Given this popular understanding of the term, it can also be used illegitimately and inappropriately, as a means to dismiss what are in fact substantial and well-evidenced accusations.

Given that the vast majority of all emeralds are treated as described above, and the fact that two stones that appear visually similar may actually be quite far apart in treatment level and therefore in value, a consumer considering a purchase of an expensive emerald is well advised to insist upon a treatment report from a reputable gemological laboratory.

Given the first four rolls turn up heads, the probability that the next toss is a head is in fact,

Given its limitations, however, NAALC has not produced ( and in fact was not intended to achieve ) convergence in employment, productivity and salary trend in North America.

Given infinite space, there would, in fact, be an infinite number of Hubble volumes identical to ours in the universe.

Given the above fact, one can ask:

Given that assumption, the evidence for the one-seed theory is the fact that a woman can conceive without coming to orgasm ( though this was still a matter of dispute in the ancient world and the Middle Ages ).

Given the fact that many of the royal depictions of Akhenaten often featured such an elongated head, it is likely an exaggeration of a family trait, rather than a distinct abnormality.

Given any vector space V over K we can construct the tensor algebra T ( V ) of V. The tensor algebra is characterized by the fact:

Given the fact that the period P of an object in circular orbit around a spherical object obeys

Given the symmetry of circularly polarized light, we could have in fact selected any other two orthogonal components and found the same phase relationship between them.

Given Switzerland's particularly strong opinions on who is " Swiss " and who is " other ", it is easy to see that groups such as Stoffunita make use of the fact that hip hop " is still considered a voice for the oppressed " as hip hop scholar and author Jeff Chang notes.

Given on 16 October 1732, they amounted only to recreating his first expedition, but with the added task of heading east and finding North America ( a feat which had in fact just been completed by Mikhail Gvozdev, though this was not known at the time ).

Given parallel morphisms f and g, the equaliser of f and g is just the kernel of g − f, if either exists, and the analogous fact is true for coequalisers.

Given the fact that it was an election year, whose outcome might have changed as a result of a pre-election-day economic downturn, the Bank of Mexico decided to buy Mexican Treasury Securities in order to maintain the monetary base, and thus prevent the interest rates from rising.

Given the fact that the Lakeport area has an economy that is based somewhat on agricultural activities occurring in the Big Valley and Scotts Valley area which involve the growing and harvesting of food and nut crops as well as the increasing wine industry, there are a significant number of transient and seasonal farm workers.

Given the extent and central location of his original holding from the Mill Seat Tract, and the fact that most of the town's pre-1944 building lots are to, Bare's ability to shape the size and extent of development in Roaring Spring was substantial.

Given the fact that the following Popes John, from John XV ( 985 – 996 ) until John XIX ( 1024 – 1034 ), seemed to have neglected the existence of John XIV " bis ", Petrus Hispanus meant to correct this error by electing for himself the name John XXI.

Dr. Tennison states: " Given the account of Elliot Paul, and given that Lead Belly witnessed boogie-woogie in 1899 in the Arklatex ; and given the North to South migration of the Thomas family ; and given the Texas & Pacific headquarters in Marshall in the early 1870s ; and given that Harrison County had the largest slave population in the state of Texas ; and given the fact that the best-documented and largest-scale turpentine camps in Texas did not occur until after 1900 in Southeast Texas, it is most probable that boogie-woogie spread from Northeast to Southeast Texas, rather than from Southeast to Northeast Texas, or by having developed diffusely with an even density over all of the Piney Woods of East Texas.

Given the character's unprecedented popularity and the fact that his name was partially derived from the Latin word for " lucky ", some rather notable individuals and organizations adopted Felix as a mascot.

Given the morphological distinctness of the Cape Verde birds and the fact that the Cape Verde population was isolated from other populations of Red Kites, it cannot be conclusively resolved at this time whether the Cape Verde population was not a distinct subspecies ( as M. migrans fasciicauda ) or even species that frequently absorbed stragglers from the migrating European populations into its gene pool.

Given Juwayni's polemical aims, and the fact that he burned the Ismaili libraries which may have offered much more reliable testimony about the history, scholars have been dubious about his narrative but are forced to rely on it given the absence of alternative sources.

Given the epidemic proportions of obesity in the Western world, and the fact that it is increasing rapidly in some poorer countries, observers expect developments in this area to snowball in the near future.

Given the fact that Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities, there was enough material to show and research over the program's six-year run.

Bertrand Russell offered a " solution " to the paradoxes based on modern physics, but Brown concludes " Given the history of ' final resolutions ', from Aristotle onwards, it's probably foolhardy to think we've reached the end.

Given that noise-equivalent power can be expressed as a function of the responsivity ( in units of or ) and the noise spectral density ( in units of or ) as, it's common to see the specific detectivity expressed as.

About the new markets, Ergen said, " Given the assets we've been accumulating, I don't think it's hard to see we're moving in a different direction from simply pay-TV, which is a market that's becoming increasingly saturated.

Given its widespread touch on the entirety of a major city, it's dubbed one of, along with the Old Firm, the Rome derby and the Istanbul derby, the most heated rivalries in European football.

Given the increasing role of the European Union in the political arena, the National Academies acknowledge that the scope of their advisory tasks must exceed the national borders and that it's important not to lose sight of the European level.

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 discrepancy, it's difficult for sentients to say for certain that they are using words the same way.

Given that Vikings on a raid tried to avoid pitched battles, it's possible that mail was primarily worn more for invasion scenarios such as the Great Heathen Army of the mid-9th century in England or Harald Hardrada's invasion of Northumbria in 1066.

) Given the use of the new recording technology on this album, it's fitting that the album cover features the famous band logo grafted onto a silicon computer chip.

Given some of the men Jessica is shown to be test-dating at the start of the film, ranging from borderline gay to nerd, some would probably say that it's no surprise she'd want to fan out her prospects a little.

Given that experience is so totally an affective, subjective, and personal process — not an abstract — it would be ironic, it's been argued, for experience designers, when designing experiences, to approach people merely as objects of commerce or cogs in a machine.

Given it's extraordinary locale and design, on the inside it looks, feels and operates like a typical, overcrowded, underfunded American High School.

Given the number of possible matrices, it's not surprising that the number of audits can get out of hand .".

Given Paul's own biting wit, it's not surprising that he so admired Voltaire and Russell.

Given the close proximity to the Pakistani border, it seems to have the most contact with enemy forces and not just in the form of ( improvised explosive devices ) or rocket attacks it's actual direct fire contact with the enemy.

Given nothing to go on but a few mysterious clues, Hannay, assisted by friends like Sandy Arbuthnot, must track down the dastardly villains behind the plot before it's too late ...

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

Given this relationship of public capital and productivity, public capital becomes a third input in the standard, neoclassical production function:

Given that the UK Government opted not to pursue a tidal scheme in the Severn Estuary following the completion of the feasibility study, the chances of a third crossing anytime in the near future seem doubtful.

Given that anencephaly is a fatal condition, parents receive the option of abortion either in the second or third trimester of pregnancy, depending on the abortion laws in the state.

De Rationis Sectione sought to resolve a simple problem: Given two straight lines and a point in each, draw through a third given point a straight line cutting the two fixed lines such that the parts intercepted between the given points in them and the points of intersection with this third line may have a given ratio.

Given three points, if they are non-collinear, there are three pairs of parallel lines passing through them – choose two to define one line, and the third for the parallel line to pass through, by the parallel postulate.

Given this emphasis on biology in the three-factor approach, it would be expected that the third trait, psychoticism, would have a similar explanation.

Given that UTV had the third largest audience in the Republic, the carriers declined to drop them in favour of TV3.

Given under our hand at London, England, the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen

Given its proximity to these buildings and the fact that it has served as a home and meeting place for many notable political figures over the years, the hotel has often been referred to as " the third chamber of Parliament ".

While Given was at Manchester City, the club qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history after finishing third in the Premier League, as well as winning the FA Cup.

Given played all 38 league games for the club, as well as his 12 European appearances, as the team finished in third place in the Premier League, meaning the club would enter the Champions League qualifying round in 2003 – 04.

Having finished third in the league in May 2003, Given and Newcastle lost 4 – 3 on penalties to Partizan Belgrade early in the 2003 – 04 season, meaning that Newcastle failed to reach the group stages of the Champions League.

Given played in every one of the club's league matches for a third successive season, as well as all 13 European games.

Given that 1 would choose D in the second to last round, 2 should choose d in the third to last round, receiving 2 instead of 1.

" Given new life, he singled home Engle to tie the game 2 – 2, and Yerkes advanced to third base.

Given the excellent road and rail networks that connect to Bohicon, Bohicon is an important trade centre that is the third largest in the country after Cotonou and Parakou.

Given the strength of the Labour presence in the European socialist movement — the 1994 elections in the UK gave Labour 61 seats, and nearly a third of the 15 party Socialist Group — they were in a strong position to get what they wanted.

Given the current military balance, their only alternative to spending the remainder of their life in the bush is to accumulate enough money to assume a new identity, flee to a third country, and establish a new life there.

Harper also received another run in the first team after a third injury to Given later that season, the highlight of this would be keeping a clean sheet against Chelsea, a feat only matched by two other keepers that season.

I: PAULUS PP VI Given in Rome, near St. Peter, June 30, 1965, third year of our pontificate.

Given that the series was set in the relatively near future, Gridneff took great pains to ensure that the space scenes were depicted as accurately as possible, seeking advice from NASA and other space agencies as well as arranging a set visit by astronaut Pete Conrad, the third man to set foot on the Moon.