Besides herding, they also function as watchdogs due to their alertness and tendency to only bark as needed.

Besides opposing at all points the peculiar doctrines of Calvinism, Episcopius protested against the tendency of Calvinists to lay so much stress on abstract dogma, and argued that Christianity was practical rather than theoretical — not so much a system of intellectual belief as a moral power and that an orthodox faith did not necessarily imply the knowledge of and assent to a system of doctrine which included the whole range of Christian truth, but only the knowledge and acceptance of so much of Christianity as was necessary to effect a real change on the heart and life.

Besides the problem of toxicity, its usefulness as a shade tree in the United States is diminished by its tendency to sprout where unwanted and to turn sidewalks into dangerously slippery surfaces when the fruits fall, though this is not a problem where songbird populations are in good shape.

Besides applying the mechanical elements described above, strikers use particular strategies to help ensure their strikes are effective.

Besides the administration of the oaths of office, there is no set formula for the swearing-in of a governor-designate.

Besides the administration of the oaths of office, there is no set formula for the swearing-in of a governor general-designate.

Besides painting portraits in oil, doubtless after a formula learned from Peter Pelham, Copley was a pioneer American pastellist.

Besides the generics, a number of rival sellers marketed their own branded versions of the formula, brands such as " Freeman's ", " Teasdale's ", and " Towle's ".

Besides the direct accounts of written revelation, such as Moses receiving the Ten Commandments, the Prophets of the Old Testament frequently claimed that their message was divine by the formula " Thus says the LORD " ( for example, 1 Kgs 12: 22 – 24 ; 1 Chr 17: 3 – 4 ; Jer 35: 13 ; Ezek 2: 4 ; Zech 7: 9 ; etc .).

Besides the twenty-two etchings " sur Paris ", Méryon did seventy-two etchings of one sort and another ninety-four in all being catalogued in Frederick Wedmore's Méryon and Méryon's Paris ; but these include the works of his apprenticeship and of his decline, adroit copies in which his best success was in the sinking of his own individuality, and more or less dull portraits.

Besides Rugby, Eton and Harrow there are also rules of a sort in place at Winchester, Shrewsbury and elsewhere.

Besides, agreements `` in principle '', with the petty details to be thrashed out later, were commonplace in diplomatic history.

Besides the history of Augustus ' reign that caused him so much grief, his major works included an Etruscan history and eight volumes on Carthaginian history, as well as an Etruscan Dictionary and a book on dice playing.

Besides her knowledge of history and languages, she could also recite Virgil and Terence by heart.

Besides postal services, some of which were handled by electronic means, the ministry was involved in a wide spectrum of telephone, wire, telegraph, and international communications ( see Postage stamps and postal history of the People's Republic of China ).

Besides history, his academic studies had for periods been devoted both to Theology and Medicine.

Besides the interest attached to these Selinuntine metopes from their important bearing on the history of Greek sculpture, the remains of these temples are of value as affording the most unequivocal testimony to the use of painting, both for the architectural decoration of the temples, and as applied to the sculptures with which they were adorned.

Besides the Reformation, the Renaissance was an influential epoch in the history of thought concerning magic and science.

Besides Champollion's life and discoveries, the museum also recounts the history of writing.

Besides his Halakhic expertise he had complete mastery of all the sciences, music, history and wrote poetry.

Besides plants and animals, the evolutionary history of various fungal species is dotted by past and recent whole-genome duplication events ( see Albertin and Marullo 2012 for review ).

Besides the martial, the demographic and cultural effects of this policy on later Asturian, Spanish and Portuguese history is large.

Besides all levels of Chinese language teaching, the university has opened courses such as Chinese literature, Chinese history, Chinese economy, Chinese philosophy and Chinese law for interested international students.

Besides these writings, Theophrastus was the author of several collections of problems, out of which some things at least have passed into the Problems that have come down to us under the name of Aristotle, and commentaries, partly dialogues, to which probably belonged the Erotikos, Megacles, Callisthenes, and Megarikos, and letters, partly books on mathematical sciences and their history.

Besides, megahistory and personal history never integrate here ".

Besides these five books, published around 1360, Fordun also wrote part of another book, and collected materials for bringing down the history to a later period.

Besides depicting an early adventure of the crew, it still operates as a sequel by depicting a later adventure of the Spock character, and by altering the history of the characters it also partially remakes the original series.

Besides reinforcing the concept of the emperor as a deity, the Jinnōshōtōki provided a Shinto view of history, which stressed the divine nature of all Japanese and the country's spiritual supremacy over China and India.

Besides boasting such big name stars as Manilow and Dionne Warwick ; one of the pivotal moments in Arista's history was the signing of Aretha Franklin in 1980, after her long relationship with Atlantic Records ended.

Besides military history, the Anabasis has found use as a tool for the teaching of classical philosophy ; the principles of leadership and government exhibited by the army can be seen as exemplifying Socratic philosophy.

Besides the Précis des événements militaires, which forms a valuable source for the history of the period, Dumas wrote Souvenirs du lieutenant-général Comte Mathieu Dumas ( published posthumously by his son, Paris, 1839 ).

Besides contributing various historical and critical essays to the North American Review, such as " life and Character of Peter the Great ", ( 1845 ) and a remarkable essay on the Polity of the Puritans, he published in 1849, again anonymously, a second novel, entitled Merry Mount, a Romance of the Massachusetts Colony, based again on the odd history of Thomas Morton and Merrymount.

Besides theology, Neckam was interested in the study of grammar and natural history, but his name is chiefly associated with nautical science.

Besides the lack of an adequate ethical dimension to the Governor's case, one can ask seriously whether our lead over the Russians in quality and quantity of nuclear weapons is so slight as to make the tests absolutely necessary.

Besides flathead bronze screws, silicon bronze Stronghold nails ( made by Independent Nail & Packing Co., Bridgewater, Mass. ) are used extensively in assembly and Weldwood resorcinol glue is used in all the joints.

Besides the two for the Roman Pontiffs already mentioned, there is one for Alfieri, another for Emo, a Venetian admiral, and a small model of a cenotaph for Horatio Nelson, besides a great variety of monumental relieves such as the Stele Tadini in the Chapel of the Accademia Tadini in Lovere.

Besides Turkic people, large part of the Ghaznavid Empire was made up of local Muslim Afghans from what is now Afghanistan and western parts of Pakistan.

Besides living together under continuous observation, which is the major attraction of the contest, the program relies on four basic props: The stripped-bare, back-to-basics environment in which they live, the evictions, the weekly tasks and competitions set by Big Brother and the " Diary / Confession Room ", in which the housemates individually convey their thoughts, feelings, and frustrations and reveal their nominees for eviction.

Besides its digestive properties, it is used as a mild stimulant.

Besides the great trilogy, Clement's only other extant work is the treatise Salvation for the rich.

Besides hearing and vision, at least one species, the tucuxi or Guiana dolphin, is able to use electroreception to sense prey.

Besides its literary qualities, this poem is important to historians because it is the only record of Joan of Arc outside the documents of her trial.

Besides the advantages offered by such a plan, in setting immediately before the eyes of the student the final results of the investigation in a more concrete form, and thereby rendering easier his insight into the nature of particular Indo-European languages, there is, I think, another of no less importance gained by it, namely that it shows the baselessness of the assumption that the non-Indian Indo-European languages were derived from Old-Indian ( Sanskrit ).

Besides explaining the process of desertification, the model is also useful for developing methods to combat it ( see also: Alternative stable state ).

Besides playing games, another use of dominoes is standing them on end in long lines so that when the first tile is toppled, it topples the second, which topples the third, etc., resulting in all of the tiles falling.

Besides its frequent revision, DDC's main advantage over its chief American rival, the Library of Congress Classification system developed shortly afterward, is its simplicity.

Besides, French doctrine and jurisprudence traditionally allow pictures incorporating a copyrighted work as long as their presence is incidental or accessory to the main represented subject, a reasoning akin to the de minimis rule.

Besides the well – known ratio e = f / a, it is also true that e = a / d.

Besides being the first U. S. satellite, it is known for discovering the Van Allen radiation belt.

Besides using the flag, the Council also uses a defaced version of the flag as its emblem: it is the existing design with a stylised, green " e " over the stars.

Besides saving bandwidth, this also makes documents harder to censor as there is no one " source node.

Besides the bid for an AFL club which was passed over in favour of a second Queenland team, despite several major local businesses and the Premier pioneering for a club, there is also a Hobart bid for entry into the A-League.

Besides economy, the ability to customize the performance of the ammunition is a common goal.

Besides a direct quote there exist many variations starting " Ich bin ein (+ noun, e. g., Frankfurter )" that is supposed to be understood by the primarily English-speaking audience based on the widespread knowledge of this German phrase and its myth.

Besides his opposition to slavery and the gag rule ( discussed below ), his congressional career is remembered for several other key accomplishments.