They comprise a great variety of scene and interest: grim episodes of war, idyllic interludes, superb canvases of world-shaking events, and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters.

Though there is obviously great need for continued experimentation with various types of short-term intervention to further efforts in developing an operational definition of prevention at the secondary -- or perhaps, in some instances, primary -- level, the place of short-term intervention has already been documented by a number of investigators in a wide variety of settings.

There are a great number and variety of private commercial schools, trade schools and technical schools.

The downtown store continues to offer the great inducement of variety, both within its gates and across the street, where other department stores are immediately convenient for the shopper who wants to see what is available before making up her mind.

One reason for the unique vitality of the chorus is its great variety in expression.

Chiefly remembered because of his incessant advocacy of `` immediate and unconditional abolition '', he also espoused a great variety of other causes -- among them women's rights, prohibition, and justice to the Indians.

Aided AAC makes great use of symbols, particularly for non-literate users, as well as a large variety of input methods.

As new designs with greater holding-power-to-weight ratios, a great variety of anchor designs has emerged.

The dense forests of West Africa contain, in addition to a great variety of hardwoods, two palms, Elaeis guincensis ( oil palm ) and Raphia vinifera ( bamboo palm ), not found, generally speaking, in the savanna regions.

It arose from the intermingling of children of early settlers from a great variety of mutually intelligible dialectal regions of the British Isles and quickly developed into a distinct variety of English.

Besides the two for the Roman Pontiffs already mentioned, there is one for Alfieri, another for Emo, a Venetian admiral, and a small model of a cenotaph for Horatio Nelson, besides a great variety of monumental relieves such as the Stele Tadini in the Chapel of the Accademia Tadini in Lovere.

Argentinian restaurants include a great variety of cuisines, prices, and flavours.

A great variety of armored cars appeared on both sides during World War I and these were used in various ways.

These two great ocean currents interact creating huge foamy breakers which constantly advance towards the shore, and building submarine shoals rich in fish, shrimps, and an amazing variety of other marine life forms.

Fungi communicate with their own and related species as well as with nonfungal organisms in a great variety of symbiotic interactions, especially with bacteria, unicellular eukaryotes, plants and insects through semiochemicals of biotic origin.

The great variety of carbon compounds include such lethal poisons as tetrodotoxin, the lectin ricin from seeds of the castor oil plant Ricinus communis, cyanide ( CN < sup >−</ sup >) and carbon monoxide ; and such essentials to life as glucose and protein.

A great variety of software companies and programmers in the world comprise a software industry.

There are a great variety of these processes that produce fuel radicals and oxidizing radicals.

A person might be branded with a censorial mark in a variety of cases, which it would be impossible to specify, as in a great many instances it depended upon the discretion of the censors and the view they took of a case ; and sometimes even one set of censors would overlook an offence which was severely chastised by their successors.

Even within a type of fiber, there can be great variety in the length and thickness of the fibers ; for example, Merino wool and Egyptian cotton are favored because they produce exceptionally long, thin ( fine ) fibers for their type.

Yarns need not be dyed ; or they may be dyed one color, or a great variety of colors.

A great variety of synthetic dyes have been developed since the synthesis of indigo dye in the mid-19th century ; however, natural dyes are also possible, although they are generally less brilliant.

Due to the abundance of sunshine, year-round tropical temperatures moderated by the almost constant trade winds, and the great variety of scenic destinations to visit, during the second half of the 20th century on into the 21st, the Caribbean Sea became a popular place for tourism.

When applied to Sanskrit, however, it added a great deal of complexity to the script, due to the large variety of clusters in this language ( up to five consonants, e. g. rtsny ).

her great love of flowers and plants and birds ; ;

" he was suddenly surrounded by the barbarians, and slain, together with great part of his army ; nor could he be honoured with the rites of sepulture, but, stripped and naked, he lay to be devoured by wild beasts and birds, a fit end for the enemy of God.

Following the development of research techniques in molecular biology in the late 20th century, in particular methods for studying DNA-DNA hybridisation, a great deal of new information has surfaced, much of it suggesting that many birds, although looking very different from one another, are in fact more closely related than was previously thought.

Dachshunds are playful, but can be stubborn, and are known for their propensity for chasing small animals, birds, and tennis balls with great determination and ferocity.

Returning to Italy, the most celebrated doors are those of the Battistero di San Giovanni ( Florence ), which together with the door frames are all in bronze, the borders of the latter being perhaps the most remarkable: the modeling of the figures, birds and foliage of the south doorway, by Andrea Pisano ( 1330 ), and of the east doorway by Ghiberti ( 1425 – 1452 ), are of great beauty ; in the north door ( 1402 – 1424 ) Ghiberti adopted the same scheme of design for the paneling and figure subjects in them as Andrea Pisano, but in the east door the rectangular panels are all filled, with bas-reliefs, in which Scripture subjects are illustrated with innumerable figures, these being probably the gates of Paradise of which Michelangelo speaks.

Wildlife adapted to these harsh conditions includes few large birds or mammals but the desert does sustain many types of lizard including the vulnerable great desert skink ( Egernia kintorei ) and a number of small marsupials including the Sandhill Dunnart ( Sminthopsis psammophila ) and the vulnerable Crest-tailed Mulgara ( Dasycercus cristicauda ).

A great walker, he loved roaming in the woods, often returning with natural curiosities, including birds ' eggs and nests, of which he made crude drawings.

Numerous wetland birds, such as great white pelican and African darter, reside at Lake Tana, and it is an important resting ground for many Palearctic migrant waterbirds.

A great example of this symbiosis are the mangroves in the gulf, which require tidal flow and a combination of fresh and salt water for growth, and act as nurseries for many crabs, small fish, and insects ; these fish and insects are the source of food for many of the marine birds that feed on them.

Henry, who was a great lover of the instrument, frequently said that " this instrument made him remember the song of the birds ".

For this reason, tuatara are of great interest in the study of the evolution of lizards and snakes, and for the reconstruction of the appearance and habits of the earliest diapsids ( the group that also includes birds, dinosaurs, and crocodiles ).| isbn = 0-86868-098-2

These birds are of great value as scavengers, especially in hot regions.

The Cenozoic world has seen great diversification of bony fishes, frogs, birds and mammals.

" In response, some philosophers ( e. g. Craig Callender ) have suggested that ornithological knowledge would be of great benefit to birds, were it possible for them to possess it.

There was great loss of beast and of wildlife, especially birds.

Photography made it possible to document birds in the field with great accuracy.

Garudas are the great golden-winged Peng birds.

Lyrebirds render with great fidelity the individual songs of other birds and the chatter of flocks of birds, and also mimic other animals such as koalas and dingos.

In addition to a wide variety of birds including great blue heron, raptors such as barred owl, osprey, red-tailed hawk and bald eagle, corvids ( raven, crow, scrub and Steller's jay ) and others, the native streams are home to various species of salmon and the Vancouver Trout Hatchery.

In ornithological practice, there is a tendency for " dove " to be used for smaller species and " pigeon " for larger ones, but this is in no way consistently applied, and historically the common names for these birds involve a great deal of variation between the terms " dove " and " pigeon.

The Environment of County Kilkenny contains a great variety of natural heritage, including rivers, wildlife ( mammals, birds, plants ), woodlands, hedgerows, and diverse landscapes and geological features.

During one stop at Îles aux Oiseaux ( Islands of the Birds, now the Rochers-aux-Oiseaux federal bird sanctuary, northeast of Brion Island in the Magdalen Islands ), his crew slaughtered around 1000 birds, most of them great auks ( now extinct ).

Following the development of research techniques in molecular biology in the late 20th century, in particular methods for studying DNA-DNA hybridization, a great deal of new information has surfaced, much of it suggesting that many birds, although looking very different from one another, are in fact more closely related than was previously thought.

The central area around the shoreline of the Étang de Vaccarès has been protected as a regional park since 1927, in recognition of its great importance as a haven for wild birds.