Semi-permanent mooring anchors ( such as mushroom anchors ) and large ship's anchors derive a significant portion of their holding power from their mass, while also hooking or embedding in the bottom.

There was a significant portion of the ANC who therefore turned to violence in order to achieve their goals.

A significant portion of ANC leadership agreed that this violence was needed to combat increasing backlash from the government.

According to the E. J. Erickson the Greek Navy also played a crucial, albeit indirect role, in the Thracian campaign by neutralizing no less than three Thracian Corps ( see First Balkan War, the Bulgarian theater of operations ), a significant portion of the Ottoman Army there, in the all-important opening round of the war.

While most pre-Columbian historians believe that there was ritual cannibalism related to human sacrifices, they do not support Harris's thesis that human flesh was ever a significant portion of the Aztec diet.

The American border with New Brunswick did not have any significant action during this conflict, although British forces did occupy a portion of coastal Maine at one point.

This class of receptors is huge, representing a significant portion of the genome.

Equipment from the Soviet Union is being progressively replaced by more modern U. S., French, and British equipment, a significant portion of which is built under license in Egypt, such as the M1 Abrams tank.

Equipment from the Soviet Union is being progressively replaced by more modern U. S., French, and British equipment, a significant portion of which is built under license in Egypt, such as the M1A1 Abrams tank which makes Egypt the owner of the second largest number of latest generation main battle tanks in the region after Israel, and the second after Syria in case of the older generations.

Remittances from Eritreans abroad and foreign aid form a significant portion of Eritrea ’ s income.

Eritrea maintains a military force on its border with Ethiopia roughly equal in size to Ethiopia's force, which has required a general mobilization of a significant portion of the population.

Although magnesium and manganese are produced by weathering, exchanges between soil organic matter and living cells account for a significant portion of ecosystem fluxes.

If a project plan contains a significant portion of LOE, and the LOE is intermixed with discrete effort, EVM results will be contaminated.

He also married the daughter of his ally Soga no Kurayamada, thus ensuring that a significant portion of the Soga clan's power was on his side.

He had checked about 40 % of the unavoidability portion and found a significant error in the discharging procedure.

A significant portion of the Japanese fleet was based in Truk Lagoon.

Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the object ( s ) of their fandom and spend a significant portion of their time and energy involved with their interest, often as a part of a social network with particular practices ( a fandom ); this is what differentiates " fannish " ( fandom-affiliated ) fans from those with only a casual interest.

That is, a significant portion of the total energy output from the galaxy is emitted by a source other than the stars, dust and interstellar medium.

The real population transfer figures are somewhat contested by historians, though the general perception is that significant portion of local population had remained, while the exile was largely of the nobility class.

In the aftermath of the financial and economic crisis that began in mid-1997, the government took custody of a significant portion of private sector assets through acquisition of nonperforming bank loans and corporate assets through the debt restructuring process.

Generally, this type of semi-institutionalized humor starts as a specific group's in-joke, and grows until it reaches a significant portion of Internet users, gaining popularity, " rules " and mythos.

Even in recent years, the sale of the whole of or a significant portion of a farm in many European countries required consent from certain heirs, and / or heirs had the intervening right to obtain the land in question with same sales conditions as in the sales agreement in question.

A significant portion ( about one third ) of the Qur ' an deals with these beliefs, with many hadith elaborating on the themes and details.

An increasingly significant portion of Kenya's foreign inflows is from remittances by non-resident Kenyans who work in the US, Middle East, Europe, Asia and Antarctica.

Upon his own death, Engels left Marx's two surviving daughters a " significant portion " of his $ 4. 8 million estate.

The Institute also planned to furnish a regular series of articles, beginning in the fall of 1960, on its more significant Scientific Exhibits.

Douglas Adams's 1982 science fiction comedy novel Life, the Universe and Everything – the third part of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series – features the urn containing the Ashes, as a significant element of its plot.

Bodyline, a fictionalised television miniseries based on the " Bodyline " Ashes series of 1932 – 33, screened in Australia in 1984, to significant public interest and critical acclaim.

Although each series is set in a different era, all follow the " misfortunes " of Edmund Blackadder ( played by Atkinson ), who in each is a member of a British family dynasty present at many significant periods and places in British history.

Another significant difference is that the character of Prince Edmund presented in the pilot is much closer to the intelligent, conniving Blackadder of the later series than the snivelling, weak buffoon of the original.

The public image of rail travel was severely damaged following the series of significant accidents after privatisation.

Flockhart's character was significant throughout the series ' first four years, but her appearances were reduced for the 2010 – 2011 season, coinciding with the departure of TV husband Rob Lowe.

Her first stories appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s, including two significant series in Weird Tales.

Thomas began to visit franchises and espouse his hardworking, so-called “ mop-bucket attitude .” In 1989, he took on a significant role as the TV spokesman in a series of commercials for the brand.

The movement became even more significant in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th centuries, where it drew far more members than in Europe.

As Hamlet was very popular, Bernard Lott, the series editor of New Swan, believes it " unlikely that he would have overlooked ... so significant a piece ".

Despite the significant resources mobilized and self-sacrifice of the participants, a series of missteps by several successive unwilling or incompetent chief commanders appointed by the Polish government ultimately led to the defeat of the insurgents by the Russian army.

Early Middle Japanese sees a significant amount of Chinese influence on the language's phonology – length distinctions become phonemic for both consonants and vowels, and series of both labialised ( e. g. kwa ) and palatalised ( kya ) consonants are added.

While these series proved commercially unsuccessful and were canceled, several of their characters and the Fourth World mythos have continued as a significant part of the DC Universe.

The most significant of these 13th-century prose romances was the Vulgate Cycle ( also known as the Lancelot-Grail Cycle ), a series of five Middle French prose works written in the first half of that century.

ECPA President Mark Kuyper said, " In many ways this series established Christian fiction as a significant category in publishing in general.

Replacement of the M16 family has been proposed at various points, and its longevity is in part due to a series of failures in projects meant to replace it, driven largely by the requirement for a significant improvement.

Because of such significant deviations from the animated series, movies, and subsequent sequels the novels themselves are not considered canonical ; however, the detailed account of past events leading up to the introduction of the mobile suit and early skirmishes of the OYW are more or less accepted in the continuity.

The series includes a number of scenes in which characters under fast-penta ( or telepathic interrogation ) reveal personal feelings as well as significant facts.

The Crimean Khanate continued to invade Eastern Europe in a series of slave raids, and remained a significant power in Eastern Europe and a threat to Muscovite Russia in particular until the end of the 17th century.

Ruby 1. 9 introduces many significant changes over the 1. 8 series.

The first significant drama series to do this was Hill Street Blues.

This technology allowed the Romulans to develop a new series of vessels which caused significant headaches to their enemies.

Gellar came into prominence in the late 1990s when she landed significant parts in the successful horror films I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream 2 and played Buffy Summers on the WB / UPN television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she won six Teen Choice Awards and the Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actress and received a Golden Globe Award nomination.

During this time Adorno not only produced a significant series of notes on Beethoven ( which was never completed and only published posthumously ), but also published Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy in 1960.