Given the short distances of super special stages compared to the regular special stages and consequent near-identical times for the frontrunning cars, it is very rare for these spectator-oriented stages to decide rally results, though it is a well-known axiom that a team can't win the rally at the super special, but they can certainly lose it.

Given Doc Holliday's reputation as a hothead, the defense decided to not call him to the stand.

Given one last chance by the bullying, intimidating Hunsecker, he schemes to plant a false rumor in a rival column that Dallas is a dope-smoking Communist, then encourages Hunsecker to rescue Dallas's reputation, certain that the headstrong boyfriend will reject Hunsecker's favor and end up looking bad to Susan.

Given the reputation of oat grain to have invigorating properties and the obvious connection between plant seeds and human " seed ", it is not surprising that the meaning of the phrase shifted towards more or less explicitly referring to the destructive sexual liaisons of an unmarried young male, possibly resulting in unwanted children born out of wedlock.

Given the number of sites on the internet, it is impossible to try and manually monitor the entire internet for pages that may affect your online reputation.

Given the price of RAM during the period, up to several hundred dollars per MiB, and the quality and reputation of the above brand names, an expanded memory board was very expensive.

Given to a North American rider who demonstrates the highest of standards of personal and professional conduct both on and off the racetrack, Hawley has had the lifelong reputation of being a gentleman and a man of honor.

Given that they were the first main group of diesel locos used in Ireland, they proved very successful and quickly gained a reputation for comfort and reliability by contrast to the poor cab conditions and suspension rocking of the Class 113 and the interminable breakdowns of the 001 / 201.

Given its geographical restrictions, Central Otago will never become a vast wine growing region, but if it can build upon its growing reputation for wines ( particularly Pinot Noir ) of exceptional elegance and longevity, it appears well-poised to carve itself an important and profitable niche in the world market.

Given Nobunaga's reputation at the time as the unruly " Fool of Owari " ( Owari no Utsuke 尾張の虚け ), it was also not impossible for Dōsan to want Nōhime to assassinate him as she was skilled in both the sword and a selection of martial arts.

Given his reputation as something of a libertine, it did not take Dula long to take up with her cousin Laura.

Given Dudley's unsavory reputation, few people believed his denials.

Given Larry ’ s well-established reputation and strengths as a DJ, the release of the album was followed by a deluge of bookings for an album world tour that continued for the rest 2005 ; two U. S. tours, two Australian tours, and countless European dates ensured that the Calyx sound spread far and wide.

Given that the Qur ' an is vague regarding the punishment of homosexual sodomy, Islamic jurists turned to the collections of the hadith and seerah ( accounts of Muhammad's life ) to support their argument for Hudud punishment ; these are perfectly clear but particularly harsh.

Given his leader's power of mental persuasion, it is difficult to tell whether or not Off-Ramp actually had a homosexual desire for him, or if he was just being manipulated.

Given the above-mentioned considerations, many critics of coca eradication believe the fundamental goal of the U. S. government is to constrict the flow of income to the Colombian Marxist rebel movement, FARC, which is heavily funded by the illegal drug trade, rather than combating drugs per se.

Given Bernal's Marxist and pro-Soviet sympathies it is perhaps remarkable that there has never been any suggestion that he fed any information in that direction.

Given BASIC's straightforward nature, it was a simple matter to type in the code from the magazine and execute the program.

Given the federal nature of the holiday, celebrating Canada Day can be a cause of friction in the province of Quebec, where the holiday is overshadowed by Quebec's National Holiday, on June 24.

Given the poorly understood nature of the endocannabinoid system, it will take many more generations of progress to even scratch the surface of the extraordinarily complex mechanisms that control neurological development / degeneration.

Given the repressive nature of the regime of Napoleon III, Bartholdi took no immediate action on the idea except to discuss it with Laboulaye.

Given the CIA's purposeful destruction of most records, its failure to follow informed consent protocols with thousands of participants, the uncontrolled nature of the experiments, and the lack of follow-up data, the full impact of MKUltra experiments, including deaths, will never be known.

Given the nature of the weapon which was being developed, it was recognised that tests would cause widespread and long-lasting contamination of the immediate area by anthrax spores.

Given the being's chaotic nature, almost anything is possible.

Given the complicated nature of the " clamp " technique ( and the potential dangers of hypoglycemia in some patients ), alternatives have been sought to simplify the measurement of insulin resistance.

Given the shared nature of the Canadian monarch, most members of the Canadian Royal Family are also members of the British Royal Family, and thus the House of Windsor.

Given inconsistencies and the lack of reliable data and completely contradicting and unpredictable behavior, the true nature of ball lightning is still unknown and was often regarded as a fantasy or a hoax.

Given the complex nature of human smuggling and trafficking operations, the difference between these two criminal operations is not always readily apparent.

Given the dangerous and clandestine criminal nature of people smuggling operations, smuggled persons are sometimes at risk of becoming victims of other crimes.

Given the clandestine but booming nature of people smuggling operations-especially in places like Mexico-drug cartels have also begun tapping into the smuggling network.

Given the importance of these concepts in Moral Politics, it is important to consider their meaning along with how each view suggests and is justified by a corresponding view of the nature of child rearing, morality, and justice.

Given the tense nature of racial tension in America during the time of the film's production, Poitier felt he was " under close observation by both " Tracy and Hepburn during their first dinner meetings prior to production.

Given the nature of Richthofen's wounds, Popkin was in a position to fire the fatal shot, when the pilot passed him for a second time, on the right.

Given the flat nature of most of the river this was not easily addressed and nothing much was done till the twentieth century.

Given the nature of the book, the room is full of precautions ; not so much for the protection of the book as much as for the protection of its visitors.

Given the dynamic nature of the seafloor, changes in the location of shoals and bars may cause the locus of beach or cliff erosion to change position along the shore.

Given that human beings currently believe themselves to be the only Earthly creatures capable of abstract thought, a perception of time, and a manipulation of thought concerning the past, the future and the present, an inquiry into the nature of history is based in part on some working understanding of time in the human experience.

Given that crime is usually secretive by nature, measurements of it are likely to be inaccurate.

Given the large numbers involved and the nature of the requirements, they argued, it was unlikely to find any members of Al Qaeda.

Given the nature of this interrogation and the motive behind it, it is not known for certain what elements of Number Six's life so portrayed are real and which are fiction.

Given human nature, the variability of human desires, and need for scarce resources to fulfill those desires, the state of nature, as Hobbes calls this anarchic condition, must be a war of all against all.