He had already shown a strong inclination for natural science, and this had been fostered by his intimacy with a " self-taught philosopher, astronomer and mathematician ," as Sir Walter Scott called him, of great local fame — James Veitch of Inchbonny — a man who was particularly skillful in making telescopes.

Merwan Sheriar Irani was born in 1894 and led a normal childhood, showing no particularly strong inclination toward spiritual matters.

* The scattered disk contains objects farther from the Sun, usually with very irregular orbits ( i. e. very elliptical and having a strong inclination from the ecliptic ).

In English he is sometimes called Feodor the Bellringer in consequence of his strong faith and inclination to travel the land and ring the bells at churches.

* Shows a strong inclination to favor its own

With a strong evocative inclination, fado ’ s poetry appeals to the communion between the interpreter, the musicians and the listeners.

It is theorised that Sieyes accepted a religious career not because he had any sort of strong religious inclination, but because he considered it the only means to advance his career as a political writer.

Accordingly, the N-Ach, N-Aff and N-Pow scoring systems simply count how many components of competence people bring to bear whilst carrying out activities they have a strong personal inclination ( or motivation ) to undertake.

Hoppner became a chorister at the royal chapel, but, showing strong inclination for art, in 1775 he entered the Royal Academy.

What evolved was a male character who had a way with words but no strong inclination to apply himself to a career using them.

It took several years to create a strong democratic government due to the radical leftist inclination of some of the leading revolutionaries, and during this period Portugal divested itself of almost all of its overseas territories and underwent severe economic turmoil, as the old regime had shaped the Portuguese economy with such a stranglehold that it took some time to nationalize and reprivatize businesses.

# I have a " strong inclination " to believe in the reality of external material things due to my senses.

Since leaving the Government, his voting record shows a strong left-wing inclination, with him appearing as a rebel teller on several notable occasions.

Ambition and a strong inclination towards a scientific career led him to throw up his business and move to Berlin, where he entered Humboldt University in 1820.

Thus, this study provided strong evidence for group polarization in that the groups made decisions that were more extreme than the initial inclination of its members.

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In very early years she showed a strong inclination for the study of languages, mastering French, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Hebrew, and Transylvanian.

He was educated at Edinburgh University, where he displayed a strong inclination for physical and mathematical science.

Russell was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and soon showed a strong inclination for art.

Due to the disastrous nature of his former marriage, he has no inclination to remarry, despite his strong feelings for Polly Duncan.

This has led to the strong educational inclination of this, the ' city of expertise '.

Though there was a strong inclination towards Chinese poetry, some eminent waka poets were active in the early Heian period, including the six best waka poets.

( 1997 ) have proposed that, during their early years, blinded subjects develop a strong inclination for tactile discrimination tasks.

The Catholic Church today teaches that " Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil ; and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder ".

Hans' student days were at a time when Europe was in a new intellectual ferment following the revolutions in America and in France, Germany and Italy were rising from divisive nationalisms and a strong wave of intellectual awareness was sweeping the Continent.

In other words, the Soviet Union was determined to create a Poland so strong as to be a powerful bulwark against Germany and so closely tied to Russia that there would never be any question of her serving as a cordon sanitaire against the Soviets or posing as an independent, balancing power in between Russia and Germany.

The strains of neutralism are running strong, notably in England, and even in Germany.

Baroque instrumental music in Italy and Germany tends to be strong, lively, intense, controlled and quite abstract.

His replacement, Jacky Ickx, had a strong second half to the season, winning in Germany and Canada, after Jack Brabham was sidelined by a testing accident.

Further minimizing reliance on a single major partner, successive Czech governments have welcomed U. S. investment ( amongst others ) as a counterbalance to the strong economic influence of Western European partners, especially of their powerful neighbour, Germany.

Attempts at introducing a census in West Germany sparked strong popular resentment in the 1980s since many quite personal questions were asked.

Beria, an ethnic Georgian, was the Presidium member for internal security affairs, and he was a strong supporter for minority rights and even supported reuniting East and West Germany to establish a strong, and neutral Germany between the capitalist and socialist nations.

The United States adopted a non-interventionist foreign policy from 1932 to 1938, but then President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved toward strong support of the Allies in their wars against Germany and Japan.

Estonians have strong ties to the Nordic countries and Germany stemming from the strong cultural and religious influences gained over centuries during Danish, German and Swedish rule and settlement.

These films show strong affinities with the work of Italian neorealists, not least Roberto Rossellini's neorealist trilogy which included Germany Year Zero ( 1948 ), and are concerned primarily with day-to-day life in the devastated Germany and an initial reaction to the events of the Nazi period ( the full horror of which was first experienced by many in documentary footage from liberated concentration camps ).

It took until 1982 for the two bodies to merge, but this allowed the introduction of women's field hockey to the Olympic games from 1980 where, as in the men's game, The Netherlands, Germany, and Australia have been consistently strong.

As World War II loomed after 1938, with the Japanese invasion of China and the aggressions of Nazi Germany, FDR gave strong diplomatic and financial support to China and the United Kingdom, while remaining officially neutral.

With very strong national support, he made war on Japan and Germany after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, calling it a " date which will live in infamy ".

Callistus II was a strong figure who brought a relative, if tentative peace between Germany and the Church.

However there has been a strong increase in the children living in poverty in Germany.

Nevertheless, traditionalism remained strong in most of Germany.

Germany has played a leading role in the European Union since its inception and has maintained a strong alliance with France since the end of World War II.

Nevertheless, traditionalism remained strong in most of Germany.