Since going into ecumenical communion with their respective Anglican body, bishops in the ELCA or the ELCIC not only approve the " rostering " of all ordained pastors, diaconal ministers, and associates in ministry, but they serve as the principal celebrant of all pastoral ordination and installation ceremonies, diaconal consecration ceremonies, as well as serving as the " chief pastor " of the local synod, upholding the teachings of Martin Luther as well as the documentations of the Ninety-Five Theses and the Augsburg Confession.

Since about 1970, the United States has become the principal ally of Israel, positioning it as a part of the Western World.

Since the principal consumer application is for Internet access, ISDN was mostly superseded by DSL in the early 21st century.

Since the 1920s, X-ray diffraction has been the principal method for determining the arrangement of atoms in minerals and metals.

Since the kth leading principal minor of a triangular matrix is the product of its diagonal elements up to row k, Sylvester's criterion is equivalent to checking whether its diagonal elements are all positive.

Since 1996, when Avon was abolished, Bath has been the principal centre of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset ( B & NES ).

Since an investor earns a return on the original principal amount of the investment as well as on any prior period Investment income, investment earnings are " compounded " as time advances.

Since May 2011 the aircraft in principal use has been an MD Helicopters MD Explorer 902.

Since the county's creation, agriculture, timber, manufacturing, and commerce have been the principal economic activities.

Since that day, Shango has been married to Oba, Oya, and Oshun, though Oshun is said to be considered his principal wife.

Since the 1920s, Lancaster had been the much larger and principal community of the Antelope Valley, as well as the rest of California's Mojave Desert.

Since then it is the principal town in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug.

Since the mid-19th century, however, tourism has been the principal business.

Since 2002, its principal conductor has been Sir Simon Rattle.

Since 2005 the Orchestra has been actively planning for the construction of a new principal concert hall.

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

Since Belarus gaining its independence in 1991 Mahilyow remains one of its principal cities.

Since the reign of King George I the Cabinet has been the principal executive group of British government.

His principal works also include Ireland Since the Famine, the standard university textbook for Irish history from the mid-19th to late-20th century, and a biography of Charles Stewart Parnell.

Since 1995, Marvin Hamlisch has served as principal pops conductor.

Since 1875 various members of the Hoare family had been principal directors and maintained a controlling interest in the company.

Since there are no shear strain components in this coordinate system, the principal strains represent the maximum and minimum stretches of an elemental volume.

Since they had received a favorable response to African American characters they had previously done on radio, Gosden and Correll proposed that the principal characters be African Americans, Sam Smith and Henry Johnson, newly arrived in Chicago from rural Alabama.

Since the streamlining of the Taiwan Province in 1998, these subdivisions are regarded as the principal subdivisions of Taiwan.

Since Mr. Clark believes firmly that the chewing of hard foods helps develop healthy gums and teeth, raw vegetables and raw whole-wheat grains are handed out with fresh fruit and whole-wheat cookies at snack time in the afternoons.

Since the Weimar Republic lacked the quantity of raw materials available to the United States and Great Britain, it had to rely on the proficiency of a skilled labor force and an ability to export innovative and high quality goods.

Since the early 21st century within the global functional food industry, raw cranberries have been marketed as a " superfruit " due to their nutrient content and antioxidant qualities.

Since its economy was highly dependent on the rest of the former Soviet Union for energy and raw materials, the breakdown in trade following the breakup of the Soviet Union had a serious effect, exacerbated at times by drought and civil conflict.

Since the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Bolivia in 1985, relations have expanded from economic and cultural ties to military, transport, infrastructure, raw materials, education and other areas.

Since the late 1980s, Gregory has been a figure in the health food industry by advocating for a raw fruit and vegetable diet.

Since according to Marx the source of capitalist profit is this surplus labor of the workers, and since in this theory only new, living labor produces profit, it would appear to be logical that enterprises with a low organic composition ( a higher proportion of capital spent on new living labor ) would have a higher rate of profit than enterprises with a high organic composition ( a higher proportion of capital spent on raw materials and means of production ).

Since the indigenous Andamanese traditionally had very little contact with the outside world, raw fish and fruits have long been a staple diet for them.

Since these same satellites were also used internally by the TV networks they could also watch programs not intended for public broadcast such as affiliate feeds without commercials and / or intended for another time zone ; raw footage from remote news teams ; advance transmissions of upcoming programs ; and live news and talk shows during breaks when those on camera might not realize that anyone outside the network could hear them.

Since it is a research-led academic institution in nature, the Academic year 2003 performance evaluation showed has the highest number of research publications ( both in raw quantity and per graduate student heads ) of any academic division in the university.

Since the scullery was the room with running water, it had a sink, and it was where the messiest food preparation took place, such as cleaning fish and cutting raw meat.

Since the 1999 publication of GMPs for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, by the International Conference on Harmonization ( ICH ), GMPs now apply in those countries and trade groupings that are signatories to ICH ( the EU, Japan and the U. S .), and applies in other countries ( e. g., Australia, Canada, Singapore ) which adopt ICH guidelines for the manufacture and testing of active raw materials.

Since the 1990s, the automotive industry has become extensively globalized, with all major manufacturers being multinational corporations using globally sourced raw materials and components, with a trend for moving assembly to the lowest labour cost countries.

Since the late nineteenth century, Germany, which has few natural resources, had relied heavily upon Russian imports of raw materials.

On the 23rd of February 2009 session drummer Josh Freese, who has been a bandmate of Finck's in both Guns N ' Roses and Nine Inch Nails, announced that as part of the pricing strategy for his new solo album Since 1972 a one-off package costing $ 75, 000 would include " a flying trapeze lesson with Josh and Robin from NIN " followed by a visit to Robin's place afterwards where " his wife will make you raw lasagna ".

Since that time, Nucor has expanded into other steel products, gained some control of its raw material supply and greatly expanded its market presence.

Since 2007, Nucor has made the two biggest acquisitions in its history, one to help control its raw material supply and the other to expand its product line.

Since the more refined productions of Sugar Ditch Revisited and 1987's The World We Knew, the band has concentrated less on raw, primitive sounds than in its early years.

Since it is too powerful for any single being to possess, it has been split into six different segments and scattered across space and time, disguised by the raw elemental power within them into any shape or size.

Since the test is done over the residual term rather than raw data, it is not possible to use standard t-distribution to provide critical values.

Since the bran layer, though nutritious, makes the grains tough to chew and contains an enzyme that can cause the oats to go rancid, raw oat groats are often further steam-treated to soften them for a quicker cooking time ( modern " quick oats ") and to denature the enzymes for a longer shelf life.