Many patent contests were waged over automobile components and accessories, among them tires, detachable rims, ball bearings, license brackets, and electric horns.

Many aspects of language can be studied from each of these components and from their interaction.

Many men influenced the shape and character of the Dominican Order, but it was Dominic himself who combined the available components into a vital and vigorous, whole existence.

Many different methods of connecting components have been used over the years.

Many earthquakes are caused by movement on faults that have components of both dip-slip and strike-slip ; this is known as oblique slip.

Many components of the immune system are actually cellular in nature and not associated with any specific organ but rather are embedded or circulating in various tissues located throughout the body.

Many components of the animal cell can be seen recycling and sharing their membranous units.

Many components of normal electronic design are available in a microelectronic equivalent.

Many paints tend to separate when stored, the heavier components settling to the bottom, and require mixing before use.

Many geologist however do not agree on how to separate the triangle parts into the single components so that the framework grains can be plotted.

Many modern vaccination policies allow exemptions for people who have compromised immune systems, allergies to the components used in vaccinations or strongly held objections.

Many are rarely used, but a number have become commonly used components of the written Japanese language.

Many underlying processes, such as collision detection and network processing, run at different or inconsistent frequencies or in different physical components of a computer.

Many components of an audio reproduction chain, notably loudspeakers and multiway loudspeaker crossover networks, introduce group delay in the audio signal.

Many animals are capable of perceiving some of the components of the polarization of light, e. g., linear horizontally polarized light.

Many of the current manufacturers are using standard off-the-shelf components and are designing upgrade convenience into their products.

Many different types of structures and components of structures can be built using reinforced concrete including slabs, walls, beams, columns, foundations, frames and more.

Many components of metabolic syndrome are associated with a sedentary lifestyle, including increased adipose tissue ( predominantly central ); reduced HDL cholesterol ; and a trend toward increased triglycerides, blood pressure, and glucose in the genetically susceptible.

Many more genetic components of the biological clock are now known.

Many of the components used in lower-end " workstations " are now the same as those used in the consumer market, and the price differential between the lower end workstation and consumer PCs can be narrower than it once was ( and in certain cases in the high-end consumer market, such as the " enthusiast " game market, it can be difficult to tell what qualifies as a " desktop PC " and a " workstation ").

Many early rail accidents pioneered the use of tensile testing of samples and fractography of failed components.

Many seasons also include during individual challenges: a ' loved one ' challenge where a family member, friend or significant other of each player participates or is part of the challenge reward ; the ' Survivor Auction ' in which contestants bid against each other on luxury items and strategic advantages ; a challenge in which the winning contestant receives a car ; and a challenge that includes components of previous challenges from that season.

Many antibacterials are frequently prescribed to treat symptoms or diseases that do not respond to antibacterial therapy or are likely to resolve without treatment, or incorrect or suboptimal antibacterials are prescribed for certain bacterial infections.

Many bacteria, however, possess mechanisms ( such as siderophores ) for scavenging iron within environmental niches in the human body, and experimental developments of iron chelators, therefore, aim to reduce iron availability specifically to bacterial pathogens.

Many move about using flagella, but some are nonmotile or rely on bacterial gliding.

Many respiratory illnesses are the result of bacterial or viral infection of the lungs.

Many model systems have been developed to better understand interactions between plants and bacterial, fungal, oomycete, viral and nematode pathogens.

Many originate from the bacterial endosymbiont.

Many cyanobacteria even display the circadian rhythms that were once thought to exist only in eukaryotic cells ( see bacterial circadian rhythms ).

Many bacterial species, including E. coli, an enteric bacterium and model organism for Gram-negative bacteria, produce AI-2.

Many bacterial and host molecules that are involved in the adhesion of bacteria to host cells have been identified.

Many secreted proteins are particularly important in bacterial pathogenesis.

Many villages have no access to running water, and even areas that do have it must contend with outbreaks of amoebic dysentery, bacterial dysentery, brucellosis, giardia, hepatitis A, and schistosomiasis.

Many members of the Pasteurellaceae family make excellent natural models for the study of bacterial pathogenesis and host-pathogen-interactions thus giving valuable insights into related human diseases.

Circulative viruses are protected inside aphids by the chaperone protein symbionin produced by bacterial symbionts. Many plant viruses encode within their genome polypeptides with domains essential for transmission by insects.

Many medical causes underlying the development of feather-plucking have been proposed including allergies ( contact / inhalation / food ), endoparasites, ectoparasites, skin irritation ( e. g. by toxic substances, low humidity levels ), skin desiccation, hypothyroidism, obesity, pain, reproductive disease, systemic illness ( in particular liver and renal disease ), hypocalcaemia, psittacine beak and feather disease ( PBFD ), proventricular dilatation syndrome, colic, giardiasis, psittacosis, airsacculitis, heavy metal toxicosis, bacterial or fungal folliculitis, genetic feather abnormalities, nutritional deficiencies ( in particular vitamin A ) and / or dietary imbalances, and neoplasia.

Many antigens derived from acellular vaccines do not strongly induce an adaptive response, and most bacterial vaccines require the addition of adjuvants that activate the antigen presenting cells of the innate immune system to enhance immunogenicity.

Many pigs affected by the circovirus also seem to develop secondary bacterial infections, like Glässer disease ( Haemophilus parasuis ), pulmonary pasteurellosis, colibacilosis, salmonellosis and others.

Many types of specialized plasma membranes can separate cell from external environment: apical, basolateral, presynaptic and postsynaptic ones, membranes of flagella, cilia, microvillus, filopodia and lamellipodia, the sarcolemma of muscle cells, as well as specialized myelin and dendritic spine membranes of neurons.

* Many unicellular organisms and spermatozoa have one or two whip-like appendages called flagella, which they use for propulsion.

Many industry trade associations are developing campaigns to protect or enhance the share of the consumer's dollar being spent on their particular products.

Many members of the movement are also aware of this, and argue that, as long as they have a common opponent, they should march together-even if they don't share exactly the same political vision.

Many such depictions also blend in with characters from his stories, suggesting Poe and his characters share identities.

Many pictures released from the 1960s onward share attributes with film noir of the classical period, and often treat its conventions self-referentially.

Many audio insiders like Sean Olive of Harman International share this view.

Many people who come close to death and have near death experiences report meeting relatives or entering " the Light " in an otherworldly dimension, which share similarities with the religious concept of Heaven.

Many religions share common beliefs.

Many members of other rodent genera and families are also referred to as rats, and share many characteristics with true rats.

Many sister cities share a water boundary which quite often serves as a border of both cities and counties.

Many suburbs are based on a heterogeneous society of working-class and minority residents, many of whom share the American Dream regarding home ownership as defined by developers and the power of advertising.

Many board games share the element of trying to be the first to get n-in-a-row: three men's morris, nine men's morris, pente, gomoku, Qubic, Connect Four, Quarto, Gobblet.

Many traditional character encodings share a common problem in that they allow bilingual computer processing ( usually using Latin characters and the local script ), but not multilingual computer processing ( computer processing of arbitrary scripts mixed with each other ).

Many churches include a time of response or a prayer time in which people may share concerns or pray with ministers.

Many of these South Asian and Southeast Asian deer species also share their habitat with various herbivores such as Asian elephants, various Asian rhinoceros species, various antelope species ( such as nilgai, Four-horned antelope, blackbuck, and Indian gazelle in India ), and wild oxen ( such as wild Asian water buffalo, gaur, banteng, and kouprey ).

Many scientists share the belief that there are problems with falsifiability and foundation ontologies purporting to describe " what exists ", to a sufficient degree of rigor to establish a reasonable method of empirical validation.

Many indigenous communities did not evenly share in the benefits of the economic boom Taiwan experienced during the last quarter of the 20th century.

Many ants share some characteristics that ease their preamble, institution, and subsequent range expansion.

Many American crossword puzzles contain a " theme " consisting of a number of long entries ( generally three to five in a standard 15 × 15-square " weekday "- size puzzle ) that share some relationship, type of pun, or other element in common.

Many cities have ordinary district councils, which share power with county councils.

Many Protestant traditions do not share the belief in the Real Presence but otherwise are varied ; for example, they may believe that in the bread and wine, Christ is present only spiritually, not in the sense of a change in substance ( Methodism ) or that the bread and wine of communion are a merely symbolic reminder ( Baptist faith ).

Many shell collectors belong to " shell clubs " where they can meet others who share their interests.

Many people upload their photographs to social networking websites and other websites, in order to share them with a particular group or with the general public.

Many supervillains share some typical characteristics of real world dictators, mobsters, and terrorists and often have aspirations of world domination or universal leadership.