Since the 1951 general election, the party system has been dominated by the personalist Antigua Labour Party ( ALP ), dominated by the Bird family, particularly Prime Ministers Vere and Lester Bird.

Since the 1980s, the People's Republic of China has constructed a new legal framework for administrative law, establishing control mechanisms for overseeing the bureaucracy and disciplinary committees for the Communist Party of China.

Since independence the party system has been dominated by the Botswana Democratic Party ( BDP ), which has never lost power since independence.

Since 1990, Bulgaria has an unstable party system, in the past two decades differently dominated by the post-communist Bulgarian Socialist Party or by the right Union of Democratic Forces and recently by the new right-oriented party-Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria.

Since their coming to power in 1997, controversies affecting the Labour Government such as David Blunkett's affair with Spectator editor Kimberly Fortier and financial scandals involving senior ministers and officials shifted the focus to sleaze within the Labour Party.

Since then, the Swiss People's Party has moved to the extreme right and is no longer considered to be conservative.

" Since the 1950s conservatism in the United States has been chiefly associated with the Republican Party.

Since 1978, the Communist Party has attempted to institutionalize transitions of power and consolidate its internal structure.

Since 20 July 2004, ELDR is politically represented in the European Parliament by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe ( ALDE ) parliamentary group, formed in conjunction with the European Democratic Party.

Since independence the party system is dominated by the conservative Gabonese Democratic Party.

Since 1994 the party system is dominated by the socialist African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde and the Party for Social Renewal.

Since 1983 it has been part of the parliamentary constituency of Hastings and Rye ; the current MP, since 2010, is Amber Rudd of the Conservative Party.

Since the Liberal Democratic Party ( the LDP ) was in power, it has been convention that the President of the party serves as prime minister.

* 1981 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its " Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China ", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.

Since 1991, Lithuanian voters have shifted from right to left and back again, swinging between the Conservatives, led by Vytautas Landsbergis, and the ( formerly Communist ) Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, led by president Algirdas Brazauskas.

Since the end of World War II, the Christian Social People's Party ( CSV ) has usually been the dominant partner in governing coalitions.

Since Independence, the party electoral system has been dominated by the Christian democratic Nationalist Party ( Partit Nazzjonalista ) and the social democratic Labour Party ( Partit Laburista ).

Since 2000, red has become associated with the right-wing Republican Party and blue with the left-wing Democratic Party.

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

Since the 20th century, the term republicanism is more likely to refer to the policies of the Republican Party, the nation's right-wing political party, than to republican values generally.

Since decennia the party system is dominated by the socialist Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the conservative United National Party.

( page 33 ) On the other hand, a little later on he says: `` Since 1692 a great but superficial change has wiped out God's beard and the Devil's horns, but the world is still gripped between two diametrically opposed absolutes.

Since “ a cappella ” singing brought a new polyphony with instrumental accompaniment, it is not surprising that Protestant reformers who opposed the instruments ( such as Calvin and Zwingli ) also opposed the polyphony.

Since 2000, the Military has had a sometimes tense relationship with the Qarase government, and has strongly opposed its plans to establish a Commission with the power to compensate victims and pardon perpetrators of the coup.

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

Since this use of the term conflicts with that of ordinary language, some psychologists have preferred to describe this process as " imaging " or " imagery " or to speak of it as " reproductive " as opposed to " productive " or " constructive " imagination.

Since he was eleven years her elder, already married, and a Buddhist, May-ling's mother vehemently opposed the marriage between the two, but finally agreed after Chiang showed proof of his divorce and promised to convert to Christianity.

Since they can be used only once, fusees nowadays are usually intended for emergency use ( as opposed to the incandescent lanterns typically used during normal operating conditions ).

Since that time, it has become increasingly common to teach carving as a form of parallel skiing, as opposed to the " classic " parallel technique.

Since the language would be used for the entire system, as opposed to just running on an existing operating system, it needed to run as fast as possible.

Since they have been introduced, speed limits have been opposed from various sources ; including motoring advocacy groups, anti-motoring groups and others who either consider them to be irrelevant, set too low or set too high.

Since Jimmy doesn't know Clark's secret identity, it is reasonable to assume that they plan on driving across the state as opposed to flying halfway across the country.

Since the actual town only has a footprint of a tenth of a square mile ( 0. 1 miles ), an attorney representing residents and businesses in the proposed annexation area who opposed being a part of such a troubled town found that previous land annexations were void due to the proper paperwork having never been filed.

Since then, several groups have studied antimatter-catalyzed micro fission / fusion engines in the lab ( sometimes antiproton as opposed to antimatter ).

Since Sichuan province was a strong base of Maoist radicalism during the Cultural Revolution, the ardent followers of the Gang of Four vehemently opposed Zhao's reforms.

Since stock in closed-end funds is traded like other stock, an investor trading them will pay a brokerage commission similar to that paid when trading other stocks ( as opposed to commissions on open-ended mutual funds, where the commission will vary based on the share class chosen and the method of purchasing the fund ).

Since Kinmen is historically part of Fujian, most residents will say they speak " Kinmenese ", as opposed to " Taiwanese " as it is commonly called in Taiwan, though the two dialects are mutually intelligible.

Since its inception in 1928 the movement has officially opposed violent means to achieve its goals, with some exceptions such as in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or to overthrow secular Ba ' athist rule in Syria ( see Hama massacre ).

Since the LoD exemplifies a specific type of coupling, and does not specify a method of addressing this type of coupling, it is more suited as a metric for code smell as opposed to a methodology for building loosely coupled systems.

Since the helot population was not technically chattel, their population was reliant on native birth rates, as opposed to prisoners of war or purchased slaves.

Since Lü Zhi had strong rapport with many ministers, they generally opposed Gaozu's decision but the emperor seemed bent on deposing Liu Ying.

Since its foundation, the socialist party has opposed every war-including both World War I and World War II.

Since the 19th century there have been a number of feminist movements opposed to male supremacism and working for equal legal rights and protections for women in all cultural, political and interpersonal relations.

Since the couple's families opposed their marriage, they settled in France in 1904.