Since one is required by Confucian philosophy to show great reverence to one's parents and grandparents, children may also be required to kowtow to their elderly ancestors, particularly on special occasions.

Since the standard qualifications for the college were not met — Marcus did not have two living parents — they must have been waived by Hadrian, Marcus ' nominator, as a special favor to the child.

Since early 2003, a special law court with prison facilities has been operational at Schiphol airport.

Since the soul is a spiritual substance it is not brought into being through transformation of matter, but directly by God, whence the special uniqueness of each person .." Fifty years later, Pope John Paul II, stating that scientific evidence now seemed to favour the evolutionary theory, upheld the distinction of Pius XII regarding the human soul.

Since medieval times monarchs of England and the United Kingdom had ministers in whom they placed special trust and who were regarded as the head of the government.

Since the 1920s, Prime Ministers have typically been conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, or the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers ( until 2003 a special higher class of the Order of the Rising Sun ), depending on tenure and eminence.

Since the particle speed < math > v < c </ math > for any particle that has mass ( according to special relativity ), the phase velocity of matter waves always exceeds c, i. e.

( Since the sub-structure is usually represented in the computer by a set of integer variables with constraints, these problems can be viewed as special cases of constraint satisfaction or discrete optimization ; but they are usually formulated and solved in a more abstract setting where the internal representation is not explicitly mentioned.

Since 80 % or more of the oxygen remains in normal exhaled gas, and is thus wasted, rebreathers use gas very economically, making longer dives possible and special mixes cheaper to use at the cost of more complicated technology and more possible failure points.

Since Representatives are to be " chosen ... by the People ," State Governors are not allowed to appoint temporary replacements when vacancies occur in a state's delegation to the House of Representatives ; instead, the Governor of the state is required by clause 4 to issue a writ of election calling a special election to fill the vacancy.

Since the early 1990s, most fighting games allow the player to execute special attacks by performing specific button combinations.

Since the tube requires a vacuum to operate, convection cooling of the plate is not generally possible ( except in special applications where the anode forms a part of the vacuum envelope ; this is generally avoided due to the shock hazard from the anode voltage ).

Since the National Colors must always be in the position of honor on the right, the color guard must execute a special movement to reverse direction.

Since then he has collaborated frequently with them in special operations, participating in numerous sabotages and responsible for the destruction of at least three trains, fourteen tanks and over fifty land vehicles.

Since quantum mechanics involves quantum superpositions, which are not perceived by observers, some interpretations of quantum mechanics place conscious observers in a special position.

Since the definition also assures the existence of binary meets and joins, complete lattices do thus form a special class of bounded lattices.

Since that evening, that match at De Kuip has always been special among Feyenoord fans.

Since the Gox breakdown is less than the junction breakdown, special diffusion steps were not required to create the antifuse programming element.

Since the 1990s, computer generated imagery ( CGI ) has come to the forefront of special effects technologies.

Since then, the film has received favorable reviews from critics and has developed a large cult following, resulting in the release of a director's cut on a two-disc, special edition release in 2004.

Since energy and momentum are related in the same way as frequency and wavenumber in special relativity, it followed that the momentum p of a photon is proportional to its wavenumber k.

Since diamonds are very hard to cut, special diamond-bladed edges are used to cut them.

Since antibodies are normally invisible, special strategies must be employed to detect these bound antibodies.

Since 1991, Andorra has had a special agreement with the European Union.

Since 2000, city status has been awarded to towns by competition on special occasions ( see Current practice of granting city status below ).

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.