The development of large capacity, sail-powered ships carrying cannon led to a rapid expansion of European navies, especially the Spanish and Portuguese navies which dominated in the 16th and early 17th centuries, and helped propel the age of exploration and colonialism.

Bacon helped secure the position of Archbishop of Canterbury for his friend Matthew Parker, and in his official capacity presided over the House of Lords when Elizabeth opened her first parliament.

In the same year, Joliot-Curie was appointed Undersecretary of State for Scientific Research by the French government, in which capacity she helped in founding the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Filhiol served in this capacity between 1782 and 1804, and through his service helped to keep a firm Spanish grip on activities in the region.

As he disagreed with some of the developments within the Confessing Church, he withdrew from the church leadership in 1939, but continued as an elder in his parish, in which capacity he gave legal advice to persecuted fellow Christians and helped Jews who had gone into hiding by providing them with food.

The improvements created sufficient capacity to serve more than double the population at the time and helped open the way for development.

In this capacity he helped draft the Reform Bill of 1832.

In this capacity, he reportedly helped Viktor Yanukovych to start a new life, getting his two criminal convictions expunged from the court records.

In this capacity, working together with Charles Francis Adams, the American Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Bigelow helped to block the attempts to have France and the United Kingdom intervene in the American Civil War in favor of the Confederacy, and thereby played a material role in the Union victory.

He returned to the United States Navy ( 1951 – 1953 ) before working as a structural engineer ( 1953 – 1956 ); in the latter capacity, he helped draw up the plans for the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

Many Arabians also have a slight forehead bulge between their eyes, called the jibbah by the Bedouin, that adds additional sinus capacity, believed to have helped the Arabian horse in its native dry desert climate.

One of the three directors notes that " We work so closely … it's helped us come up with new thinking to expand our capacity and create a built-in brain trust and support system for problem solving and practical help.

In this capacity Oboi acted as Emperor Shunzhi's much feared enforcer against Dorgon's old cohorts and helped to consolidate power to the throne and the Emperor's own " Upper Three Banners ".

The 1972 – 73 season saw the completion of the new Yale stand, with the ability to hold a capacity of up to 5, 500, including the terrace helped to comprise the bottom tier of the stand.

The higher prices in turn resulted in a larger return to the Soviet Union for its exports of fuels and raw materials and helped to finance expansion of Soviet production capacity.

It was, then, Henry Percy the second, Lord of Alnwick, who began the re-building of the castle ; he also was jointly responsible for the safety of the realm during the absence of Edward III in the French wars, and in this official capacity he helped to win the battle of Neville's Cross.

In this capacity, Gates helped members with workers ' compensation, unemployment, and Social Security claims.

" The load capacity of the boot was cited as 25 cubic feet with the load bay tonneau removed, helped by a " low sill and a spare tyre you get at from underneath.

In the same capacity he helped to secure the survival of Sweden as an independent nation by counteracting Russia's plan to undo the Revolution of Gustavus III in 1772.

In this capacity, he helped arrange the Dumbarton Oaks conference and accompanied the US delegation to the Yalta Conference.

The Palace of Auburn Hills has the largest capacity in the NBA ( 22, 076 ), which has helped the Pistons to record the league's highest home attendance from 2002 to 2008.

The additional unloading capacity they brought helped permit a greater than doubling of the ore traffic in the 1900 – 1912 period.

We think that the separation has helped push up the cost of running the railways-and hence fares-and is now slowing decisions about capacity improvements.

In the latter capacity, he helped to draft the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.

In this capacity, he helped translate Vladimir Lenin ’ s “ The State and Revolution ” into Czech.

In this capacity they establish policies and make decisions on issues such as whether there is dividend and how much it is, stock options distributed to employees, and the hiring / firing and compensation of upper management.

According to many of Descartes ' specialists, including Étienne Gilson, the goal of Descartes in establishing this first truth is to demonstrate the capacity of his criterion — the immediate clarity and distinctiveness of self-evident propositions — to establish true and justified propositions despite having adopted a method of generalized doubt.

Although the Holy See, as distinct from the Vatican City State, does not fulfil the long-established criteria in international law of statehood — having a permanent population, a defined territory, a stable government and the capacity to enter into relations with other states — its possession of full legal personality in international law is shown by the fact that it maintains diplomatic relations with 179 states, that it is a member-state in various intergovernmental international organizations, and that it is: " respected by the international community of sovereign States and treated as a subject of international law having the capacity to engage in diplomatic relations and to enter into binding agreements with one, several, or many states under international law that are largely geared to establish and preserving peace in the world.

Interest theory argues that the principal function of human rights is to protect and promote certain essential human interests, while will theory attempts to establish the validity of human rights based on the unique human capacity for freedom.

The grant is aimed at providing financial and technical assistance ; specifically, to develop a sound legal framework for monetary and fiscal institutions and human and institutional capacity building, as well as to establish public financial systems that are transparent.

It was from Security Council Resolution 54 that the Mediator was instructed to supervise the observance of the truce and to establish procedures for examining alleged breaches of the truce since 11 June 1948, and authorized the Mediator to deal with breaches so far as it was within the capacity of the Mediator to do so by appropriate local action, also the Security Council Resolution 54 requested the Mediator to keep the Security Council informed concerning the operation of the truce and where necessary to take appropriate action.

Clemenceau realised that any compromise would anger both the French and British citizens and that the only option was to establish a reparations commission which would examine Germany ’ s capacity for reparations.

She states, " If the Palestinians agree to coordinate with Israel on the evacuation, establish the rule of law, and demonstrate a capacity to govern, the world may be convinced that finally there is a real partner for peace ".

In this situation, the government would serve two functions: to establish rules to overcome the capacity shortage and to be the insurer of last resort.

Because of the limited capacity of even large processors of that era every CICS installation was required to assemble the source code for all of the CICS system modules after completing a system generation ( sysgen ) process to establish values for conditional assembly language statements.

The great increase in coaching traffic in the late 18th century meant its capacity was often exceeded ; so it was sold in 1753 and the proceeds were used to establish a new White Hart Inn nearby.

In March 2008, Markey signed the International Renewable Energy Agency ( IRENA ) Act to direct the President to seek to establish the International Renewable Energy Agency to expand the availability and generating capacity of renewable energy to markets around the world in order to increase economic opportunity, drive technological innovation, enhance regional and global security, raise living standards, and reduce global warming pollution.

If a rational human being can in any way override a ( possibly inborn ) capacity to establish notions of right and wrong, it is arguable that human beings have the ability to become amoral.

Moreover, it is widely used for land reclamation ( e. g., mine tailings ), where its nitrogen-fixing capacity helps other plants establish better.

" Venezuelan professor Edgardo Lander says that the UNEP's report, Towards a Green Economy, while well-intentioned " ignores the fact that the capacity of existing political systems to establish regulations and restrictions to the free operation of the markets – even when a large majority of the population call for them – is seriously limited by the political and financial power of the corporations.

During this period, the bank helped establish the Boston Port Authority to revitalize the capacity for cargo from New England.

The emphasis on government leadership stems from the problems that arise when donors establish their own strategy implementation agencies within the client countries, bypassing state agencies and therefore undermining the development of state capacity as well as creating a dependency on aid organizations.

These authorities are each required to establish a Licensing Committee, which is to act in a quasi-judicial capacity under the Act.

Knox sat on a number of judicial committees in this capacity, including one which investigated the British Government's authority to establish the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland.

In this capacity, Kerr was able to establish a research center of excellence, particularly in the areas of entomological genetics and human genetics, and that trained many masters and doctoral students.

In Perfecting Friendship: Politics and Affiliation in Early American Literature, Ivy Schweitzer discusses the “ affective failures ” of Eliza Wharton ’ s female friends and argues that while Eliza can be understood as “ the champion of an inclusive, even feminist ‘ civic republicanism ,’” her friends belong to “ the female ‘ chorus ’ presages the more rigid separation of the sexes and women ’ s exile from the social to the domestic sphere ushered in by liberalism .” Claire C. Pettengill reads female friendship within The Coquette in terms of sisterhood, which she argues “ a kind of support network that helped a woman establish her identity in opposition to both social and parental authority in an era where both were increasingly challenged .” At the same time, Pettengill insists that the “ emotional-disciplinary circuit that reinforces sisterhood is not operating at full ( theoretical ) capacity .” That is, even though Eliza discusses her life with her friends, they do not fully reciprocate ; instead, they respond primarily by criticizing her actions and warning her against further wrongdoing.

The Ordinances established that adelantados, in their capacity as governors and justices of the new territories, had the right to hear civil and criminal cases in appeal, to name the regidores and employees of the cabildos of any towns founded, to name interim treasury officials, to issue ordinances on the use of land and mines, to establish districts, and to organize militias and name their captains.

WIEGO helped establish the International Domestic Workers ' Network ( IDWN ), and provided technical and strategic advice, research and capacity building, as well as assisting the IDWN in fund raising.