Although the elections were for local officials, it was not necessary to conduct the elections so as to prevent parties from publicly identifying their candidates.

Although local police were surprised by the size of N30, law enforcement agencies have since reacted worldwide to prevent the disruption of future events by a variety of tactics, including sheer weight of numbers, infiltrating the groups to determine their plans, and preparations for the use of force to remove protesters.

Although technically in breach of the statutory monopoly, CCT Boatphone was backed by a powerful collection of local interests known as the BVI Investment Club.

Although he must have been familiar with the ancient name, Balcia, meaning a supposed island in the Baltic Sea, and although he may have been aware of the Baltic words containing the stem balt -, " white ", as " swamp ", he reports that he followed the local use of balticus from baelt (" belt ") because the sea stretches to the east " in modum baltei " (" in the manner of a belt ").

Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.

Although water is vital for life, the structure of this water in the cytosol is not well understood, mostly because methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance only give information on the average structure of water, and cannot measure local variations at the microscopic scale.

Although never formally endorsed by CND nationally, INDEC candidates were generally put up by local CND groups as a means of raising the profile of this issue in public politics.

Although 700 local languages and dialects are spoken, the linguistic variety is bridged both by the use of French and the intermediary languages Kikongo, Tshiluba, Swahili, and Lingala.

Although the waters surrounding the Dominican Republic abound with fish, the fishing industry is comparatively undeveloped, and fish for local consumption are imported.

Although he describes the details of the Easter celebration as deriving from local custom, he insists the feast itself is universally observed.

* Although the Government of Ethiopia has allied with local clans in opposition to the Transitional National Government in the past, it currently is supporting the Transitional Government against its main rival, the Islamic Courts Union.

Although vi was almost ubiquitous, he could not count on the local version working the way he expected.

Although it never uses the term, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( The Mormon Church ) is episcopal, rather than presbyterian or congregational, in the sense that it has a strict hierarchy of leadership from the local bishop up to a single prophet / president, believed to be personally authorized and guided by Jesus Christ.

Although she rarely attended church services, she saw that her two daughters were baptised into the Anglican faith and went to the local Sunday School.

Although Gerry does not seem to have been directly involved in the drafting of the district, the shape of one of the districts ( not far from his home in Essex County ) resembled a salamander, leading a local Federalist newspaper to print a political cartoon calling it a " Gerry-mander ".

Although genealogy information described in Shaku Nihongi leaves room for discussion, many scholars acknowledge the blood relationship with the Okinaga clan, a powerful local ruling family or the collateral line of the Imperial family-governed Oumi region ( a part of present-day Shiga Prefecture ).

Although the theory of special relativity forbids objects to have a relative velocity greater than light speed, and general relativity reduces to special relativity in a local sense ( in small regions of spacetime where curvature is negligible ), general relativity does allow the space between distant objects to expand in such a way that they have a " recession velocity " which exceeds the speed of light, and it is thought that galaxies which are at a distance of more than about 14 billion light-years from us today have a recession velocity which is faster than light.

Although the conclusion was drawn that reindeer herding was incompatible with the local culture, the southern herds continue to prosper.

Although ABC does not air any national game shows, its syndication wing Disney-ABC Domestic Television distributes Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ?, and many of their local affiliates air it in syndication.

Although most peasants in France spoke local dialects, an official language emerged in Paris and the French language became the preferred language of Europe's aristocracy.

Although Huneric was a fervent adherent to Arianism, his reign opened with making a number of positive overtures towards the local Roman population.

Although animal products & numbers of livestock are increasing, this isn't enough for local requirements for a growing population.

Although Kenilworth's great tower is larger, it is similar to that of Brandon Castle near Coventry ; both were built by the local Clinton family in the 1120s.

Although the government did not allow any legal opposition, Gayoom was opposed in the early 1990s by Islamists ( also seen as fundamentalists ) who wanted to impose a religious way of life and by some powerful local business leaders.

Although Gandhi did not originate the All-India Muslim Conference, which directed the movement in India, he soon became its most prominent spokesman and attracted a strong base of Muslim support with local chapters in all Muslim centers in India.

Although some Protestants reject the concept of an ecumenical council establishing doctrine for the entire Christian faith, Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox all accept the authority of ecumenical councils in principle.

Although Calvin respected the work of the ecumenical councils, he considered them to be subject to God's Word, the teaching of scripture.

Although these councils did include statements about the canon, when it came to the New Testament they were only reaffirming the existing canon, including the Antilegomena.

Although worker's councils were politically significant in the earliest stages of the Soviet Union, they soon lost their power and significance as political power was concentrated in the hands of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ).

Although Emperor Theodosius had long been a staunch supporter of Nestorius, his loyalty seems to have been shaken by the reports from Cyril's council and caused him to arrive at the extraordinary decision to ratify the depositions decreed by both councils.

Although the Pashtuns are politically separated by the Durand Line between Pakistan and Afghanistan, many Pashtun tribes from the FATA area and the adjacent regions of Afghanistan, tend to ignore the border and cross back and forth with relative ease to attend weddings, family functions and take part in the joint tribal councils known as jirgas.

Although they did not agree, the commission preferred the opinion which made it ultra vires for councils to engage in interest rate swaps.

Although the Weimar constitution ( which Ebert signed into law in August 1919 ) provided for the establishment of workers ' councils on different levels of society, they did not play a major part in the political life of the Weimar Republic.

Although he intended these economic councils to be more responsive to local needs, the decentralization of industry led to disruption and inefficiency.

Although created under local government legislation ( the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973 ) community councils have no statutory powers or responsibilities and are not a tier of local government.

Although Mr Justice Ouseley said prayers were permitted to be held before the start of the formal agenda, Eric Pickles vowed to reverse the High Court decision, despite a recent Yougov poll showing 55 % were against councils holding prayers with just 26 % in favour.

Although initially fiercely resisted by local councils and residents, today it is generally regarded as having been a success and is now used as an exemplar of large-scale regeneration, although tensions between older and more recent residents remain.

Although ecumenical councils in the Roman Catholic Church are summoned by the Pope, the Council of Vienne was in reality convened at Philip's behest to disband the Templars elsewhere.

Although they are named " councils " they are really geographic standing committees of council with no final authority.

Although the number of regional councils in North Carolina has decreased over the years, the number of citizens served by the councils continues to rise.

Although representation and number of services provided by COGs has increased over the years, the budgets of these councils have not followed suit.

Although management and administration has been restructured on regional lines, the 47 local Learning and Skills councils were retained.

Although willing to compromise about exact boundaries, the government stood firm on the existence or abolition of county councils.

Although called two-tier, the system was really three-tier, as it retained civil parish councils, although in Wales they were renamed community councils.

Although women may vote in some churches, they are still unable to hold office on councils or represent their churches at a synod level.

Although not part of the central government programme, in local government, a growing number of councils have signed up to the Nottingham Declaration, launched on 25 October 2000, committing them to work towards reducing emissions.

Although Bridgepoint Capital own the airport 100 % financially, the councils hold a " special share " in the airport, to protect its name and continued operation as an air transport gateway for the Yorkshire region.