Since the 2007 election, the party's structure has significantly weakened.

Since 2006, membership in the party's state affiliates has been separate from membership in the national party,

Since ballots did not distinguish between votes for President and votes for Vice President, every ballot cast for Burr technically counted as a vote for him to become President, despite Jefferson clearly being his party's first choice.

Since foundation, the party's policies have broadened from environmentalism to include policies aligned with the philosophies of grassroots democracy, social justice, conservation, and the peace movement.

Since the late 1970s, five " great revolutionary plays " have been promoted as prototypes of the party's literature: The Shrine for a Tutelary Deity, a theatrical rendition of The Flower Girl, Three Men, One Party, " A Letter from a Daughter, and Hyolbun mangukhoe " ( Resentment at the World Conference ).

Since this event, he has often been accused of being the party's specialist on Islam and its link with the new Pagan Movement.

Since the 2001 General Election, the party's religious point of view has been largely shifted against inclusion of religious minorities, and it went with an alliance with Islamic party Jamaat, although a number of leaders representing the minority communities were nominated for the election.

Since becoming leader, MacKay and the party's ruling council had done little to facilitate election readiness and preparation which may have been an early signal of MacKay's intentions to not run a full slate of 308 PC candidates in the expected election.

Since it puts a premium on conscious understanding of the case, the party restricts membership to those who can pass a membership test on the party's policies and principles.

Since the direction of the PCB remained rigidly faithful to Moscow, a division of Mao with the rest of the communist movement has attracted the sympathy of PCdoB, who sent emissaries to Beijing to formalize the ideological link with the new ideological guidelines of the Communist Party of China, Among these messengers, was the party's exiled former president, Joao Amazonas, who was received by Mao Tse Tung.

Since 1945 party's work in exile has been organised.

Since the power to call snap elections usually lies with the incumbent, they frequently result in increased majorities for the party already in power having been called at an advantageous time ; however, there have been cases of snap elections backfiring and resulting in an opposition party's winning or gaining power.

Since Cardy became leader, the party's popularity has increased to over 20 % in opinion polls.

Since Mexico's constitution permits presidents to remain in power for only one term, and as an extralegal rule presidents ( until Salinas ) handpicked their own successors ( the party's first primary election in history took place in 1999 ), Colosio apparently enjoyed the president's favour, expressed in his famous declaration No se hagan bolas: el candidato es Colosio (" Don't get confused: Colosio is the candidate " would be an appropriate translation, literally it means " Don't entangle yourselves: Colosio is the candidate ").

Since most of the old party's assets were now the property of the Hewison-led Cecil Ross Society, the CPC convention decided to launch a new newspaper, the People's Voice, to replace the old Canadian Tribune.

Since 2002, the web site http :// www. ex-iwp. org / has provided a forum for former IWP members, mainly those hostile to the group, as well as some who remember it with mixed or positive feelings, to comment openly on their experiences and on the party's current political, cultural and fundraising endeavors.

Since it was essential to carry the West, and because Lincoln had a national reputation from his debates and speeches as the most articulate moderate, he won the party's nomination on the third ballot on May 18, 1860.

Since he quit office he is a permanent member of the party's steering committee and advises the party board on various issues.

Since 1994, when the SP made the breakthrough which brought it into the House of Representatives, Marijnissen has been chairman of the party's parliamentary group.

Since it was the party's view that the law and legal institutions existed to support party and state power, law often took the form of general principles and shifting policies rather than detailed and constant rules.

Since the 1980s, however, the party's popularity is greatest on the coastal areas, particularly around Ecuador's economic center and most populous city, Guayaquil, and in coastal provinces, such as Guayas, El Oro, Los Rios, and Manabi, which constitute about half of the country's population.

Since the party's formation, it has objected to every proposed state budget on the grounds that they have discriminated against the Arab population.

Since June 2002, Hope has been the party's sole leader following Cat Mandu's death in a road accident.

Since 2001, Bertinotti has led the party to take more radical, mass-movement positions close to those of the growing alternative globalisation movement, a stance which is opposed by the party's Trotskyist factions.

Since the obvious is not always true, the Republican National Committee wisely analyzed its defeat of last autumn and finds that it occurred, as suspected, in the larger cities.

Since the Byzantine army was still holding on after this defeat the sultan thought it was time to set up his secret weapon, a huge mobile tower.

Since playing a major role in the defeat of Napoleon, Russia had been regarded as militarily invincible, but, once pitted against a coalition of the great powers of Europe, the reverses it suffered on land and sea exposed the weakness of Tsar Nicholas ' regime.

Since the autumn of 1914 he had insisted that " from the standpoint of the working class and of the labouring masses from the lesser evil would be the defeat of the Tsarist Monarchy "; the war must be turned into a civil war of the proletarian soldiers against their own governments, and if a proletarian victory should emerge from this in Russia, then their duty would be to wage a revolutionary war for the liberation of the masses throughout Europe.

Since the defeat and expulsion of the ruling Kuomintang ROC government by the Communist Party of China from mainland China in 1949, the ROC government has controlled only Taiwan and its surrounding islands.

Since the defeat of the constitutional referendum in 2000, politics in Zimbabwe has been marked by a move from the norms of democratic governance, such as democratic elections, the independence of the judiciary, the rule of law, freedom from racial discrimination, the existence of independent media, civil society and academia.

Since the ace always plays high, A-5-4-3-2 is not considered a straight ; is simply ace-high no pair ( it would therefore lose to any king-high, but would defeat A-6-4-3-2 ).

Since then, Giscard has always attributed his defeat to Chirac, and he is widely said to loathe Chirac.

Since the 2004 election defeat the party has been the principal opposition in parliament.

Since his first election to a full term in 1972, Stevens never received less than 66 % of the vote before his 2008 defeat for re-election.

Since evil first entered the physical creation after the spiritual creation was complete, Zoroastrians maintain that for 9000 years the world continues to be a battlefield between Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu, which will end during the 12, 000th year, when the Saoshyants brings about the final renovation of the world to defeat evil.

Since the development of the modern gunfighter pā ( Māori fortress ), British forces found it difficult to capture the occupants or cause a decisive defeat, as Māori would abandon the pā at the point of defeat.

Since the idea was not only to defeat Germany but to destroy Nazism in general, that would have been a highly undesirable development.

Since then, aided by the destruction of a number of large arms smuggling vessels that belonged to the LTTE, and an international crackdown on the funding for the Tamil Tigers, the government took control of the entire area previously controlled by the Tamil Tigers, including their de-facto capital Kilinochchi, main military base Mullaitivu and the entire A9 highway, leading the LTTE to finally admit defeat on 17 May 2009.

Since this conflict brought him an ever growing political defeat, he moderated his struggle with the Catholic Church and in the wake of Pius IX's death on February 7, 1878, reconciled with the new Pope, Leo XIII, lifting some sanctions.

Since March of 1988, as commentator he has called some of boxing's most famous moments, such as Thunder Meets Lightning, when Julio César Chávez saved himself from a decision defeat by knocking out Meldrick Taylor ( who was leading the fight on two of the three official scorecards ) with only two seconds to go in the last round ; James " Buster " Douglas's upset of Mike Tyson for the World Heavyweight championship.

Since then, Marlene has dedicated and trained herself to defeat the Blue.

Since both armies had been weakened by the defeat at Trebia, four new legions were raised.

Since Kang won only one round of the game, he did not win the power of life and death-to save Ravonna and defeat the Avengers.

Since the Black Knight was not a member of the Avengers, he was not killed and was able to defeat Kang.

Since the election defeat McAllion has been working with Oxfam and resigned his membership of the Labour Party, subsequently joining the Scottish Socialist Party.

Since the defeat, he first started his own consulting business and then was nominated to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Bush.

Since the defeat of England in 2005 there has been an increased demand for tickets outstripping supply.