Since 1995, Jan Mayen has been administered by the County Governor ( fylkesmann ) of the northern Norwegian county of Nordland to which it is closest.

Since a shire was an administrative division of the kingdom, the term " county " evolved to designate an administrative division of national government in most modern uses.

Since then the Green Party of the U. S. has claimed electoral victories at the municipal, county and state levels.

Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, after New York County ( Manhattan ).

Since its establishment in 1998, the CCYC has given input to the BOCC and other county departments and organizations on various issues important to youth.

Since that decision, annexation plans have been halted, and Washington County started urban planning to provide city-level services to the unincorporated urban areas in the county.

Since then the southern part ( from Poughkeepsie south ) of the county has developed into a largely residential area, suburban in character, with many of its residents commuting to jobs in New York City.

Since that time, agriculture has declined in the county.

Since the county is roughly equidistant between Charleston and Huntington, the state's two largest cities, along Interstate 64, the area has undergone a period of rapid suburbanization.

Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger.

Since that time, the administrative re-organisation has reduced the geographical extent of the county by the extent of the area under the jurisdiction of Waterford City Council.

Since there is no county government or county seat in any of Connecticut's counties, Fairfield County, is only a geographical point of reference.

Since elections have been close in recent years it is considered an electoral battleground county in Washington state politics.

Since then several Mexican Americans have served as county commissioners and in other county and local offices.

Since the county was founded in 1913, every Democratic candidate has carried the county.

Since the 1970s Fort Bend County has been attracting people from all types of racial and ethnic backgrounds and according to a 2001 Claritas study, it was the fifth most diverse county in the United States among counties of 100, 000 + population.

Since its establishment in 1795, the county seat has been situated at Sevierville ( also named for Sevier ), the eighth-oldest city in Tennessee.

Since then, Selmer has been the county seat.

Since 1856, the county has been coterminous with the city of Philadelphia, which also serves as its seat.

Since October 2010, the county board of commissioners has supported a " strategic investment program " for another wind power project in Oregon, Horizon Wind Energy's proposed Antelope Ridge Wind Farm ; after delays due to concerns about the project's impact on wildlife, the project has received support from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Since the approval of Measure 5 in 1968, an initiative to merge the county with Portland has been considered and placed on the county ballot several times.

Since Rhode Island at that time did not have such sanction, his opinion was not popular.

Since the great flood of these dystopias has appeared only in the last twelve years, it seems fairly reasonable to assume that the chief impetus was the 1949 publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four, an assumption which is supported by the frequent echoes of such details as Room 101, along with education by conditioning from Brave New World, a book to which science-fiction writers may well have returned with new interest after reading the more powerful Orwell dystopia.

Those famous lines of the Greek Anthology with which a fading beauty dedicates her mirror at the shrine of a goddess reveal a wise attitude: `` Venus, take my votive glass, Since I am not what I was, What from this day I shall be, Venus, let me never see ''.

Since it was issued in the spring of 1611, the King James Version has been most generally considered the most poetic and beautiful of all translations of the Bible.

Since she could not act, one part suited her as well as any other, and so she was the first person to offer Mr. Lincoln a glass of water, holding it up to the box, high above her head, to Miss Harris, who had asked for it.

Since ordinary breakfast-table conversation was impossible, it was at least something that they were able to offer Eugene the sugar bowl with their sugar in it, and the plate of bread and butter, and that Eugene could return the pitcher of hot milk to them handle first.

Since his Christ was to be life size, how was Mary to hold him on her lap without the relationship seeming ungainly??

Since the writer had established this democratic procedure in the beginning he had to go along with their decision -- after, of course, pointing out whether he thought their decision was a wise or an unwise one.

Since this type of item was not in the statute when section 381 was enacted in 1954, one cannot say with certainty what effect the enactment of that section should have.

Since writing was practiced in the Aegean before the end of the century, we may hope that the details of tradition will now be occasionally useful.

Since the strength of the Mexicans had been underrated, too small a posse had been collected, and since the deputy had not been provided with search warrants, MacPherson and his men decided it was much wiser to withdraw.

Since experience indicates that effluents from oxidation ponds do not create major problems at these BOD concentrations, the goal for the effluent quality of the accelerated treatment system was the same as from conventional oxidation ponds.

Since the psychiatric interview, like any other interview, depends on communication, it is significant to note that the therapist in this interview was a man of marked skill and long experience.

Since Fogg's was a one-man, one-plane flying service, this meant that he would have to do both trips, flying alone 600 miles a day, under sub-freezing temperature conditions.

Since the 1946 disaster there have been 15 tsunami in the Pacific, but only one was of any consequence.

Since a fall or blow might have caused it, a cold pack was usually first aid.

Since then he had worked at this and that, though some said his main interest was gambling.

Since 1949, the only National League club that got off to a hot start and made a runaway of the race was the '55 Dodger team.

Since Russian was being spoken instead of Spanish, there is no violation of artistry or logic here.

Since the organization was created thirteen years ago, it is obvious that this is not the original company ; ;

Since they did not glance curiously at us once, I guessed that there was a penalty for distraction.

Since 30 June 2012 when the last leap second was added, TAI has been exactly 35 seconds ahead of UTC.