Although there are variations from place to place, most of the world's architects are required to register with the appropriate jurisdiction.

Although most aspirated obstruents in the world's language are stops and affricates, aspirated fricatives such as, or have also been documented in a few Tibeto-Burman languages, in some Oto-Manguean languages and in the Siouan language Ofo.

Although many nations have abolished capital punishment, over 60 % of the world's population live in countries where executions take place, such as the People's Republic of China, India, the United States of America and Indonesia, the four most-populous countries in the world, which continue to apply the death penalty ( although in India, Indonesia and in many US states it is rarely employed ).

Although cocoa is originally from the Americas, today Western Africa produces almost two-thirds of the world's cocoa, with Côte d ' Ivoire growing almost half of it.

Although it was the world's tallest structure when completed in 1889, the Eiffel Tower has since lost its standing both as the tallest lattice tower and as the tallest structure in France.

Although there have been some reports suggesting that Toronto may be one of the world's most diverse cities ( see Demographics of Toronto ), the United Nations agency has never designated any city as being the most multicultural or diverse.

Although that instrument still survives in working order, it is no longer in use and now the meridian of origin of the world's longitude and time is not strictly defined in material form but from a statistical solution resulting from observations of all time-determination stations which the BIPM takes into account when co-ordinating the world's time signals.

Although much has been made of its status as a major exporter of oil, Nigeria produces only about 2. 7 % of the world's supply.

Although not portable and often expensive, the piano's versatility and ubiquity have made it one of the world's most familiar musical instruments.

Although the inner surface of the Earth has an absolute smaller area than the outer, Pellucidar actually has a greater land area, as its continents mirror the surface world's oceans and its oceans mirror the surface continents.

Although a variety of different Asian peoples had migrated to the Korean Peninsula in past centuries, very few have remained permanently, so by 1990 both South Korea and North Korea were among the world's most ethnically homogeneous nations.

Although torpedo boats have disappeared from the majority of the world's navies, they remained in use until relatively recently in a few specialised areas, most notably in the Baltic.

Although tiltrotors such as the Focke-Achgelis Fa 269 of the mid-1940s and the Centro Técnico Aeroespacial " Convertiplano " of the 1950s reached testing or mock-up stages, the V-22 Osprey is considered the world's first production tiltrotor aircraft.

Although North Vietnam blocked the flights, the effort was instrumental in bringing the plight of those POWs to the world's attention and their captors soon began treating them better.

Although the first continents formed during this eon, rock of this age makes up only 7 % of the world's current cratons ; even allowing for erosion and destruction of past formations, evidence suggests that continental crust equivalent to only 5-40 % of the present amount formed during the Archean.

Although he possessed a light voice, he was admired for his lyricism, diction and phrasing — the grace and elegance so prized in his dancing seemed to be reflected in his singing, a capacity for synthesis which led Burton Lane to describe him as " The world's greatest musical performer.

Koutoulas said, " Although we are still at the drawing-board stage, Gert Hof's plan is to make it the world's largest light installation, a structure that has never before been seen in any place of the world.

Although sabres are typically thought of as curved-bladed slashing weapons, those used by the world's heavy cavalry often had straight and even double-edged blades more suitable for thrusting.

Although in the 11th century, they composed only three percent of the world's Jewish population, at their peak in 1931, Ashkenazi Jews accounted for 92 percent of the world's Jews.

Although Izetbegović regarded them as symbolically valuable as a sign of the Muslim world's support for Bosnia, they appear to have made little military difference and became a major political liability.

Although one of the world's most numerous ducks, the combination of hunting with other factors has led to population declines, and local restrictions on hunting have been introduced at times to help conserve numbers.

Although no longer a member of the OAU ( Organisation of African Unity ) since November 12, 1984 — following the admission of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as the government of Western Sahara — Morocco remains involved in developing the regional economy, as the city of Casablanca contains North Africa's busiest port and serves as the country's economic center.

Although it is the busiest river in the state, its run within the county is tranquil, with high bluff escarpments and sandy islands.

Although it does not have the largest station ground, Erith was the busiest station in 2006 / 2007, responding to 1, 314 incidents-two pumping appliances are based there.

Although the busiest river port in the county before the American Civil War, the population was 79 as of the 2000 Census ( 56 as of the 2010 Census ).

Although this section was the busiest on the canal, income was insufficient to pay for construction of the planned aqueduct.

Although it enabled the newly created Port of Manchester to become Britain's third busiest port — despite the city being about 40 miles ( 64 km ) inland — the canal never achieved the commercial success its sponsors had hoped for.

Although 48 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment left Lossiemouth for Honington on 1 July 1996, RAF Lossiemouth continued to be one of the busiest front-line stations in the RAF with 3 Tornado Squadrons, including XV ( Reserve ) Squadron, 16 ( Reserve ) Squadron ( previously 226 OCU ) and ' D ' Flight, 202 Squadron with their Sea Kings.

Although best known as the headquarters of the militia, Buckman Tavern is also noteworthy as perhaps the busiest of Lexington's 18th century taverns.

Although existing buses ( like Ikarus, LAZ, PAZ, RAF, and KAvZ, as well as irregular imported used minibuses ), obtained on a secondary market, had been used by entrepreneurs as a back-up on the busiest routes since the early 1990s, it wasn't until the auto manufacturer GAZ rolled out the first mass produced Russian minibus, GAZelle, that the modern system took shape.

Although home to a variety of theatres, such as the Haymarket Theatre, Little Theatre and Phoenix Arts, there is currently no major mainstream cinema left in the city centre ( although there is a small cinema showing mainstream films on Abbey Street, and Phoenix Arts has a regular programme of art-house and world cinema ), however a cinema de lux is being constructed as part of Highcross Leicester ( Now completed and the busiest and largest cinema in Leicester ).

Although these continental European powers controlled various coastal regions of southern and eastern India during the ensuing century, they eventually lost all their territories in India to the British islanders, with the exception of the French outposts of Pondicherry and Chandernagore, the Dutch port of Travancore, and the Portuguese colonies of Goa, Daman and Diu.

Although he agreed that the U. S. Constitution did not contain provisions for acquiring territory, Jefferson decided to go ahead with the purchase anyway in order to remove France's presence in the region and to protect both U. S. trade access to the port of New Orleans and free passage on the Mississippi River.

Although a U. S. territory, the USVI are maintained as a " free port " in a separate customs zone.

Although many 2-way valves are made in which the flow can go in either direction between the two ports, when a valve is placed into a certain application, flow is often expected to go from one certain port on the upstream side of the valve, to the other port on the downstream side.

Although severely damaged, both vessels make it to port.

Although it is unknown just how much silver flowed from the Spanish base of Manila in the Philippines to the Ming Dynasty of China, it is known that the main port for the Mexican silver trade — Acapulco — shipped out 150, 000 to 345, 000 kg ( 4 to 9 million taels ) of silver annually from this year to 1602.

Although Spain's presence in the area had been sporadic, the French created a deep-sea port at Dauphin Island and founded French Louisiana's capital at Mobile, a few miles north of Mobile Bay on the Mobile River in 1702.

Although it is situated on the banks of a river, Bucharest has never functioned as a port city, with other Romanian cities such as Constanța and Galați acting as the country's main ports.

Although this project was one of the earliest attempts to port Linux to a handheld computer, it did not come to fruition for Psion.

Although metalled roads allow access to all parts of the island and cars are easily hired in the port, many people choose to rent mopeds or even bicycles due to the flat nature of most of the island and the availability of dedicated cycle tracks in many locations.

Although the Russian pioneers were skilled builders of river boats they lacked the knowledge and equipment to build sea-going vessels which meant that Okhotsk remained a coastal settlement and not a port.

Although the railway through Frombork closed in 2006, the port has seasonal ferry connections with Elbląg, Krynica Morska and Kaliningrad.

Although Union ships imposed a blockade on the port of Bayport, runners enjoyed a great deal of success — enough to lead the Union in June 1864 to order some 150 – 250 troops to destroy Confederate stockpiles in the county.

Although it was filmed on the port side of the ship like the other videos, it has often been shown mirrored.

Although native populations have historically used the nearby area for seasonal food-gathering, there are no permanent residents at the mine or the port site.

Although different locations were considered for the railroad terminus and shipping port, Agate Bay was chosen because it was closer to the iron ore site and provided a clay bottom bay, while most others were rocky.

Although Haparanda has a boat harbor, it is not accessible for larger vessels and is not, as often thought, the Baltic Sea's northernmost port, that honor most probably belonging to Töre further west on the Swedish coast.

Although located along the river, there are not any port facilities, though there is a marina located on the eastbank ( south side ) of the Willamette.

From the port of Newhaven international ferries run to the French ports of Dieppe ( Transmanche Ferries ); and to Le Havre, ( LD Lines ) Although there are some derelict signs of the one-time train ferry operations, the harbour still sees a great deal of freight and passengers movement, with both the ferries running from this port being under three years old.

Although they were supposed to be sailing to Egypt, Dandolo convinced them to stop at Zadar, a port city on the Adriatic that was claimed both by Venice and by the Kingdom of Hungary.