Having grown up in an age in which Latin polyphony was largely confined to liturgical items for the Sarum rite, he assimilated and mastered the Continental motet form of his day, employing a highly personal synthesis of English and continental models.

Having long been the poorest part of Spain, Extremadura is a largely rural region known for the Portuguese influence on its music.

Having a largely vegetarian diet, most wigeon migrate in the fall well before northern marshes begin to freeze.

Having saved cash reserves for the purpose, they entered into a price war with the US owned importers to largely drive them from the UK market.

Having changed sides, de Clare shared the Prince's victory at Kenilworth on 16 July, and in the Battle of Evesham, 4 August, in which de Montfort was slain, he commanded the second division and contributed largely to the victory.

Having contact with printers, he was induced to fit up a type foundry, largely through the encouragement of William Bowyer.

Having struck the region during an intense drought and a low river, Sturt dismissed the area as largely uninhabitable and short of any features necessary for establishing renewable industry on the land.

Having largely succeeded in Ulster, O ' Neill, along with Rory O ' Moore, then tried to march on Dublin, defeating a government force at Julianstown, but failed in the Siege of Drogheda 1641.

Having been separated from their husbands, herded into makeshift holding camps and largely forgotten by the British War Office, the women have to learn to cope with appalling living conditions, malnutrition, disease, violence and death.

Having no nation left Svalbard largely free of any regulations or laws, though there were conflicts over the area due to whaling rights and issues of sovereignty between The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Denmark – Norway in the first half of the 17th century.

Having attracted a largely conservative audience based on his political views, traditional anti-homosexual conservatives rejected him, though others admired him for his courage.

Having been witness to recent housing clearances for the Interstate 93 expressway and Massachusetts Turnpike, as well as similar projects in New York City and other cities, the population of the affected area was largely unwilling to repeat similar costs for another expressway.

Having lost two-thirds of its settled area, Olbia was restored by the Romans, albeit on a small scale and probably with a largely barbarian population.

Having largely settled the Irish land question, O ' Brien, convinced by the success of combining the " doctrine of conciliation " with " conference plus business ", turned his attention in a Second Phase to the Irish Land and Labour Associations demands for the need to settle Irish labourers in the soil.

Having maintained its neutrality during World War I, Norwegian foreign and military policy since 1933 was largely influenced by three factors:

Having advocated taking up arms ( a sometimes unpopular stance in largely Quaker Pennsylvania ) he also joined the militia, becoming a lieutenant colonel of John Bayard's regiment.

Having been rendered immune to all known human diseases, and being largely unaffected by alcohol and other drugs, since their bodies quickly reprocess such chemicals into harmless forms, the cyborgs react to theobromos as humans might to alcohol or marijuana.

Having come to power with the stated intent of restoring public order, Metaxas ' state largely achieved this goal, under the supervision of what can be described as its most fascist member, minister of public order Konstantinos Maniadakis.

Having been largely ignored by his negligent mother, at the end of the film he is sent to live with Lou.

Having largely finalized the exterior design, testing of the prototype began at Renault's facilities at Lardy, France — by secrecy of night, on July 24, 1952.

Having largely failed in their quest to destroy the Circle, the two conspirators fled to the Bright Desert, where they founded a kingdom.

Having been largely empty for more than 35 years, much of the interior and exterior of the Terre Haute House were, not surprisingly, in an advanced state of decay.

Having kept bonds with the English speakers ( he spent part of his childhood in the United States and usually spoke English ) and with French soldiers in North Africa ( under Admiral Lemonnier ), Jacques-Yves Cousteau ( whose villa " Baobab " at Sanary ( Var ) was opposite Admiral Darlan's villa " Reine "), helped the French Navy to join again with the Allies ; he assembled a commando operation against the Italian espionage services in France, and received several military decorations for his deeds.

Having a distrust of Russian nobles, Anna kept them from powerful positions, instead giving those to Baltic Germans.

Having obtained a promotion on his retirement to the level of first captain, Bering kept this rank when he decided to rejoin the Russian navy later the same year.

Having kept his dental appointment, he then flew himself to Washington, arriving at the game during the second inning.

Having kept his animosity with the Jain monks, he asks to be made King for 4 months during Chaturmas ( a holy time for the Jains ).

" Having kept secret from Stoke a niggling knee injury Matthews had been carrying, Blackpool got their £ 3, 500 for the player.

Having studied plantation families for many years, Wiencek observes that family ties between slaves and slave owners were often kept hidden.

Having learned from Walt Disney's experiences with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, they had carefully kept all rights to the Bosko character, and they took him with them.

Having been unconditionally known and accepted simply by his moniker of " Lucky Eddie ," no one of Hägar's entourage, not even Hägar himself, ever knew Lucky Eddie's " real " name until around the late-1990s & early-2000s, when he was asked directly ( by Hägar himself on both separate occasions ) to share his true name: during the first inquiry Eddie squawked out an unpronounceable screed which left him raw-throated and winded ; during the second inquiry, in which Eddie asked for Hägar's assurance that this revelation would be kept " in confidence ," Eddie whispers his " real " name into Hägar's ear, upon hearing which Hägar accidentally blurts out what was shared with him in secret in a fit of uncontrollable laughter, thus inadvertently revealing that Lucky Eddie's real name is " Fortuitous Eduardo.

Having proven their worth, Pelopidas kept the Sacred Band as a separate tactical unit in all subsequent battles.

Having become convinced of the danger posed by the Nazis, Frankfurter kept an eye on Gustloff, head of the Foreign Section of the Nazi party in Switzerland, ( NSDAP ) who ordered the Protocols of the Elders of Zion to be published in Switzerland.

Having captured 27 wickets in his first four matches, he was selected for the First Test against West Indies and kept his place for the entire series.

Having taken the veil, she was kept in the strictest seclusion, with other nuns not allowed to see her except on Easter day.

Having married Walton Martin, she then sold the houses to friends at cost, with property restrictions that kept the commons secure.

Having previously kept wicket, he was also a very fine slip catcher, usually at first slip.

Having remained friends, the pair kept in contact.

Having seized power with the help of the Czech Legion, Komuch announced " reinstatement " of democratic freedoms: they formally established an 8-hour working day, permitted worker's conferences and congresses of peasants, kept plant and factory committees ( fabzavkomy, or fabrichno-zavodskiye komitety ) and trade unions.

Having kept their fans waiting that long for a new album, Siddharta rewarded them with a free cultural event – an opening concert at the Ljubljana Castle.

Having served its feasibility study purpose, the Miles prototype was kept by Rootes Motors Inc. Los Angeles for some time until its sale to a private buyer.

Having kept in touch with his former employers at the Times, when Talese completed his military obligation in 1956 he returned to New York as a full-fledged sports reporter.

Having kept the family dairy herd and ice cream processing business, Braum and his wife Mary started the Braum's chain in 1968, opening 24 stores in Oklahoma during the first year.

Having the LP recorded, the group kept playing extensively, amongst others at Rockowisko in Łódź and the famous Jarocin festival.

Having once again kept Thistle in the top flight, he retired as manager in 2003, taking up a seat on the club's board.

Having kept her diabetes secret from him, Damon assumed that Debbie was a drug addict when he unexpectedly discovered her injecting herself with insulin.