Since for the Aztecs, gold had no intrinsic value, they did not have big solid pieces of gold, instead they preferred wood covered with gold.

Since 1996, the restitutions, according sometimes to less formal criteria, concerned 47 more pieces ( 26 paintings, with 6 from the Louvre including a then displayed Tiepolo ), until the last claims of French owners and their heirs ended again in 2006.

Since a bar magnet gets its ferromagnetism from electrons distributed evenly throughout the bar, when a bar magnet is cut in half, each of the resulting pieces is a smaller bar magnet.

Since the mid-1980s, Peart has used MIDI trigger pads to trigger sounds sampled from various pieces of acoustic percussion that would otherwise consume far too much stage area, such as a marimba, harp, temple blocks, triangles, glockenspiel, orchestra bells, tubular bells, and vibraslap as well as other, more esoteric percussion.

Since the 17th century, the Rosary began to appear as an element in key pieces of Roman Catholic Marian art, often in art that depicts the Virgin Mary.

Since pawns are the most immobile and least valuable of the chess pieces, the pawn structure is relatively static and largely determines the strategic nature of the position.

Since retreating the queen consumes one or more moves, the opponent can use the time to advantageously develop his own pieces.

Since the knight can jump over pieces which obstruct other pieces, it is usually more valuable when the board is more crowded ( closed positions ).

Since the pinned piece cannot move out of the line of attack, the pinned piece's player may move other pieces to defend the pinned piece, but the pinning player may yet attack with even more pieces, etc.

Since Félix's death, these jewellery pieces have been displayed as part of The Art of Cartier Collection in several museums around the world.

Since their apex during the late 1980s to mid 1990s high technology fad, digital watches have mostly become simpler, less expensive time pieces with little variety between models.

Since there are two each of the remaining pieces on the first rank, it is necessary to distinguish between them.

Since the Second World War, the municipality of Brighton has spent a great deal of time, effort and money restoring the Pavilion to its state at the time of King George IV, encouraged by the permanent loan of over 100 items of furniture from Queen Elizabeth II in the 1950s, and has undertaken an extensive programme of restoring the rooms, reinstating stud walls, and creating replicas of some original fittings and occasionally pieces of furniture.

« Since autumn 99, I have undertaken the composition of a new series of pieces with the general title Exploitation of the concepts.

" Since the beginning I composed as many works for instruments or orchestra as electroacoustic or acousmatic pieces.

Since 1822, rather than ordinary money, the Sovereign gives out Maundy coins, which are specially minted 1, 2, 3 and 4 penny pieces, and are legal tender.

Since the invention of the circular needle, they have been most commonly used to knit smaller tube-shaped pieces such as sleeves, collars, and socks.

Since then further pieces have been added to the College collection where 15 pieces of Imogen's artwork are on display.

Since then, it has become one of the most popular of all classical pieces for UK audiences.

Since presently-available DNA sequencing technologies are ill-suited for reading long sequences, large pieces of DNA ( such as genomes ) are often sequenced by ( 1 ) cutting the DNA into small pieces, ( 2 ) reading the small fragments, and ( 3 ) reconstituting the original DNA by merging the information on various fragment.

Since 1812, Francisco Covarrubias ( considered as the father of the Bufo Theater ) gradually substituted in his theatrical pieces the typical characters of the Spanish “ tonadilla escénica ” with creole characters such as “ guajiros ”, “ monteros ”, “ carreteros ” or “ peones ”.

Since the First seven Ecumenical Councils, Christendom places emphasis on correct belief ( or orthodoxy ), focusing primarily on the New Covenant that the Christian Triune God made through Jesus Christ.

Since the subarachnoid space around the brain and spinal cord can contain only 135 to 150 ml, large amounts are drained primarily into the blood through arachnoid granulations in the superior sagittal sinus.

Since the league began allowing teams to use an alternate jersey, the Cowboys ' alternates have been primarily blue versions of past jerseys and the Cowboys have generally had success when wearing these blue alternates.

Since the 1960s, West and later reunified Germany has been attracting migrants primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe as well as Turkey, many of whom ( or their children ) over time acquired German citizenship.

Since the 1990s a growing number of artists are switching to non-permanent paints for a variety of reasons — but primarily because is it difficult for the police to apprehend and for the courts to sentence or even convict a person for a protest that is as fleeting and less intrusive than marching in the streets.

Since whalemen primarily targeted these new mothers, several thousand deaths should probably be added to the total.

Since hip hop was experienced primarily via audio and not by video, most people never knew that DJ Disco Wiz was Puerto Rican and Cuban until they saw him.

Since then there has been a significant expansion primarily due to the " equality movement " and the European Union.

Since December 20, 1999, the defense of Macau has been the responsibility of the Chinese People's Liberation Army ( PLA ), which stations between 500-600 troops in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, primarily as a symbolic presence to underscore Chinese sovereignty.

Since the 1980s, the government has instituted major infrastructural drives, primarily funded by European government partners, to improve and expand communications.

Since removal, today they live primarily in Oklahoma.

Since the time of the Renaissance, siccative ( drying ) oil paints, primarily linseed oil, have been the most commonly used kind of paints in fine art applications ; oil paint is still common today.

Since the 1990s, many companies have been founded which deal primarily in wrestling footage.

Since most of the readily-available RPG-7 rounds cannot penetrate M1 Abrams tank armor from the front, it is primarily effective against soft-skinned or lightly armored vehicles, and infantry.

Since the late 1980s Hell has devoted himself primarily to writing, publishing two novels and several other books.

Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded oblong shape.

Since it is primarily designed to act as an underlying database for different applications, those applications cannot be used in specific domains that are not covered by WordNet.

Since the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 ) was characterized primarily by a desire to secure its political and geopolitical position and the solidarity of ethnic Serbs in the Balkan region through a strong nationalist campaign.

Since the establishment of the State of Israel, the Zionist movement continues primarily to advocate on behalf of the Jewish state and address threats to its continued existence and security.

Since the name Shiraz has been used primarily in Australia in modern times, while the earliest Australian documents use the spelling " Scyras ", the name Shiraz has been speculated ( among others by Jancis Robinson ) to be in fact a so-called " strinization " of Syrah's name via Scyras.

Since JSF is primarily component oriented, this is one of the core packages.

Since the 1970s, Treacher's had been owned by Orange Co., a public company that was primarily in the orange futures trading business.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the canal has been used primarily to transport vast amounts of bulk goods such as bricks, gravel, sand, diesel and coal.

Since the Diceratops paper had been written by Hatcher, and Lull had only contributed the name and published the paper after Hatcher's death, Lull was not quite as convinced of the distinctiveness of Diceratops, thinking it primarily pathological.

Since the 19th century, the island has had a sizable community of Portuguese-Americans, concentrated primarily in the three down-Island towns of Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and Edgartown ; they traditionally worked alongside other island residents in whaling and fishing.