However, it is probable that this was again a symbolic act, in which Hosea divorced Gomer for infidelity, and used the occasion to preach the message of God's rejection of the Northern Kingdom.

However they are today seen as symbolic narratives which must be understood in terms of their own cultural context.

However, it has been challenged as to whether the measurement of job performance is usually done through pencil / paper tests, job skills tests, on-site hands-on tests, off-site hands-on tests, high-fidelity simulations, symbolic simulations, task ratings and global ratings.

However, Western occult practice mostly includes the use of astrology ( calculating the influence of heavenly bodies ), bibliomancy ( reading random passages from a book, such as Liber Legis or the I Ching ), tarot ( a deck of 78 cards, each with symbolic meaning, usually laid out in a meaningful pattern ), and geomancy ( a method of making random marks on paper or in earth that results in a combination of sixteen patterns ).

However, there does exist a set of magical weapons that have particular uses and symbolic meanings.

However, historians today stress the symbolic and not the strictly military significance of the battle, for within six months of the defeat a new Ottoman fleet of some 250 sail including eight modern galleasses had been built, with the shipyards of Istanbul turning out a new ship every day at the height of the construction.

However, the symbolic meaning of the World War II monument gradually expanded to become the place of remembrance for all Canadian war sacrifices.

However this may have been nothing more than a symbolic relationship, as one account of the annual tribute owed each year to Majahpahit was a jar of areca juice obtained from the young green nuts of the areca palm.

However, Shakers later developed precisely choreographed dances and orderly marches accompanied by symbolic gestures.

However, this move was more symbolic than anything else.

However, it was always understood in its symbolic sense as well: the pontifices were the ones who smoothed the " bridge " between gods and men ( Van Haeperen ).

However, the decree was mostly symbolic, as widespread peasant revolts had effectively ended the feudal system beforehand ; and ownership of the land still remained in the hands of the landlords, who could continue collecting rents and enforcing tenant contracts.

However, the vast majority of computations with measurements are done in computer programs with no facility for retaining a symbolic computation of the units.

However, he did not see the sending of the goat as honouring Azazel as a deity, but as a symbolic expression of the idea that the people's sins and their evil consequences were to be sent back to the spirit of desolation and ruin, the source of all impurity.

However, the transition to the Terminal Classic sees a shift away from symbolic egalitarianism, when the elite developed their own ceramic traditions and had access to goods no longer available to the populace.

However, programs that need to handle symbolic links specially ( e. g., backup utilities ) may identify and manipulate them directly.

However, the functionality enabling cross-host symbolic links requires that the remote system also support them, which effectively limits their support to Windows Vista and later Windows operating systems.

However, the implementation varies from Unix symbolic links in several ways.

However, only instruments which are symbolic and not considered profane are used.

However, the Armée de l ' Air contributed to the overall airlift effort in a very small and symbolic way only.

However, some rural movements were finding progress made here to be symbolic and unsatisfactory.

However, the COFF design was both too limited and incompletely specified: there was a limit on the maximum number of sections, a limit on the length of section names, included source files, and the symbolic debugging information was incapable of supporting real world languages such as C, much less newer languages like C ++, or new processors.

However, Paracelsian alchemists such as Gerard Dorn, Jan Baptist van Helmont and Arthur Dee each acknowledged the Roman god of forge and furnace as symbolic of the art.

However, beginning in the mid-19th century, playing the instrument became the prerogative of the Merina aristocracy to such an extent that possessing long fingernails became symbolic of nobility.

However, while Apollo has a great number of appellations in Greek myth, only a few occur in Latin literature, chief among them Phoebus ( ; Φοίβος, Phoibos, literally " radiant "), which was very commonly used by both the Greeks and Romans in Apollo's role as the god of light.

However Abdul is a common Arabic prefix meaning " Servant of the " and " Al " is Arabic for " the ", and if " hazra " means " he prohibited ", " he fenced in " or " Great Lord ", then the name would mean " Servant of the Prohibited ", " Servant of the Fenced in ", or " Servant of the Great Lord " which would make sense considering his role, even if it is not a proper Arabic name.

However, more vital propositions, such as Hume's argument for the role of habit in a theory of knowledge, are retained.

However, Quigley's role ended in 1988 when it became public through the memoirs of former chief of staff, Donald Regan.

However, they are minor characters, and their chief role is to serve as policemen.

However, today the definition of the role of conservation has widened and would more accurately be described as that of ethical stewardship.

However, the role of Western bishops as civil authorities, often called prince bishops, continued throughout much of the Middle Ages.

However, this translation may not accurately represent the role of the bunyip in Aboriginal mythology or its possible origins before written accounts were made.

However, Canada has evolved variations: party discipline in Canada is stronger than in the United Kingdom and more parliamentary votes are considered motions of confidence, which tends to diminish the role of non-Cabinet Members of Parliament ( MPs ).

However, this type of Vice Chairman title on its own usually has only an advisory role and not an operational one ( such as Ted Turner at Time Warner ).

However, other professionals that play a more peripheral role in the field of professional sports ( e. g. coaches, general managers, referees, commentators and announcers, sports team owners and executives, sports commissioners ) who are more active in the internal aspects of field tend to remain in obscurity and are less likely to achieve celebrity status.

However, there are different opinions on the role of the use of segregated cycle facilities and other items of the cycling infrastructure in building bicycle-friendly cities and roads.

However, an earlier version of events by the same ancient author downplays Agrippa's role — so it is not known how large a hand he had in things.

However, during the era of segregation many Southern Democrats were conservatives, and they played a key role in the Conservative Coalition that controlled Congress from 1937 to 1963.

However, cavalry saw a role as part of screening forces and in foraging and scouting.

However, because of the role of the citric acid cycle in anabolism, they may not be lost, since many TCA cycle intermediates are also used as precursors for the biosynthesis of other molecules.

However, as the membership in the Central Committee steadily increased, its role was eclipsed by the Politburo.

However, some have suggested that CSF flow along the cranial nerves and spinal nerve roots allow it into the lymphatic channels ; this flow may play a substantial role in CSF reabsorbtion, in particular in the neonate, in which arachnoid granulations are sparsely distributed.

However, Capellas was reported not to be happy with his role, being said not to be utilized and being unlikely to become CEO as the board supported Fiorina.

However, the principle of operation might be more precisely described as gas-jet pump, since diffusion plays a role also in other high vacuum pumps.

However, modern historians allege that the baptism of Mieszko I was dictated by political benefits and should not be attributed to any action of Dobrawa, who according to them had virtually no role in the conversion of her husband.

However, by 1985, several company business decisions, including an awkward new breakfast menu and loss in brand awareness due to fizzled marketing efforts, caused the company ’ s new president to urge Thomas back into a more active role with Wendy's.

However, she stated that she liked the film overall, praising Johnny Depp's performance in the title role.

However, the reactions are reversible and the role of a particular electrode in a cell depends on the relative oxidation / reduction potential of both electrodes.

However, in an effort to reassert its dominant role, IBM patented the bus, and placed stringent licensing and royalty policies on its use.