Since the crown appointed the Lord High Steward, the peers felt that in a political prosecution this procedure put the defense at a severe disadvantage, and in the late seventeenth century made repeated efforts to ameliorate it.

Since 1978 he has, at different times, been a Trustee of the Sports Aid Foundation, Governor of the Sports Aid Trust, Member of the Sports Council, Member of the Central Council for Physical Recreation's Enquiry into Sponsorship of Sport, a Trustee of the Oxford University Boat Club, Member of the Major Spectator Sports Committee of the Central Council for Physical Recreation, a Steward of the British Boxing Board of Control, Patron of the Bath University Amateur Boxing Club, Patron of the Uphill Ski Club, President of the British Biathlon Union, President of the Welsh Amateur Rowing Association and Chairman of the Paralympic World Cup in 2005.

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 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 these decisions Ethiopia has refused to permit the physical demarcation of the border while Eritrea insists the border must be demarcated as defined by the Commission.

Since the early 1970s he has refused to write for conventional symphony orchestras and has instead opted to write for his own idiosyncratic instrumental combinations, which often retain some traditional orchestral instruments alongside electric guitars, electric basses, and congas.

Since Celestine had not been formally consecrated pope, the wounded candidate declared himself willing to resign, but the Pierleoni family and their supporters refused to accept Lamberto, who in the confusion had been proclaimed Pope under the name Honorius II.

" Since any sequel to the original Quake had already been refused, it became a viable way of continuing the series without actually continuing the storyline or setting of the first game.

Since the only person who could crown Eustace was Archbishop Theobald, who refused to do so without agreement from the current pope, Eugene III, the matter reached an impasse.

Since 1992, the IWC's Scientific Committee has requested that it be allowed to give quota proposals for some whale stocks, but this has so far been refused by the Plenary Committee.

Since these refused to submit voluntarily and tried to assert their traditional independence, his papacy is full of struggles against the higher ranks of the clergy.

Since the United Nations refused to help suppress the rebellion in Katanga, Lumumba sought Soviet aid in the form of arms, food, medical supplies, trucks, and planes to help move troops to Katanga.

Since that time, King has refused fan requests to read manuscripts for advice, claiming that he is concerned that there can be further accusations of plagiarism in the future.

" Since no candidate had received a majority of the vote, a runoff was required, but Toledo refused to participate in a second round against Fujimori.

Since this time, the Council and Mayor have refused to answer questions related to the controversy.

Since Bonanno refused to give up his position, the other Commission members felt it was time for drastic action.

Since the Sark court refused to let an Anglican to power, Philippe had to request the British crown to dissolve the court in 1675.

Since both of us refused our names it was published anonymously, Colet merely commending it in a preface.

Since Legenda Aurea still provided no connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate lore has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single.

Since Lewis is buried in a national park, the National Park Service must approve ; they refused the request in 1998, citing possible disturbance to the bodies of more than 100 pioneers buried nearby.

Since the driver refused to stop, the cop fired a shot, hitting Spadafora in the achilles ' tendon.

Since then it has been frequently suggested it be adopted as the official anthem, but the Swiss Federal Government has refused several times, wishing to let the people decide what they want to sing on political and military occasions.

Since the Party opposed nationalism and national liberation struggles, it has persistently refused to take sides in such wars as the Vietnam war, and currently does not support the resistance in the Iraq war.

But the most significant refusal in recent times has been that of the U. S. Since 1985 the U. S. Congress has refused to authorize payment of the U. S. dues, in order to force UN compliance with U. S. wishes, as well as a reduction in the U. S. assessment.

Since Stennis was famously hard-of-hearing, Cox refused the compromise that same evening and it was believed that there would be a short rest in the legal maneuvering while government offices were closed for the weekend.

Since Strang refused to appoint a successor, and insisted that the next Strangite prophet must be ordained by angels just as he and Joseph Smith had been, Strang's church was left leaderless and vulnerable.

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 the playwright's wishes were not protected by copyright, Ibsen decided to avoid the danger of being re-written by a lesser dramatist by committing what he called a " barbaric outrage " on his play himself and giving it an alternative ending in which Nora did not leave.

* Since Big Brother 2, the UK series always opens with a twist which have included the public being able to choose the final housemate out of three possibilities ( Big Brother 2 ), the public voting for a housemate to leave during the first week and then the housemates choosing between the two housemates with the least number of votes ( Big Brother 3 ), First Night Nominations ( Big Brother 4 ), Suitcase Nominations ( Big Brother 5 ), Unlucky Housemate 13 ( Big Brother 6 ), Big Brother Hood ( Big Brother 7 ), an all-female House and the first inclusion of twins as contestants ( Big Brother 8 ), the first couple to enter as housemates and set a secret task to hide their real relationship ( Big Brother 9 ), all " housemates " really being " non-housemates " who had to earn their housemate status ( Big Brother 10 ), a mole entering the House with an " Impossible Task " ( Big Brother 11 ), Jackie Stallone entering a house containing her son's ex-wife ( Celebrity Big Brother 3 ), the entrance of a non-celebrity in a celebrity edition ( Celebrity Big Brother 4 ) and Jade Goody's family announced to be visiting.

Since 2009 thousands of established immigrants began to leave, although some that did continued to maintain homes in Spain due to poor conditions in their country of origin.

Since the 19th century high level civil servants from the Dutch East Indies often spent long term leave and vacation in The Hague.

Since the government fears that he will repeat his action, he is given a choice: either allow trained psychologists to fix him, or leave to an area known as Coventry.

Since all of the newspapers have different styles, concentrating on one of them is likely to lead to proficiency in only one style of clue-writing ; moving to a different series, after perhaps years spent with just one, can leave the solver feeling as if they gone back to square one.

Since there was no Prince of Orange upon the death of William II, the regents used this opportunity to leave the stadtholdership vacant.

Since, however, his power was not well enough grounded to allow an attack on Syria, Antiochus considered that he might leave Achaeus for the present and renew his attempt on Ptolemaic Syria.

Since 2003, he, his family and a number of supporters have been forced to leave Northern Ireland by the mainstream UDA.

Since the empress did " not like processions ," her servants had already been ordered to leave by train for neighboring Territet.

Since the Treaty of Lisbon, Member States ' right to leave the Union is codified, and the Union operates with more qualified majority voting ( rather than unanimity ) in many areas.

Since the band was defined by place of residence, rather than by kinship, a person was free to leave one band and join another, which tended to ameliorate leadership disputes.

Since he cannot leave because of the feast, Tobias sends Raphael to recover his father's money.

Since the cat did not leave Norway until the 1970s, it was not registered as a breed in the Fédération Internationale Féline, a European federation of cat registries, until Carl-Fredrik Nordane, a local cat fancier, took notice of the breed, and made efforts to register it.

Since the event takes place on a rented campground, used by other events during the year, participants try to leave the site cleaner than they found it rather than in an identical condition.

Since the city will not allow more than one bridge open at a time, a bridge seizing in the open position can potentially leave a mariner stranded in a small section of the river.

Since he elected to leave high school before completing his diploma, Bryant had to enroll in a Tuscaloosa high school to finish his education during the fall semester while he practiced with the college team.

Since positive response to spam is probably much less than 1 / 10, 000, if just a tiny percentage of users visit spam sites just to leave negative messages, the negative messages could easily outnumber positive ones, incurring costs for spammers to sort them out, not mentioning the cost in bandwidth.

Since the Kzinti have bred intelligence out of their own females, an inexperienced Kzin is sometimes careless enough to leave human females to their own devices, usually with fatal results to that particular Kzin.

Since the market also provided them with shelter, the refugees were relucant to leave.

Since Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty had several plot points unresolved, it was originally meant to leave it to players to discuss them to come to their own conclusions.

Since fire-gilding requires that the mercury be volatilized to drive off the mercury and leave the gold behind on the surface, it is extremely dangerous.

Since then all secretaries are political appointees and have to leave the civil service.