The top five longest running Beano comic strips are, in descending order, Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Bash Street Kids, Roger the Dodger, then the last holder of the title before Dennis, Lord Snooty.

At various times in his life, he has studied ( in descending order of level of fluency reached ) German, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Mandarin, Dutch, Polish, and Hindi.

Different from the Rolling Stone list, which listed guitarists in descending order, Guitar World divided guitarists by music genre — such as " Lords of Hard Rock " for hard rock artists or " Jazzmen " for jazz players.

One study's results showed that it produced ( in order of descending quantities ) 55. 91 % solid products: potassium carbonate, potassium sulfate, potassium sulfide, sulfur, potassium nitrate, potassium thiocyanate, carbon, ammonium carbonate and 42. 98 % gaseous products: carbon dioxide, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen, methane, 1. 11 % water.

In the English language, the 12 most commonly occurring letters are, in descending order:

Given a set S with a partial order ≤, an infinite descending chain is a chain V that is a subset of S upon which ≤ defines a total order such that V has no least element, that is, an element m such that for all elements n in V it holds that m ≤ n.

Other responses referenced, in descending order of prevalence:

The following examples are listed in reference to LD < sub > 50 </ sub > values, in descending order, and accompanied by LC < sub > 50 </ sub > values,

The officers ' ranks ( in descending order of seniority ) are: Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Commandant, Captain, Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant.

These are listed below in descending order of population ( according to official figures for 2006 ):

In general, if b is the base, one writes a number in the numeral system of base b by expressing it in the form a < sub > n </ sub > b < sup > n </ sup > + a < sub > n − 1 </ sub > b < sup > n − 1 </ sup > + a < sub > n − 2 </ sub > b < sup > n − 2 </ sup > + ... + a < sub > 0 </ sub > b < sup > 0 </ sup > and writing the enumerated digits a < sub > n </ sub > a < sub > n − 1 </ sub > a < sub > n − 2 </ sub > ... a < sub > 0 </ sub > in descending order.

In descending order of surface area, the counties are Nez Perce, Lewis, Idaho, and Clearwater.

However those that can present a sizable body of work, listed here in descending order of quantity: sermons and saints ' lives, biblical translations ; translated Latin works of the early Church Fathers ; Anglo-Saxon chronicles and narrative history works ; laws, wills and other legal works ; practical works on grammar, medicine, geography ; and poetry.

These are listed below in descending order of population ( according to official figures for 2006 ):

The table below compares the pitch of common brass instruments in descending order of pitch.

The dial numbering can occur in 4 different formats, with 0 adjacent either to the 1 or the 9 and the numbers running in ascending or descending order with either the 0, 1 or 9 being closest to the fingerstop.

In ideal risk management, a prioritization process is followed whereby the risks with the greatest loss ( or impact ) and the greatest probability of occurring are handled first, and risks with lower probability of occurrence and lower loss are handled in descending order.

In all it has 71 cities and towns ( with legal city rights ), listed below in descending order of population ( according to official figures for 2006 ):

All SCA branches are organized in descending order as follows:

The surviving subspecies, in descending order of wild population, are:

In descending order, most cargoes travel by railroad, truck, pipeline, or boat ; air shipping is typically used only for perishables and premium express shipments.

The pathogenic yeasts of candidiasis in probable descending order of virulence for humans are: C. albicans, C. tropicalis, C. stellatoidea, C. glabrata, C. krusei, C. parapsilosis, C. guilliermondii, C. viswanathii, C. lusitaniae, and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa.

The intensity and frequency of the inspections is dependent on the type of chemical produced ( in descending order: Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3 or DOC, see Scheduled Chemicals ), but is regardless of the standing of the member state.

This national level is followed in descending order by the provincial level ( including autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the national level ), the prefectural level, the county level, and the townships and towns level.

Hannibal's army approaches the Alps either by the Col de Grimone or the Col de Cabre, then through the basin of the Durance descending into the territory of the hostile Taurini, where Hannibal storms their chief town ( modern Turin ).

Black-crowned Tchagra has a descending whistling song, Chee-chee chee cheroo cheroo, and can be readily tempted in to sight by imitating this call, presumably because the bird is concerned that there is an intruder in its territory.

Males fly up over their territory and sing while descending to declare ownership of a nesting territory.

The war led to China descending into feudal states, while the Soviet Union suffered major social unrest from its youths and the loss of territory to Japan & the Pan-Islamics.

The reservations are, in descending order of area within the county, the Navajo Indian Reservation, the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, and the Zuni Indian Reservation, all of which are partly located within the county.

In descending order of area within the county, the reservations are the Navajo Indian Reservation, Hualapai Indian Reservation, Hopi Indian Reservation, Havasupai Indian Reservation, and the Kaibab Indian Reservation.

* Absolute preference is given to the direct descending line over the collateral and ascending line, and, within the same line, the closest degree takes precedence over the more remote and, within the same degree, the elder over the younger, combined with the principles of first-born and representation.

The authors of the Buildings of England series state: There is nothing in Cheshire to compare with the loveliness of Gawsworth: three great houses and a distinguished church set around a descending string of pools, all within an enigmatic large-scale formal landscape.

Aircraft take off and land at the airport using a " corkscrew maneuver ," a spiraling pattern of climbing and descending directly over the airport to avoid coming within range of small arms and missiles on the ground.

Many languages use the same inaccurate terms as English of " setting ," " descending ," or " sleeping ," the origin of these terms tracing back to the beliefs of earlier cultures, which did not understand that the sun is standing still in relation to the solar system and not moving within Earth's sky.

Anticyclones aloft can form within warm core lows, such as tropical cyclones, due to descending cool air from the backside of upper troughs, such as polar highs, or from large scale sinking, such as the subtropical ridge.

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They are listed here in descending order of forestland within the county.

Old Norse Þórr, Old English Þunor and Old High German Donar are cognates within Germanic, descending from a Common Germanic * þonaroz < ref > OED s. v.

Spinning band distillation achieves the same outcome by using a rotating band within the column to force the rising vapors and descending condensate into close contact, achieving equilibrium more quickly.

After descending northeastward to within a few miles of Lake Athabasca, it is met by a stream emerging from that lake.

In addition to the thematic connections within the movements and the use of traditional Classical formal structures, Charles Rosen has described how much of the piece is organized around the motif of a descending third ( major or minor ).

The 1776 New Jersey State Constitution was drafted in five days and ratified within the next two days to establish a temporary government, thereby preventing New Jersey from collapsing and descending into anarchy.

The near-Earth object has the highest relative velocity to the Earth ( 282, 900 km / h ) of objects that come within 0. 5 AU of the Earth .< ref name = velocity > ( sorted by descending relative velocity, dist < 0. 5AU

Shallow cumulus clouds are seen within trade wind regimes, and are capped from becoming taller by a trade wind inversion, which is caused by descending air aloft from within the subtropical ridge.

Other idioms to watch for are the endless variations in rhythm played by the right hand ; always within the proper 2 / 4 samba meter, as well as his tendency to put his " signature " in a fast descending scale with a ( slower ) ascending arpeggio in the relative key.

US 211 reduces to three lanes ( two ascending, one descending ) for its crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains within Shenandoah National Park.

Evidence of Norse settlement can also be found within the local area with place names such as ' Thorpe Audlin ' and ' Grimethorpe ' possibly descending from the Norse term ' thorpe ' meaning a small settlement or a farm.

The melodic line of the morna varies a lot through the song, with ascending and descending note sequences, and within a bar the notes generally do not have the same length.