It might not be unprofitable, now and then, to send us mortals — the dissatisfied ones, at least, and that's a large proportion — into some tunnel of several days ' journey.

* Base bleed uses a small pyrotechnic charge at the base of the projectile to introduce sufficient combustion products into the low-pressure region behind the base of the projectile responsible for a large proportion of the drag.

A large proportion of amputees ( 50 – 80 %) experience the phenomenon of phantom limbs ; they feel body parts that are no longer there.

The fauna is largely constituted of golden eagles, marmots, ibex and vultures, and the flora includes a large proportion of larches, génépis and white asphodels.

Octavian was not present, but at the next meeting made a reply of such a nature that the consuls both left Rome to join Antony ; and Antony, when he heard of it, after publicly divorcing Octavia, came at once to Ephesus with Cleopatra, where a vast fleet was gathered from all parts of the East, of which Cleopatra furnished a large proportion.

While these included elite Bersaglieri, Alpini and Cacciatori units, a large proportion of the troops were inexperienced conscripts recently drafted from metropolitan regiments in Italy into newly formed " di formazione " battalions for service in Africa.

The age structure of the population of Comoros is similar to that of many developing countries, in that the republic has a very large proportion of young people.

In summer, a large proportion of the rainfall is caused by sun heating the ground leading to convection and to showers and thunderstorms.

The proportion of cell volume that is cytosol varies: for example while this compartment forms the bulk of cell structure in bacteria, in plant cells the main compartment is the large central vacuole.

The post-war German Army ( Reichsheer ) was permitted a large proportion of cavalry ( 18 regiments or 16. 4 % of total manpower ) under the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles.

In Europeans a large proportion of sensitivity is associated with HLA-B58.

The comparatively large population growth of western and central Canada during the immigration boom of the 20th century has reduced the Maritimes ' proportion of the national population to less than 10 %, resulting in an over-representation in Parliament, with some federal ridings having fewer than 35, 000 people, compared to central and western Canada where ridings typically contain 100, 000-120, 000 people.

The most commonly cited duopoly is that between Visa and Mastercard, who between them control a large proportion of the electronic payment processing market.

Examples where two companies control a large proportion of a market are:

Athenian democracy was not only direct in the sense that decisions were made by the assembled people, but also directest in the sense that the people through the assembly, boule and courts of law controlled the entire political process and a large proportion of citizens were involved constantly in the public business.

The dipole term is the dominant one at large distances: Its field falls off in proportion to 1 / r < sup > 3 </ sup >, as compared to 1 / r < sup > 4 </ sup > for the next ( quadrupole ) term and higher powers of 1 / r for higher terms, or 1 / r < sup > 2 </ sup > for the monopole term.

The Dodo differed from other pigeons mainly in the small size of the wings and the large size of the beak in proportion to the rest of the cranium.

Whatever the proportion of stars with planets, the total number of exoplanets must be very large.

A large proportion of these original settlers came from Old Saxony.

Of particular importance here were the USA states of Illinois and New York, under whose laws a large proportion of international financial contracts are made.

A large proportion of the Esperanto movement continue to hold such goals, and most are at least sympathetic to them.

Unlike food processors, food retailing is a two-tier market in which a small number of very large companies control a large proportion of supermarkets.

Most passenger train services originate or terminate at Helsinki Central railway station, and a large proportion of the passenger rail network radiates out of Helsinki.

However this was not completely the case as a large proportion of the assembly were conservative-minded gentry like Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper.

after all, the large ( and probably unreliable ) Reader's Digest literature on the `` most unforgettable character I ever met '' deals with village grocers, country doctors, favorite if illiterate aunts, and so forth.

If a nation wished to get a head start in physical fitness over all other nations, it would start its kindergarten students on a program of gymnastics the day they entered and thus eliminate a large number of the problems that plague American schools.

There is a large variety of models to choose from in most countries, however, including 6-passenger sedans and station wagons and the rental fee isn't all that much greater than for the wee sedans.

First of all, the six figures of the Buddha you heisted -- four Siamese heads, a black obsidian statuette in the earth-touching position, and a large brass figure of the Dying Buddha on a teakwood base.

After all, the field is large, difficult to define and seldom taught properly to American undergraduates.

But in his dressing room was a large bouquet and a card that read, `` We're with you all the way ''.

There was a garage and a modern barn in the rear, all of it standing between two large flat fields planted in early potatoes.

After all, the murderer is still at large.

From many sides come remarks that Protestant churches are badly attended and the large medieval cathedrals look all but empty during services.

and in this square, the respective pairs made up of large and small odd ( Yang ) numbers, and those composed of large and small even ( Yin ) numbers, were all equal to each other.

Now if one hydrogen atom were placed at the surface of a large sphere of hydrogen atoms, it would be subject both to the gravitation of the sphere and the charge-excess of all those atoms in the sphere.

They had large bright eyes, the small upturned noses of all babies everywhere, and hair cropped short except for the long ringlets of paot framing their little white faces.

It is as large as all of art, interdependent, varied, multitudinous ''.

The black Fudo seemed to stare rigidly back at him and Richard's eyes were caught by the Fudo's in fascination, and then Richard was shocked as, all at once, flames shot out from the sharp features of Fudo's face and there was a terrible metallic scraping sound, as if the large statue were about to burst from some pressure within it.

Russell notes that these errors make it difficult to do historical justice to Aristotle, until one remembers how large of an advance he made upon all of his predecessors.

It is possible to view all human cultures as part of one large, ever-changing global culture.

Experiments have been conducted to attempt the synthesis of ununennium ( Uue ), which is likely to be the next member of the group, but they have all met with failure .< ref name =" link "> However, ununennium may not be an alkali metal due to relativistic effects, which are predicted to have a large influence on the chemical properties of superheavy elements.

Once the screen has been cleared of all asteroids and flying saucers, a new set of large asteroids appears.

Before this, many of its families were assigned to the old order Liliales: a very large order containing almost all monocots with colourful tepals and without starch in their endosperm.

A multitude of airports around the Alps ( and some within ), as well as long-distance rail links from all neighbouring countries, afford large numbers of travellers easy access from abroad.

More indirectly, Christie ’ s famous character of Hercule Poirot can be compared to an archaeologist in his detailed scrutiny of all facts both large and small.

By October 1993, Armenian forces succeeded in occupying almost all of former NKAO, Lachin and large areas in southwestern Azerbaijan.

Artigas, Uruguay and neighboring Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul are large world producers exceeding in quantity Minas Gerais, as well as Mato Grosso, Espirito Santo, Bahia, and Ceará states, all amethyst producers of importance in Brazil.

In it he gathered a large library, a collection of ancient furniture, arms and armour, and other relics and curiosities, especially connected with Scottish history, notably the Celtic Torrs Pony-cap and Horns and the Woodwrae Stone, all now in the Museum of Scotland.