920s, the street's name has been synonymous with the American advertising industry.

Since the early 1920s, this modern vernacular form has been the standard style of writing for speakers of all varieties of Chinese throughout mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore as the written form of Modern Standard Chinese.

Since late 1920s, nearly all Chinese newspapers, books, and official and legal documents have been written in vernacular Chinese using the national standard.

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Since the Oxford Movement there has also been a modest flourishing of Benedictine monasticism in the Anglican Church and Protestant Churches.

From Colony to Superpower: U. S. Foreign Relations Since 1776, Oxford University Press, 2008 ISBN 0-19-976553-7

Since 2005 Apple Inc .' s Mac OS X operating system has come bundled with a dictionary application and widget which credits as its source " Oxford American Dictionaries ", and contains the full text of NOAD2.

Since the 18th century, " Orientalist " has been the traditional term for a scholar of Oriental studies ; however the use in English of " Orientalism " to describe the academic subject of " Oriental studies " is rare ; the Oxford English Dictionary cites only one such usage, by Lord Byron in 1812.

Since 2001, Oxford University Press has financially supported the Clarendon bursary, a University of Oxford graduate scholarship scheme.

Since 1924, the building has been established as the Museum of the History of Science, with exhibitions including the scientific instruments given to Oxford University by Lewis Evans ( 1853 – 1930 ), amongst them the world's largest collection of astrolabes.

Since 1845, the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race has had its finish point at Mortlake, marked by the University Boat Race stone just downstream of Chiswick Bridge.

Since 1970 Oxford has annexed large amounts of land to the south, including the communities of Coldwater and Bynum.

Since then, by gift and purchase, the library has grown into an important collection that is widely recognised as the leading specialist library not only in Oxford but in the United Kingdom, particularly for Patristics, church history, liturgy, doctrine, monasticism and Catholic organizations.

Since the nineteenth century, the Hall has had close links with the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union and the Oxford Pastorate, two evangelical organizations working with Oxford students.

Since Aldershot's exile, Reading's main local rivalries have been with Oxford United and Swindon Town.

Since then, an edition of the Riverside Shakespeare has included the play, and plans are afoot for the Arden Shakespeare and Oxford Shakespeare series to publish editions.

* Since 1999 bridge 164 on the Oxford Canal in Banbury has borne Tom Rolt's name in commemoration of his book Narrow Boat ( as does the Tom Rolt Centre at the Ellesmere Port section of the National Waterways Museum ).

Since February 1644 he had been a member of the committee of accounts, and on 1 May 1647 he was appointed one of the commissioners for the visitation of the university of Oxford.

Since most of the coal which used the canal travelled onwards via the Coventry Canal and the Oxford Canal, these companies faced a big drop in toll revenues, and fought hard to get the Midland Railway's bill amended.

Since 2008, Grove Music Online has served as a cornerstone of Oxford University Press's larger online research tool Oxford Music Online.

Since winning his first world championship in 2005, Alonso became an ambassor of the University of Oxford, to promote the new field of study of Motorsport of Business for Social Science financing 12 students from all parts of the world.

Since January 2010, he has been a Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.

As the Oxford Companion to the Bible states: " Since life was viewed as sacred ( Genesis 9. 6 ), no amount of blood money could be given as recompense for the loss of the life of an innocent person ; it had to be ' life for life '" ( Exodus 21. 23 ; Deuteronomy 19. 21 )".

*" Oxford Gray " sampled by RJD2 for the track " Ring Finger " from the album " Since We Last Spoke " ( 2004 ).