Given good circumstances one might be able to discern the result of some human activity such as the changing of the Netherlands ' coast or the partial drying out of the Aral Sea, but even that would not be easy.

" Given that there's a gulf of 100, 000, 000 light years, he checks his diary to find out what he had been doing that day, and finds out that it was something he wished to hide.

Given the tendency for real negotiations in Japan to be conducted privately ( in the nemawashi, or root binding, process of consensus building ), the shingikai often represented a fairly advanced stage in policy formulation in which relatively minor differences could be thrashed out and the resulting decisions couched in language acceptable to all.

Given the scale of most commercial operations and the lack of mechanized record-keeping and recording before the industrial revolution, it made sense for most owners of enterprises in those times to carry out management functions by and for themselves.

Given printing practices at the time ( which included type-setting from dictation ), no two editions turned out to be identical, and it is relatively rare to find even two copies that are exactly the same.

Given a year to complete the work, Gibson undertook the actual writing out of " blind animal terror " at the obligation to write an entire novel – a feat which he felt he was " four or five years away from ".

Given that premise, the notion of absolute knowledge ( as described by Plato and the rationalists ) is seen as mere illusion, and this is what he set out to demonstrate in the first part of his magnum opus " The Critique of Pure Reason " ( 1781 ).

Given this sense of caution among key members of the British cabinet and of the army, it is even harder to understand why the British government went against the advice of its generals ( such as Wolsely ) to send substantial reinforcements to South Africa before war broke out.

Given a normalized light vector l ( pointing from the light source toward the surface ) and a normalized plane normal vector n, one can work out the normalized reflected and refracted rays:

Given the type of warfare that had been carried out in the conflict — wherein highly mobile groups of soldiers and rebels continued to move to and from on the desert terrain, retreating at a time and then suddenly attacking to regain control of small towns and villages in the Eastern rebel held parts of Libya — had led to the technical becoming a vehicle of choice for both sides.

Given the number of unpleasant, harmful or even fatal consequences of coming out in world societies, it is questionable to call being closeted a choice.

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 a core geometry, the B field needed for a given force can be calculated from ( 2 ); if it comes out to much more than 1. 6 T, a larger core must be used.

Given the lack of paved highways in America, this turned out to be a shrewd business move that enlarged Barnum's geographical reach.

Given the alternative of holding cash, and thus earning 0 %, rather than lending it out, profit-seeking lenders will not lend below 0 %, as that will guarantee a loss, and a bank offering a negative deposit rate will find few takers, as savers will instead hold cash.

Given the current employment opportunities, it is not likely that the number of specialists in SA Indian languages will increase fast enough to document most of the surviving SA languages before they go out of use, as most of them unavoidably will.

Given that DNA and RNA polymerases both carry out template-dependent nucleotide polymerization, it might be expected that the two types of enzymes would be structurally related.

Given that finite fields are discrete in nature, and topology speaks only about the continuous, the detailed formulation of Weil ( based on working out some examples ) was striking and novel.

Given that salamanders are not prone to taking orders, this didn't work out, and most were slain by Belial's servants and vassals.

Given their last remaining MP was voted out of Parliament in 2008, they were subsequently absorbed into the Conservative Party of New Zealand.

Given figures ranged from, but it is now generally accepted that the peak is above sea level as a result of a survey carried out by the Bavarian State Survey Office.

Given Rico's skill with a firearm, Joe would later posit the theory that Rico was trying to commit suicide by cop out of a deep disgust at what he had become, rather than trying to kill him.

Given the subversive nature of Lazarillo and its open criticism of the Catholic Church, it is likely that the author chose to remain anonymous out of fear of religious persecution.

Given weekly lessons by coach Lynn Fuller, the brothers fought out fierce backyard cricket matches, with no holds barred.

" Given that the parched region of the Gran Chaco ( largely uninhabited ) had been under dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay ever since the creation of both republics, each proceeded to establish a line of small garrisons ( fortines ), simply to establish a national presence and press their claims.

Given the differences of opinion within the Lord Aberdeen cabinet over the direction of foreign policy with regard to relations between Britain and the French under Napoleon III, it is not surprising that debate raged within the government as Louis Bonaparte, now assuming the title of Emperor Napoleon III of France.

Given that the coiled texture is the natural state of some African Americans ' hair, or perceived as being more " African ", this simple style is now often seen as a sign of self-acceptance and an affirmation that the beauty norms of the ( eurocentric ) dominant culture are not absolute.

Given the papal interest to keep Germany and Sicily apart, Innocent now supported his ward, King Frederick of Sicily, to resist Otto's advances and restore the Staufen dynasty to the Holy Roman Empire.

Given the use of similar symbols on the Roman standard, this depiction also conveyed another victory, namely that of the Christian faith: the Roman soldiers who had once arrested Jesus and marched him to Calvary now walked under the banner of a resurrected Christ.

Given that the right to be politically active has granted them the opportunity to expand their knowledge and influence in current affairs, they are now considered one of the main components in the country's decision-making in both politics and economy.

Given the factorization in terms of these matrices, one can now write down immediately an equation

Given that any proposition containing conjunction, disjunction, and negation can be equivalently rephrased using conjunction and negation alone ( the conjunctive normal form ), we can now handle any compound proposition.

Pope Saint Adeodatus I or Deodatus I ( which is Given by God in Latin, also called Deusdedit, which is God Has Given ; both are now considered variants of the same name ) ( died 8 November 618 ) was Pope from 13 November 615 to his death.

Given that the southern part of the Upper Ward ( where Crown Square is now sited ) was not suited to being built upon until the construction of the vaults in the 15th century, it seems probable that any earlier buildings would have been located towards the northern part of the rock ; that is around the area where St. Margaret's Chapel stands.

The East border is now 24th Avenue E. jogging over at 96th to Swan creek, and south to 104th Street E. The South border is now 104th Street E. jogging over at 14th Avenue E to roughly 109th Street E. and west to Golden Given Road E. The West border is now Golden Given Road E. Golden Given Road E is also the east border of the Jessie Dunlap Donation Land Claim with the north and south borders roughly the same as the combined Meeker claims.

Given that the Austrians, with their superior numbers and overwhelming artillery firepower, were now intent upon seizing the opportunity to launch a counterattack of their own, retreat was most difficult.

Given its popularity, sate Kajang is now found throughout Malaysia.

Given that the modern instruments all have larger diameters, it now clearly is more a saxhorn than a saxotromba.

Given that some countries now ban docking, breeders are again attempting to select dogs with the genes for natural bob tails.

Trials are now held at the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, having previously taken place at the Palace of Westminster Given modern production methods, it is unlikely that coins would not conform, although this has been a problem in the past as it would have been tempting for the Master of the Mint to steal precious metals.

Horsmanden set up a grand jury that he “ directed to investigate whites who sold liquor to blacks-men like John Hughson .” Given legal practice then and his own inclinations, he exercised great influence in interrogations and directing the grand jury's investigations.