Being very difficult to measure, only about 60 stellar parallaxes had been obtained by the end of the 19th century, mostly by use of the filar micrometer.

Being relatively heavy and positively charged, alpha particles tend to have a very short mean free path, and quickly lose kinetic energy within a short distance of their source.

Being is quite conceivable apart from actual existence ; so much so that the very first and the most universal of all the distinctions in the realm of being is that which divides it into two classes, that of the real and that of the possible.

Being one of the first film hyphenates ( film director, editor and engineer ) Porter also invented and utilized some of the very first ( albeit primitive ) special effects such as double exposures, miniatures and split-screens.

Being very uncomfortable Marlow tells her that the final words that Kurtz pronounce was her name.

Being very underweight or malnourished can cause a low libido due to disruptions in normal hormonal levels.

Being nearly landlocked affects conditions in the Mediterranean Sea: for instance, tides are very limited as a result of the narrow connection with the Atlantic Ocean.

Being a shield volcano, Olympus Mons has a very low profile.

Augustine wrote: That the good purpose of marriage, however, is better promoted by one husband with one wife, than by a husband with several wives, is shown plainly enough by the very first union of a married pair, which was made by the Divine Being Himself.

Being a noble gas, radon is chemically not very reactive.

Being strong and skillful, he did very well, winning some events outright.

Being one of the smallest phones on the market, it proved very popular.

Being rules, the " statement " has a very special meaning in the Archaeology: it is not the expression itself, but the rules which make an expression discursively meaningful.

Being an extremely standardized form, Seitei Iaido is practiced not only in Japan, but all over the world in very similar way.

Being immaterial has its advantages and with the advent of high quality digital printing techniques a very traditional long lasting print of this artwork can also be produced and marketed.

Being created at a time where there was only telephones and radio the act had very specific rules towards regulation in these markets.

Being cut off from the tube map and at the very edge of the metropolis may have meant Thamesmead was not first port of call for immigrants arriving in London.

Being so physically close to Ground Zero, tourism and business had been very slow to return to the area for several years but appears to have rebounded more recently.

Being very involved in the community, he saw Scouting as a program making significant positive impact on the lives of young men.

Being accompanied by the movie Cherchez l ’ idole, the EP with " La plus belle pour aller danser " became n ° 1 in France, sold over a million copies in Japan, very successful in Korea and Spain too, and her 1st release in Italy.

Being a Swedish, very old-fashioned, Partille Kyrka has no bell tower, as a compliment a separate belfry was built in 1652.

Cui's very last published articles ( from 1917 ) constituted merciless parodies, including the little song " Гимн футуризму " (" Hymn to Futurism ") and " Краткая инструкция, как, не будучи музыкантом, сделаться гениальным модерн-композитором " (" Concise Directions on How to Become a Modern Composer of Genius without Being a Musician ").

Being the only two predominantly Catholic nation in Asia, relations with the Philippines became very positive as soon as East Timor was multilaterally recognized as an independent state.

Being very muscular, his upper arms were far larger than his hands.

Being very broad, they can sometimes include centrist and liberal ( or " bourgeois ") forces as well as socialist and communist (" working-class ") groups.

Being a pioneer of peace making in the region and driven from its belief that a peaceful Middle East is the best solution for the development of Egypt, the third Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's groundbreaking trip to Israel in 1977, the 1978 Camp David Accords, and the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty represented a fundamental shift in the politics of the region ; from a strategy of confrontation to one of peace as a strategic choice.

Being on a main railway line with extensive marshalling yards, it was of strategic importance and a target of the French Resistance.

Being strategic can also mean to defend when one is opposed or to hurt the decision maker.

Being a ' girly girl ' can then be seen as a fluid and partially embodied position-a form of discourse taken up, discarded or modified for tactical / strategic ends.

Being a strategic road junction has allowed the city to host a fair number of distribution centers for goods, such as fruits and medicines.

Being so close to Norway, the islands were of strategic importance in World War II and were a regular landfall for Norwegian boats carrying escapees from the Nazi occupation.

Being a strategic crossroads, Saint-Lô was almost totally destroyed ( 95 % according to common estimates ) during the Battle of Normandy in World War II, earning the title of " The Capital of the Ruins " from Samuel Beckett ; it was even questioned whether to rebuild it or to leave the ruins intact as a testimony to the bombing.

* John Inman, actor, star of Are You Being Served ?, location of ashes unknown

Being remote from the Royal Court in London, the Pavilion was also a discreet location for the Prince to enjoy liaisons with his long-time companion, Mrs Fitzherbert.

Being satisfied with the location, he returned Eastward with his companions, and at White Pigeon made his land entry.

Being close to both Omaha and Lincoln has made it an excellent location for more wealthy urbanites to build homes in the country.

Being unable to attract the Indians to stay at the mission and due to tensions between the Indians and Spanish soldiers, the mission was relocated only four years later, to a more favorable location on the Guadalupe River.

St Cadoc's Hospital in Caerleon has been featured as a location of episodes in the BBC television programmes Doctor Who and Being Human.

The village and West Wycombe Park have been used as a location for numerous films, most notably The Duchess, The Importance of Being Earnest, I Capture the Castle and Dead Man's Folly.

Being an ancient market town, Fenny Stratford was the location of a weekly market for many years until 1665 when the town was badly hit by the bubonic plague.

Being near the New Forest, the town is also a good location to be based for walking, cycling and riding.

Being above Niagara Falls, Chippawa is the location of water intakes to electric power plants located below the falls.

Being located on the South coast of Portugal, Portimão is well known in the sailing world for being an ideal location for sailing on the Atlantic Ocean, boasting much calmer seas and weather conditions than the Western coastline.

Being appointed father superior ( egumen ) of the Snagov Monastery, Anthim moved the press to the new location.

Being at exactly the same height and location, this indicates that both the analog and digital transmitters would have been diplexed into the same antenna.

Being able to detect the location of the edge of an object aids in recognizing the object.

Due to its proximity to London and Shepperton Studios, Hersham is frequently a filming location for film and television productions including Nighty Night, The Glass, Monty Python and Being April.

Being a former shire town, Newcastle is the location of several government offices and the county court house.

Being a rather picturesque location, the school has featured in movies and television serials.

Being fire resistant in this brushy location is also an advantage.

Being the head of river navigation also meant being the best location for the start of the Cariboo Wagon Road ( as there were no usable roads between Yale and the settlements nearer the Fraser's mouth.

Being the realm of Fayrye, however, it might not be expected to have a specific location in the real world.

Being the gateway to most of Kumaon and parts of Garhwal, it is an important revenue center of Uttarakhand based on its advantageous location as a base depot for goods in transit to the hills.

Being on the usually windward north-western coast of the island, it is also a noted location for wind-surfing.

Being in the vicinity of the Erlangen University and the Audio & Multimedia division of Fraunhofer IIS, this location enables close scientific collaboration in an ideal way.

Being a reportedly haunted location, it is also an annual Halloween haunted attraction.