1.   A fragile peace ending the seven-year civil war has been in place since last July.

2.   A Marked increase in the numbers of nobles had taken place since the early twelfth century.

3.   Discreet contacts had taken place since an unpublicized trip to Nairobi in January by the Foreign Minister, Roelof Pik Botha.

4.   The two also agreed to extend a ceasefire which had been in place since early May.

5.   It had never seemed such a lonely, sad place since the day his mother had died.

6.   Amazingly, the reworked course appears to have been in place since the time of persimmon drivers.

7.   And so the government of the United States continues the failed policy of appeasement that has been in place since the first George Bush was president.

8.   A great deal of accommodation has taken place since then, in all senses of the word.

9.   A look at the changes that have taken place since then.

10.   A truce had been in place since, but Troy said tensions had been high as classes resumed after the Christmas break.