Being a protective encasement with at least one gun position, it is essentially a pillbox or small fortress ( though these are static fortifications of a purely defensive nature ) that can move toward the enemy-hence its offensive utility.

Being a small country with a history of neutrality it was the host country for the important Maastricht Treaty and Amsterdam Treaty and is the seat of the International Court of Justice.

Being a small, unincorporated town, early Rockville was known by a variety of names, including Owen's Ordinary, Hungerford's Tavern, and Daley's Tavern.

Being a small town, Aptos does not have as many entertainment possibilities to offer as neighboring Santa Cruz, California.

Being a summer community, Groton Long Point experiences something of an exodus in early September as many of the summer families and the renters exit, leaving only a small number of full-time residents in the fall, winter and spring months.

Being a small village, Kildeer's municipal offices were always housed in the village Clerk's home.

Being in the northernmost portion of the state, and with small mountains up to 1, 800 feet in elevation, the Northern Zone normally exhibits a colder temperature regime than other climate regions of the State of New Jersey.

Being in the northernmost portion of the state, and with small mountains up to in elevation, the Northern Zone normally exhibits a colder temperature regime than other climate regions of the State of New Jersey.

Being bound by these formidable terrain features has kept the size of the village small, and prevented the suburban sprawl that has come about in the less-constrained regions to the north and south and in the New York Metropolitan area generally.

Being the largest in the county and having the best opportunities for education, the Atoka Public Schools System has students from all over Atoka County, although there are three other small high schools in Caney, Stringtown, and Tushka.

Being scarsely populated, Torsås Municipality tries to attract people to settle there, boasting its nature and the advantages of a small municipality while being no more than 30 minutes away from the larger towns of Kalmar and Karlskrona.

Being so close to the busy town of Camden and City of Columbia, yet still keeping its small town feel and sense of pride makes Lugoff unique.

Being a such a small and dispersed mountain village, relatively few men from Windham served with the Union Army during the Civil War.

Being picked up by the small independent company New Line Cinema, Pink Flamingos was later distributed to Ben Barenholtz, the owner of the Elgin Theater in New York City.

Being the lead vocalist of the band, Hawkins prefers to use a small drum kit so he can be seen singing.

Being a small car factory, for economic reasons, Saab kept the basic undercarriage more or less unchanged throughout the 900's production run.

Being a very small company ( about 8 developers ) they managed to produce high quality software, famous among software developers.

Being similar to Lysergic acid diethylamide, the chemical composition of the average human's stomach would be too acidic for the ergot to survive, especially if the food was properly cooked, but if some residents were malnourished and suffering from bleeding stomach ulcers, there is valid reasoning to say that while most of the residents would not be affected by ingesting contaminated grains, a small percentage could have become infected, offering an explanation for why ergotism was never initially recognized.

Being short, light waves can be focused or collimated with a small lens / antenna and to a much higher degree than radio waves.

Being designed as the successor of the Honda Quint, the Integra is closely related to the Civic, although it featured a small list of key upgrades over its smaller stablemate to help merit a price increase over the CRX Si, which was otherwise the sportiest subcompact vehicle being offered by Honda Verno ; enlarged 4-wheel disc brakes replaced the small front-disc / rear-drum setup used by the Civic and CRX, suspension calibration was re-worked, better tires were used and a 113-hp DOHC fuel-injected 16-valve engine was used in place of the SOHC unit from the CRX Si.

Being a relatively small community, Moraga does not have a lot of entertainment that caters to college students ; however, a Jan Term class was created in 2011 to address the needs of college students in Moraga.

Being an early exponent of the long throw-in he would practice by throwing balls over a row of houses and getting the small boys of the village to fetch them back for him.

Being centrally located, town squares are usually surrounded by small shops such as bakeries, meat markets, cheese stores, and clothing stores.

Being particularly popular in the British garrison town Poona ( now Pune ), the game also came to be known as Poona.

Being considered a high risk town, the charter included incentives to settle there such as the offering of freedom from justice to anyone who lived in Gibraltar for one year and one day.

Being near to the military town of Woolwich there have never been any Quaker meeting houses but the Plymouth Brethren have had numerous meeting rooms in the area since about 1845.

Being called Buto by the Greeks during Ptolemaic Egypt, a Greek dynasty ruling from 305 to 30 BC, it was the capital town, or according to Herodian, merely the principal village of the Nile Delta, which Herodotus ( l. c .) calls the Chemmite nome ; Ptolemy, the Phthenothite nome (, iv.

Being a primarily rural town, New Hartford does not have any public transit services.

Being located on the south bank of White River, the town became a port in the days of flat and keel-boats.

Being of Irish descent, Boyce, and / or his son Henry Archinard Boyce, gave all the streets Irish names as he did his own plantation, Ulster, which was immediately adjacent to the town along Bayou Jeunes des Gens ( Jean de Jean ).

Novinger versus Nature: Being a river town, Novinger was no stranger to frequent flooding of the Chariton River during the community's early years.

Being the town between Barre and Montpelier, the two largest cities in the region, much of the commercial business of the region can be found in Berlin, including parts of the Barre-Montpelier Road ( U. S. Route 302 ), and the Berlin Mall.

" Being jerked back awake into the real world, he asks the conductor if he has ever heard of a town called Willoughby, but the conductor replies, " Not on this run ... no Willoughby on the line.

Being situated on a north / south peninsula, Broome has water on both sides of the town.

Being built close to the Saint John River, the town is usually affected by the annual spring freshet.

Being a coastal town, Mombasa is characterized by a flat topography.

Being a university town, Lincoln has had a thriving music scene since the 1950s.

Being a commuter town, many of the residents commute daily via rail to London, Brighton, Crawley or Gatwick for work.

Being that it was such an unhealthy place to live in, the town had to rely on social and political attractions to bring in a steady supply of new immigrants, otherwise the town's death rate would have left it abandoned earlier.

Being part of the Milton Keynes South Midlands ( MKSM ) study area along with other towns in Northamptonshire, the town is due to get around 6, 000 additional homes mainly to the east of the town.

Being built on the edge of a steep riverbank, the town has a distinctive long and narrow layout.