Given its heritage, MCC continues to participate in the administration of English cricket, and in 2010 offered Lord's as a neutral venue for Pakistan to stage a " home " Test match, as scheduled by the ICC, versus Australia ; although the outcome of that game proved controversial the club's initial offering was made with the intention that Pakistan, whose terrorist-stricken country had rendered it a no-go area for international cricket, could remain within the international cricketing fold.

Given that Silverchair sold more albums in Australia in the 1990s than any other Australian artist, the debut album " the Dissociatives " was expected to be one of the best selling albums released in Australia when it was released on 5 April in that country.

Given its proximity to the Asian continent, Australia has had, and continues to witness, a massive immigration of Chinese and other Asians.

Given the nickname " Raging Bull ", he played in three Rugby World Cups, including as England captain in the 2007 tournament, and toured Australia and South Africa with the British and Irish Lions.

Given Australia has a population of only around 20 million people ( ranked 53rd in the world ) this fact is frequently cited as noteworthy by the mainstream Australia media due to a strong sporting culture.

Given the sometimes forcible merger of small craft unions into large industrial unions in Australia, it is unusual that the AIMPE has not merged with the industrial union in the maritime industry, the MUA.

Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of Australia on 11 November 1975.

Given his average against Australia was only 17, his average against all other sides was around 68.

Given a large-scale refit in which particular attention was given to dual usage of the ship in both liner and cruise services, the former Lurline emerged in February 1971 as, joining Ellinis and Australis on the UK — Australia liner service.

Given Mill's known pacifist sympathies and his association with ( although he was not a member of ) the Australia First Movement, it was unsurprising that he was detained without trial for suspicion of placing Australia's interests before those of the Empire, and for offering his legal services to Australia First members on 10 March 1942.

Given the bias of the Victorian age, female students were denied direct study in anatomy and could not attend drawing classes with live models ( who were often prostitutes ) until a decade later.

Given the military strength of the Great Powers, these interventions were nearly always decisive and quickly ended the civil wars.

Given that the ColecoVision could produce near arcade-quality ports, industry magazines like Electronic Games were unanimous in their enthusiasm over the console.

Given the geographic diversity of the various sub-regions within the Maritimes, policies to centralize the population and economy were not initially successful, thus Maritime factories closed while those in Ontario and Quebec prospered.

Given their speed and maneuverability, clippers frequently mounted cannon or carronades and were used for piracy, privateering, smuggling, or interdiction service.

Given this kind of data, the estimated coefficient on Years of Education in the equation above reflects both the effect of education on wages and the effect of other variables on wages, if those other variables were correlated with education.

Given that the bulk of family chores fell to women, and that they were five times more likely than men to head a single-parent family, the shortcomings of Finland's child day-care system affected women more than it did men.

Along with a hand-picked escort led by Given Campbell, Davis and his wife were captured on May 10, 1865, at Irwinville in Irwin County, Georgia.

Given the realities of the Cold War, German reunification and recovery of lost territories in the east were not realistic goals as both of Stalin's notes specified the retention of the existing " Potsdam "- decreed boundaries of Germany.

Given his record, it is not surprising that the other Party leaders were suspicious of Beria's motives.

Given that Fine Gael normally received 25 % of the election result, and were reduced to third place this was an achievement in itself.

Given that most French supporters of phrenology were liberal, left-wing or socialist, it was an objective of the social elite of France who held a restrained vision of social change that phrenology remain on the fringes.

Given that the authors were the primary developers of the Unix operating system, it is natural that QED had a strong influence on the classic UNIX text editors ed, sed and their descendants such as ex and sam.

Given the medieval medicine's main theory of humorism, spices and herbs were indispensable to balance " humors " in food, a daily basis for good health at a time of recurrent pandemics.

Given that there were 25, 000 people working on Shuttle operations, the payroll alone was the Shuttle's single biggest operating cost.

Given the versatility of both vegetables, they were usually boiled or steamed, and eaten by itself or as ingredients in soups and strews.

Given two school classes, one with 20 students, and one with 30 students, the grades in each class on a test were:

Given inefficiencies in the heat transfer, the actual NERVA designs were planned to produce about 5 GW, which would make them the largest nuclear reactors in the world.

Given the difference between their roles and emphases, some scholars have speculated that the interactions between the Æsir and the Vanir reflect the types of interaction that were occurring between social classes ( or clans ) within Norse society at the time.

Given that many businessmen and bankers were terrified of Bryan's populist rhetoric and support for ending the gold standard, Hanna had few problems in raising record amounts of money.

Given Rickover's single-minded focus on naval nuclear propulsion, design and operations, it came as a surprise to many when in 1982, near the end of his career, he testified before the U. S. Congress that, were it up to him, he " would sink them all.

Given their long range, high survivability and ability to carry many medium-and long-range nuclear missiles, submarines were credible and effective means for full-scale retaliation even after a massive first strike.

BONUS: " Given a pair of resistors, give their equivalent resistance if they were connected in parallel with each other.

Given the biogeography and appearance of the subgenus Olor it seems likely that these are of a more recent origin, as evidence shows by their modern ranges ( which were mostly uninhabitable during the last ice age ) and great similarity between the taxa.

Given that practices similar to courtly love were already prevalent in Al-Andalus and elsewhere in the Islamic world, it is very likely that Islamic practices influenced the Christian Europeans.

Given this background and his health status, he proceeded to leave the government in the hands of his brother John, who had already become an influential minister under Constantine VIII and Romanos III.

Given that Constantine had already crushed his rival Maxentius in 312, the two men decided to divide the Roman world between them.

Given the demands on a new wife, and the learning curve in her new role, it was prudent to provide her some reserve time with quilts already completed.

Given that this is the only colonial era mention of this place and that at the time it was already in ruins, perhaps a pre-revolt estancia which was located there gave its name to the area.

Given a situation in which water is already sitting in a tea kettle on top of a gas burner, then someone lighting the gas under the kettle may be perceived as the " cause " of the water's boiling.

Given these delays, and increased performance of the UGM-133 Trident II, Congress had already cancelled the 100-missile option in July 1985.

Given international pre-release sales had already made a profit, the studio allocated a reduced promotion and advertising budget to avoid the risk of the film becoming a loss-maker ; as a consequence, theatrical release was limited.

Given that the retail environment in Taiwan is already highly competitive, it is not unusual to see such stores fail.

Given that G. atlantica is a small and G. stehlini a giant species, and that it is also not known when exactly the later evolved its large size, the ancestral lizards which colonized the central and western islands may have been still small or already large.

Given developments in the studies of globalization and interculturalism, Comparative Literature, already representing a wider study than the single-language nation-state approach, may be well suited to move away from the paradigm of the nation-state.

Given its historic importance, the " Lachine Canal Manufacturing Complex " was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1996, in addition to the designation already enjoyed by the canal itself.

Given the already heavy load on students, efforts must be made to avoid curriculum overload.

Given the still developing nature of the East-Central European new market economies, the already inundated Commission anticipated a further significant increase in its workload.

Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear had already stated that the club was " not interested at all in selling him ", and described the amount on offer for Given as " insulting ".

Given Fascism, Communism and ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, it's not hard to foresee that the neo-nationalist resurgence already under way in parts of Europe will at some point take a violent form.

Given the popularity of this name at the time, it is likely that others were named for a figure who was already established in folklore by that time.

Given Zappa's already stated penchant for expressing his music in " phases "— We're Only in It for the Money was written up as " phase one of Lumpy Gravy "— conceptually, Zappa fans occasionally label this album Phase Two of Burnt Weeny Sandwich.

Given the historic reach of Chinese trading in the Pacific, Binondo was already a hub of Chinese commerce before the first Spanish colonisers arrived in 1521.

The company already owned a stake in PT Indonesia Air Transport Tbk, a subsidiary of Pt Media Nusantara Citra Tbk, and president Hary Djaja says that " Given our experience with IAT, which has an excellent safety record, we're certain that we will be able to create positive synergies and improve the way Adam Air is run ,".

Given the name, it may be one of the texts which are already known, and for which we have some of the content, such as the Gospel of the Twelve, or one of the apocryphal Acts, or Apocalypses.

For example, critic Dan Falk asks, " Given that journey has ' already happened ,' should he not simply be compelled to act precisely as he remembers seeing himself act?

Given that medical professionals are already held out as having more reliable diagnostic and treatment skills, any obvious indifference as to whether those released will cause problems may expose the professionals to a new source of liability ( see Mason and Laurie: 2003 ).

Given the depth of their music you would think that Wave have been working together for years but in truth their chemistry came together quickly and has already spawned a number of incredible hits.